Kita sambung perbualan ini selepas makan malam.

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Breakdown of Kita sambung perbualan ini selepas makan malam.

• kita: we
• selepas: after
• makan malam: the dinner

Questions & Answers about Kita sambung perbualan ini selepas makan malam.

What does kita mean here, and how is it different from kami?

kita means “we” inclusive (speaker + listener). kami means “we” exclusive (speaker + others, but not listener). Since the speaker is inviting you to continue the chat, kita is used.

Why is the verb sambung used instead of menyambung?

The full verb is menyambung (meN- prefix + root), but in everyday speech, Malay often drops the prefix after pronouns or in commands: kita sambung is colloquial for “let’s continue.” In formal writing you could say kita akan menyambung.

What does perbualan mean, and how do bual, berbual, and perbualan relate?

• bual: root word meaning “chat” or “talk”
• berbual: verb “to chat” (ber- prefix turns root into verb)
• perbualan: noun “conversation” (per-…-an affixes create a noun out of the root)

Why is ini placed after perbualan? Could it go before like in English?

In Malay, demonstratives (ini = “this”) follow the noun: perbualan ini = “this conversation.” Putting ini before (ini perbualan) is ungrammatical.