Questions & Answers about Dia mengaku bahawa itu salah dia.
What does dia mean here? Is it he or she?
Dia is a gender‑neutral third-person singular pronoun. It can mean:
- he
- she
Malay usually does not mark gender unless you add extra words like lelaki (male) or perempuan (female). So Dia mengaku bahawa itu salah dia can be:
- He admitted that it was his fault.
- She admitted that it was her fault.
The context tells you which one is intended.
Why is dia used twice in Dia mengaku bahawa itu salah dia?
The two dia have different functions:
The first Dia is the subject (the one doing the action):
- Dia mengaku = He/She admitted
The second dia shows possession in salah dia (literally fault of him/her):
- salah dia = his/her fault
Malay often uses a pronoun after a noun to show possession:
- rumah dia = his/her house
- kereta dia = his/her car
- salah dia = his/her fault
So the literal structure is like:
He/She admitted that that was fault of him/her.
What exactly does bahawa do? Can I leave it out?