Saya mengeluarkan wang tunai di mesin juruwang automatik dekat bank.

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Breakdown of Saya mengeluarkan wang tunai di mesin juruwang automatik dekat bank.

• di: at
• dekat: near
• bank: bank

Questions & Answers about Saya mengeluarkan wang tunai di mesin juruwang automatik dekat bank.

Why is the verb mengeluarkan used here? Does it literally mean withdraw?

Yes. Mengeluarkan comes from the root keluar, which means to go out / come out.

With the prefix and suffix meN-...-kan, it becomes mengeluarkan, which means to take out / bring out / cause something to come out.

So in banking context:

• mengeluarkan wang tunai = to withdraw cash
• literally, something like to take cash out

This is a very normal way to express withdrawing money in Malay.

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What does wang tunai mean? Why not just say wang?

Wang tunai means cash.

• wang = money
• tunai = cash / in cash

So:

• wang = money in general
• wang tunai = physical cash, as opposed to money in a bank account or digital payment

In everyday speech, many people would also say duit instead of wang:

• duit = money, more casual
• wang = slightly more formal or neutral

So all of these are possible, depending on style:

• mengeluarkan wang tunai
• keluarkan duit
• ambil duit

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