Adakah pemegang polisi itu layak menuntut pampasan?

Is that policyholder eligible to claim compensation?

Breakdown of Adakah pemegang polisi itu layak menuntut pampasan?

• itu: that
• adakah: does
• pampasan: the compensation
• pemegang polisi: the person who holds an insurance policy

Questions & Answers about Adakah pemegang polisi itu layak menuntut pampasan?

What does adakah do in this sentence?

Adakah is a question marker. It helps turn the sentence into a yes/no question.

So:

• Pemegang polisi itu layak menuntut pampasan. = That policyholder is eligible to claim compensation.
• Adakah pemegang polisi itu layak menuntut pampasan? = Is that policyholder eligible to claim compensation?

In everyday spoken Malay, people often leave adakah out and use intonation instead:

• Pemegang polisi itu layak menuntut pampasan?

That is common in speech, while adakah sounds more formal and explicit.

Why is itu placed after pemegang polisi, not before it?

In Malay, demonstratives like ini and itu usually come after the noun phrase, not before it.

So:

• pemegang polisi itu = that policyholder
• literally, something like policyholder that

This is normal Malay word order. English says that policyholder, but Malay says policyholder that.

The same pattern appears in many noun phrases:

• rumah itu = that house
• orang ini = this person
• syarikat itu = that company