Tiub dalam itu rosak.

that

Breakdown of Tiub dalam itu rosak.

• rosak: damaged
• tiub dalam: an inner tube

Questions & Answers about Tiub dalam itu rosak.

What does each word in Tiub dalam itu rosak mean?

• tiub = tube
• dalam = inner / inside
• itu = that
• rosak = damaged / broken / faulty

So tiub dalam means inner tube, and the whole sentence means That inner tube is damaged or The inner tube is broken.

Why is dalam after tiub instead of before it?

In Malay, modifiers often come after the noun. So where English says inner tube, Malay says tube inner, which becomes tiub dalam.

This is very normal in Malay word order. English and Malay often build noun phrases differently.

Does dalam here mean in or inside?

Not in this sentence.

Dalam can mean in / inside in other contexts, but here it is part of the noun phrase tiub dalam, which means inner tube.

So in this sentence, dalam is not acting like the preposition in. It is helping describe what kind of tube it is.

What does itu do in this sentence?