Aku pergi sekarang.

now

Breakdown of Aku pergi sekarang.

• pergi: to go
• aku: I; me (intimate or informal)

Questions & Answers about Aku pergi sekarang.

Why does the sentence use aku instead of saya?

Both aku and saya can mean I, but they differ in register.

• aku is informal
• saya is more polite and neutral

So Aku pergi sekarang. sounds natural in casual speech, for example with friends, family, or in a relaxed context.

If you want to sound more polite, you would usually say:

• Saya pergi sekarang.

Does pergi change depending on the subject, like go / goes / went in English?

No. Malay verbs do not conjugate for person or number.

So pergi stays the same with different subjects:

• aku pergi = I go
• dia pergi = he/she goes
• mereka pergi = they go

Unlike English, you do not need to change the verb to match I, he, they, and so on.

How do we know the tense if pergi does not change?