Jangankan pergi ke pejabat, keluar rumah pun saya tidak mahu kerana demam.

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Breakdown of Jangankan pergi ke pejabat, keluar rumah pun saya tidak mahu kerana demam.

• mahu: to want
• pergi: to go
• ke: to (a place)

Questions & Answers about Jangankan pergi ke pejabat, keluar rumah pun saya tidak mahu kerana demam.

What does jangankan mean in this sentence?

Jangankan is used to mean something like let alone, never mind, or not to mention.

In this sentence, it sets up a contrast:

• Jangankan pergi ke pejabat = Let alone going to the office
• The speaker then says something even smaller/easier is also impossible:
• keluar rumah pun saya tidak mahu = I don't even want to leave the house

So the pattern is roughly:

Jangankan X, Y pun ...
= Let alone X, even Y ...

It emphasizes that if the bigger thing is out of the question, then the smaller thing certainly is too.

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Why is the sentence structured as Jangankan pergi ke pejabat, keluar rumah pun...?

This is a very common Malay emphasis pattern.

It works like this:

• X = the more difficult / bigger action
• Y = the smaller / easier action

So:

• pergi ke pejabat = go to the office
• keluar rumah = leave the house

The speaker is saying:

• Forget going to the office
• I do not even want to leave the house

In English, we often reverse or reshape this idea, but in Malay this structure is very natural for emphasis.

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