Adakah logam itu berat?

Adakah marks the sentence as a yes-no question in a formal or standard way.

So the plain statement is:

Logam itu berat.
and the question becomes:
Adakah logam itu berat?

It does not translate neatly as one single English word. Its job is more like the English question structure in Is the metal heavy?

Malay often does not use a present-tense copula before adjectives.

In English, you need is:

• The metal is heavy

In Malay, you can simply say:

• Logam itu berat

So berat works as the predicate adjective, and no separate word for is is needed.

In Malay, demonstratives such as ini and itu usually come after the noun.

So:

• logam itu = that metal / the metal
• logam ini = this metal

This is normal Malay word order. English puts that before the noun, but Malay puts itu after it.

It can feel like either, depending on context.

Literally, itu is often that. But in natural translation, logam itu may also come across as the metal, especially when both speaker and listener already know which metal is being discussed.

So in context, itu can help make the noun definite, not just distant.

In Adakah logam itu berat?, berat is the main predicate adjective.

The sentence structure is basically:

• logam itu = the subject
• berat = the predicate adjective

So this means:

• Is the metal heavy?

This is different from logam berat, where berat directly modifies logam as part of one noun phrase.
Logam berat usually means heavy metal.

So:

• logam itu berat = the metal is heavy
• logam berat = heavy metal

It is grammatical and natural, but it sounds more formal than casual everyday conversation.

In speech, many people would simply say:

Logam itu berat?

That is a very common conversational yes-no question pattern in Malay.

So:

• Adakah logam itu berat? = formal / careful / textbook style
• Logam itu berat? = casual spoken style

Yes. Beratkah logam itu? is also correct.

The -kah particle can attach to the focused element, and this version sounds formal or somewhat literary.

So you may see:

• Adakah logam itu berat?
• Beratkah logam itu?

Both are grammatical, but the first is often easier for learners to recognize.

Common answers include:

• Ya, berat. = Yes, it is heavy.
• Ya, logam itu berat. = Yes, the metal is heavy.
• Tidak, tidak berat. = No, it is not heavy.
• Tidak, logam itu tidak berat. = No, the metal is not heavy.

Malay often allows short answers, especially when the context is clear.

For a learner, adakah is the safer and more standard choice for this kind of yes-no question.

Apakah is more commonly associated with what in many learning contexts, although in very formal Malay it can sometimes introduce other kinds of questions too.

So for this sentence, it is best to stick with:

Adakah logam itu berat?

The underlying order is:

• logam itu = subject
• berat = predicate adjective

So the statement is:

• Logam itu berat.

When adakah is added, it goes at the front to mark the question:

• Adakah logam itu berat?

So you can think of it as:

• question marker + subject + predicate adjective

Logam is the general word for metal.

It does not mean one specific metal such as iron, gold, or copper. If you want to name a specific metal, you would use a more specific noun.

So in this sentence, logam refers to metal in a general sense, unless the context identifies a particular piece or type.