Mana tahu mereka suka tekstur ukiran ini.

Who knows, perhaps they like the texture of this carving.

Breakdown of Mana tahu mereka suka tekstur ukiran ini.

• suka: to like
• ini: this
• mereka: they
• tekstur: texture

Questions & Answers about Mana tahu mereka suka tekstur ukiran ini.

What does mana tahu mean here?

Mana tahu is an idiomatic expression. Even though mana often means where and tahu means know, the phrase mana tahu does not literally mean where know in normal use.

Here it works more like:

• who knows
• maybe
• you never know

So it introduces a possibility: perhaps they might like it.

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Is mana tahu formal Malay?

Not especially. Mana tahu is very common and natural in everyday speech and informal writing.

Depending on context, you might also see:

• siapa tahu = who knows
• mungkin = maybe / perhaps
• barangkali = perhaps (more formal/literary)

So mana tahu mereka suka... has a conversational tone, like saying you never know, they might like...

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Why is there no subject before mana tahu?