Tolong masuk ke rumah dahulu supaya tidak kehujanan.

to (a place)

Breakdown of Tolong masuk ke rumah dahulu supaya tidak kehujanan.

• supaya: so that
• rumah: the house
• tidak: not

Questions & Answers about Tolong masuk ke rumah dahulu supaya tidak kehujanan.

Why does the sentence start with tolong?

In this sentence, tolong makes the sentence sound like a polite request: please.

So Tolong masuk ke rumah dahulu means something like Please go into the house first.

A useful thing to know is that tolong can also literally mean help, depending on context. But before a verb, it often works like please:

• Tolong duduk. = Please sit.
• Tolong tunggu. = Please wait.

So here, it is not talking about helping someone enter the house. It is simply making the request polite.

Why is there no word for you in the sentence?

Malay often leaves out the subject when it is already obvious from context.

In English, you usually need to say you:

• Please go into the house first...

In Malay, that is often unnecessary if the speaker is clearly talking to someone in front of them. So:

• Tolong masuk ke rumah dahulu...

already implies you.

If you added a subject like awak, anda, or kamu, it could still be grammatical, but it is often not needed.

What does masuk ke rumah mean exactly?