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Ulang kaji means to revise / review (what you have already learned), especially for a test or exam.
- ulang = repeat
- kaji = study / examine
So ulang kaji literally feels like “study again”, which matches revise in British English or review in American English.
By contrast, belajar is more general: to study / to learn (new material or in general).
Examples:
Saya belajar bahasa Melayu.
I study / am learning Malay.Saya ulang kaji nota untuk peperiksaan.
I revise/review my notes for the exam.
In your sentence, Saya ulang kaji nota semalam clearly means you were revising something you had already learned.
Formally, the verb is mengulang kaji (with the prefix meN- that marks an active verb):
- Saya mengulang kaji nota semalam.
However, in everyday modern Malay, people very often drop the prefix and simply say:
- Saya ulang kaji nota semalam.
Both are understood and acceptable in spoken and informal written Malay.
In very formal writing (e.g. academic writing), mengulang kaji is more standard.
Malay verbs usually do not change form for tense (past, present, future). Instead, time words tell you when something happened:
- semalam = yesterday
- sekarang = now
- esok = tomorrow
So Saya ulang kaji nota semalam already clearly means I revised my notes yesterday. The word semalam is enough to show past time.
You can add a past marker like telah or sudah for emphasis or clarity:
- Saya telah ulang kaji nota semalam.
- Saya sudah ulang kaji nota semalam.
These sound a bit more formal or emphatic, but they are not required. Without them, the sentence is still correct and natural.
Yes, both word orders are correct and natural:
- Saya ulang kaji nota semalam.
- Semalam saya ulang kaji nota.
Placing semalam at the end (1) is very common and neutral.
Putting semalam at the beginning (2) emphasizes the time, a bit like “Yesterday, I revised my notes.”
Malay is fairly flexible with adverbs of time and place: they can go at the start or at the end of a clause without changing the basic meaning.
In your sentence:
- ... semalam, jadi kuiz itu mudah ...
jadi means so / therefore / as a result. It introduces the result or consequence of the previous clause, just like so in English:
- I revised my notes yesterday, so the quiz was easy.
Compare:
- kerana / sebab = because (introduces a reason)
- jadi / maka / oleh itu = so / therefore (introduces a result)
Example contrast:
Kuiz itu mudah kerana saya ulang kaji nota semalam.
The quiz was easy because I revised my notes yesterday.Saya ulang kaji nota semalam, jadi kuiz itu mudah.
I revised my notes yesterday, so the quiz was easy.
So kerana/sebab go before the reason, while jadi comes before the result.
Malay has no separate word for a / an / the. Instead, it often uses ini (this) or itu (that) to mark something as specific / definite, a bit like the in English.
- kuiz = a quiz / quizzes (not specific)
- kuiz itu = that quiz / the quiz (a particular one you both know about)
So kuiz itu suggests:
- a specific quiz already known in the context
- something like that quiz we’re talking about or the quiz (earlier today/yesterday)
You could also see:
- kuiz ini = this quiz (e.g. the one in front of you / just now)
- kuiz tersebut = that particular quiz (more formal / written)
Yes, you can say Kuiz itu senang, and people will understand you.
However, there is a nuance:
- mudah = easy, not difficult, simple (more neutral / slightly more formal)
- senang = easy / relaxed / comfortable; often used in everyday speech, and also means “comfortable, at ease”
Typical usage:
Soalan ini mudah.
This question is easy (more “objectively easy”).Kerja ini senang dan tak stress.
This job is easy and not stressful (more about feeling relaxed, not burdened).
For a quiz/test, both are possible, but mudah is often a bit more neutral or formal, especially in writing or school contexts.
Both jawapan untuk soalan utama and jawapan kepada soalan utama are possible, but:
- untuk = for (functional target or purpose)
- kepada = to (direction / recipient), and sometimes used in more formal phrases
In everyday speech and writing, untuk is very common after jawapan:
- jawapan untuk soalan ini
the answer for this question
kepada can sound slightly more formal or bookish in this context:
- jawapan kepada persoalan ini
the answer to this issue/question (formal / academic)
In your sentence, jawapan untuk soalan utama sounds completely natural and neutral.
Jawapan can mean answer (singular) or answers (plural), depending on context. Malay usually does not add endings like -s to show plural.
If you really need to make it explicit:
- satu jawapan = one answer
- beberapa jawapan = several answers
- banyak jawapan = many answers
Reduplication can also indicate plurality in some nouns, but jawapan is usually not pluralized as jawapan-jawapan in everyday speech; that would sound quite formal or unnecessary here.
In saya tahu jawapan untuk soalan utama, it naturally reads as the answer (singular), because soalan utama is singular (“the main question”).
You can leave it out, and it will still be correct and natural:
- Saya ulang kaji nota semalam, jadi kuiz itu mudah dan tahu jawapan untuk soalan utama.
Malay often omits repeated subjects when it is clear from context. However, including saya again:
- makes the sentence slightly clearer and more emphatic
- is very normal in both spoken and written Malay
Think of it like English:
- “I revised my notes yesterday, so the quiz was easy and I knew the answer...”
You could say “…so the quiz was easy and knew the answer…”, but that sounds wrong in English.
In Malay, omission is allowed, but repeating saya is perfectly natural and maybe a bit closer to how English speakers like to express it.
In Malay, the noun usually comes first, and descriptions follow it. So the typical order is:
- Noun + Adjective / Modifier
Examples:
- rumah besar = big house
- soalan sukar = difficult question
- soalan utama = main question
You almost never say utama soalan. That order is wrong in standard Malay.
So in your sentence, soalan utama is the correct and natural order for main question.
The standard spelling in modern Malay for an academic quiz is kuiz (with z), reflecting the English word quiz.
You might occasionally see kuis (with s) in older texts or informal contexts, but kuiz is the correct contemporary standard in Malaysia and in most official usage.
Yes. Because Malay verbs are not inflected for tense, Saya ulang kaji nota semalam, jadi kuiz itu mudah can map to slightly different English tenses depending on context:
- I revised my notes yesterday, so the quiz was easy.
- I revised my notes yesterday, so the quiz is easy (e.g. you are doing it now and finding it easy).
The word semalam pins the revising to the past, but the time of kuiz itu mudah is understood from the situation:
- If the quiz already happened: was easy.
- If you’re in the middle of it or just finished: people sometimes still say is easy in English.
Malay leaves that flexibility to context; you supply the precise English tense when translating.