Dokumentari ini menarik.

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Breakdown of Dokumentari ini menarik.

• menarik: interesting
• dokumentari: the factual film

Questions & Answers about Dokumentari ini menarik.

What does each word in Dokumentari ini menarik mean?

• dokumentari = documentary
• ini = this
• menarik = interesting

So the sentence literally lines up as documentary this interesting, but in natural English it means This documentary is interesting.

Why does ini come after dokumentari instead of before it?

In Malay, demonstratives like ini (this) and itu (that) usually come after the noun.

So:

• dokumentari ini = this documentary
• dokumentari itu = that documentary

This is different from English, where this comes before the noun.

Why is there no word for is in the sentence?

Malay often leaves out the verb to be in simple sentences like this.

So instead of saying something equivalent to This documentary is interesting, Malay simply says:

• Dokumentari ini menarik

This is completely normal and natural.
You do not need a separate word for is here.