Hanya pelanggan tertentu menerima rebat.

only

Breakdown of Hanya pelanggan tertentu menerima rebat.

• pelanggan: the customer
• menerima: to accept
• rebat: a rebate

Questions & Answers about Hanya pelanggan tertentu menerima rebat.

Why does the sentence start with hanya?

Hanya means only, and putting it at the beginning is a very natural way in Malay to limit the subject of the sentence.

So:

Hanya pelanggan tertentu menerima rebat.
= Only certain customers receive a rebate.

Here, hanya is understood to apply to pelanggan tertentu.

You may also see similar word order like:

Pelanggan tertentu sahaja menerima rebat.

That means essentially the same thing. Malay often places words like hanya, sahaja, or cuma where they clearly show what is being limited.

What does pelanggan tertentu mean exactly?

Pelanggan = customer / customers
Tertentu = certain, specific, or particular

So pelanggan tertentu means certain customers or specific customers.

In this sentence, it suggests that not all customers receive the rebate, only a selected group.

A useful nuance:

• pelanggan tertentu = certain/specific customers
• pelanggan khas = special customers
• pelanggan terpilih = selected customers

These are related ideas, but not always identical.

Why is pelanggan not repeated to show the plural, like pelanggan-pelanggan?