Breakdown of Kebanyakan pengunjung sudah pulang.
pulang
to return
sudah
already
pengunjung
the visitor
kebanyakan
most (of a group)
Questions & Answers about Kebanyakan pengunjung sudah pulang.
What does kebanyakan mean here?
Here, kebanyakan means most or the majority of.
So kebanyakan pengunjung = most visitors.
A useful comparison:
- banyak pengunjung = many visitors
- kebanyakan pengunjung = most visitors
Also, kebanyakan can sometimes mean too much / too many in other contexts, but in this sentence it clearly means most because it is followed by a noun.
Why is there no plural ending on pengunjung?
Malay nouns usually do not change form for singular vs. plural.
So pengunjung can mean:
- a visitor
- visitors
The context tells you which one is meant. In this sentence, kebanyakan already makes it clear that the meaning is plural, so pengunjung is understood as visitors.
Why is there no word for the?