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Juga means also / too.
- Saya juga gugup literally: I also nervous → “I was also nervous.”
- The pattern is: subject + juga + adjective/verb.
You could also say Saya gugup juga, but that usually sounds more like:
- “I was nervous too (on top of something else)” or “I was nervous as well (maybe compared with other feelings).”
In this sentence, Saya juga gugup is the most natural way to say “I was also nervous (like someone else, or in addition to something else).”
Gugup usually means nervous, flustered, jittery, especially in a social or performance situation.
Nuance:
- Common contexts: giving a speech, talking to someone important, being called by the doctor, job interview, exam.
- It suggests you’re tense, maybe shaky, tongue-tied, not speaking smoothly.
It is less about deep anxiety or worry and more about immediate nervousness or being flustered. For emotional anxiety or worry, Malay often uses risau, gelisah, bimbang, etc.
Yes, sebaik sahaja means as soon as.
- sebaik = as good / as soon as (in this fixed phrase)
- sahaja = only / just
Together, sebaik sahaja is used like a conjunction:
Saya juga gugup sebaik sahaja doktor memanggil nama saya...
I was also nervous as soon as the doctor called my name…
You may also see it written as sebaik saja (same meaning; saja is an informal spelling of sahaja).
Shorter version sebaik alone can sometimes be used similarly in more formal or literary contexts, but sebaik sahaja/saja is the clearest everyday form for “as soon as.”
There are two parts:
- Main clause: Saya juga gugup – “I was also nervous.”
- Subordinate clause: sebaik sahaja doktor memanggil nama saya di lobi hospital – “as soon as the doctor called my name in the hospital lobby.”
So structurally:
[Main clause] Saya juga gugup
[Conjunction] sebaik sahaja
[Subordinate clause] doktor memanggil nama saya di lobi hospital.
Malay often just puts the conjunction (sebaik sahaja, apabila, bila, etc.) directly in front of the subordinate clause, with no extra words needed.
Both are possible, but they have slightly different focuses:
doktor memanggil nama saya
- Literally: “the doctor called my name.”
- Focus is on the name being called out (like read from a list, shouted in the lobby).
doktor memanggil saya
- Literally: “the doctor called me.”
- More general: maybe calling you over, beckoning you, or summoning you.
In the context of a hospital lobby, memanggil nama saya is more natural because doctors usually call out patients’ names.
The base verb is panggil (“call”). Memanggil is the meN--prefixed form:
- panggil → base form; often used in spoken, informal Malay.
- memanggil → more standard / formal, especially in writing and careful speech.
The meN- prefix:
- Usually marks an active verb with an explicit subject (here: doktor).
- Often sounds more polite/neutral and is expected in formal or standard usage.
In daily conversation, you will hear both:
- doktor panggil nama saya (informal)
- doktor memanggil nama saya (neutral/formal, as in your sentence)
All three are grammatically possible, but with different register/feel:
nama saya – “my name”
- Neutral, standard, polite.
- Common in almost all situations.
doktor memanggil saya – “the doctor called me”
- Focus shifts from the name to me as a person being summoned.
namaku – “my name” with suffix -ku
- More literary / poetic / very informal personal style.
- Less common in everyday spoken Malay in Malaysia compared with nama saya.
So nama saya is the most natural, neutral choice here.
di is a preposition meaning at / in / on (location).
- di lobi hospital = “in/at the hospital lobby.”
Difference from ke:
di → location where something is:
- Saya di rumah. – I am at home.
- di lobi hospital – at the hospital lobby.
ke → movement towards a place (to):
- Saya pergi ke hospital. – I go to the hospital.
- Saya berjalan ke lobi hospital. – I walk to the hospital lobby.
So here, because it’s describing where the name was called, di is correct.
Itu means that / the (demonstrative), and it can make a noun more specific or definite.
- di lobi hospital – “in the hospital lobby” (context already makes it clear enough which lobby).
- di lobi hospital itu – “in that hospital lobby / in the lobby of that hospital” (more specific; maybe a particular hospital already mentioned).
Malay often relies on context instead of articles like “the” or “a” in English.
So di lobi hospital is natural and sufficient unless you really need to emphasise that particular hospital.
Both are grammatical, but the nuance shifts slightly:
Saya juga gugup
- Most common.
- “I was also nervous” (I, too, felt nervous – perhaps others were nervous or there were other states being discussed).
Saya gugup juga
- Can sound like: “I was nervous as well (in addition to something else)” or “I was nervous too” with a mild emphasis on the nervousness being an addition.
- Often used when listing feelings:
- Saya sedih, tapi saya gugup juga. – “I was sad, but I was nervous too.”
In your sentence, Saya juga gugup is the more straightforward, neutral choice.
You generally keep Saya here.
Malay can sometimes drop pronouns if the subject is very clear from context, but for a full standalone sentence like this, especially in written or careful speech, you normally say:
- Saya juga gugup sebaik sahaja doktor memanggil nama saya...
If this were a continuation of a conversation where I is already very clear, you might drop it and say something like:
- Juga gugup sebaik sahaja doktor memanggil nama saya...
But that sounds more like a fragment or very casual style. For learners and for clear, standard Malay, keep Saya.