Kami melicinkan permukaan itu.

that

Breakdown of Kami melicinkan permukaan itu.

• kami: we/us
• permukaan: a surface
• melicinkan: to smooth

Questions & Answers about Kami melicinkan permukaan itu.

Why is kami used here instead of kita?

In Malay, kami means we, but not you. It is the exclusive form of we.

• kami = we, excluding the listener
• kita = we, including the listener

So Kami melicinkan permukaan itu means that we did it, but you are not part of that we.

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What does melicinkan mean, and how is it formed?

Melicinkan comes from the adjective licin, which means smooth or slippery.

The verb is formed like this:

• licin = smooth
• meN- ... -kan → often makes a verb meaning to make something become ...
• melicinkan = to smooth something, to make something smooth

So this is a causative-type verb: it means causing the surface to become smooth.

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Why does licin become melicinkan, not something like melicin?