Kes itu mengenai kemalangan.

That case concerns an accident.

Breakdown of Kes itu mengenai kemalangan.

• itu: that
• kemalangan: the accident
• mengenai: regarding; concerning
• kes: the case; matter

Questions & Answers about Kes itu mengenai kemalangan.

Why does itu come after kes instead of before it?

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

So:

• kes itu = that case / the case
• kemalangan itu = that accident / the accident

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

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Does itu mean that or the here?

It can function as either, depending on context.

In Kes itu mengenai kemalangan, kes itu could be understood as:

• that case
• the case

Malay does not have a separate word exactly like English the, so itu is often used when the noun is definite or already known from context.

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Is there a missing word for is in this sentence?