Dia tidak benci kerja; sebaliknya dia benci jadual yang tidak jelas.

He/She does not hate work; instead he/she hates a schedule that is not clear.

Breakdown of Dia tidak benci kerja; sebaliknya dia benci jadual yang tidak jelas.

• dia: he/she
• kerja: the work
• tidak: not
• yang: that/which

Questions & Answers about Dia tidak benci kerja; sebaliknya dia benci jadual yang tidak jelas.

In this sentence, does dia mean “he” or “she”? How do you show gender in Malay?

Dia can mean he or she. Malay personal pronouns do not mark gender.

You normally work out the gender from context, for example:

• Dia guru matematik itu. – He/She is that math teacher.
  If you really need to be explicit, you can add words like lelaki (male) or perempuan (female):
• Dia lelaki itu. – That man / He (male)
• Dia perempuan itu. – That woman / She (female)

But in everyday Malay, dia alone is usually enough; the listener infers gender from the situation.

Why is tidak used here and not bukan?