Perlanggaran itu menyebabkan kecederaan kecil dan kerugian.

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Breakdown of Perlanggaran itu menyebabkan kecederaan kecil dan kerugian.

• dan: and
• menyebabkan: to cause
• kecil: minor

Questions & Answers about Perlanggaran itu menyebabkan kecederaan kecil dan kerugian.

What is the basic sentence structure here?

It follows the very common Malay pattern Subject + Verb + Object, much like English:

• Perlanggaran itu = the subject
• menyebabkan = the verb
• kecederaan kecil dan kerugian = the object

So a very literal breakdown is:

• Perlanggaran itu = that/the collision
• menyebabkan = caused
• kecederaan kecil dan kerugian = minor injuries and losses

That makes this a fairly straightforward sentence for an English speaker.

What does itu mean here, and why does it come after the noun?

Itu usually means that, but in many sentences it also works a bit like the by making the noun definite.

So:

• perlanggaran = collision
• perlanggaran itu = that collision / the collision

In Malay, demonstratives like ini and itu normally come after the noun:

• buku itu = that book / the book
• rumah ini = this house

So perlanggaran itu is perfectly normal word order in Malay.