Kereta saya yang rosak menjejaskan perjalanan saya.

the car

Breakdown of Kereta saya yang rosak menjejaskan perjalanan saya.

• rosak: broken
• saya: my
• menjejaskan: to affect

Questions & Answers about Kereta saya yang rosak menjejaskan perjalanan saya.

What is the word-for-word breakdown of Kereta saya yang rosak menjejaskan perjalanan saya?

A natural breakdown is:

• kereta = car
• saya = my / I / me
• yang rosak = that is broken / which is broken
• menjejaskan = affects / affected / has affected
• perjalanan saya = my journey / my trip

So the structure is roughly:

[My broken car] [affected] [my journey].

More literally:

Car my that broken affected journey my.

Malay often puts modifiers after the noun, so it can look reversed compared with English.

Why does yang rosak come after kereta saya instead of before it?

Because in Malay, descriptive information usually comes after the noun.

So:

• kereta merah = red car
• rumah besar = big house
• kereta saya yang rosak = my car that is broken

In English, we usually put many modifiers before the noun: my broken car.
In Malay, that idea is often expressed after the noun: kereta saya yang rosak.

What does yang mean here?