Word
Kami menuju bandar.
Meaning
We are heading toward the city.
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about Kami menuju bandar.
Why is kami used here instead of kita?
In Malay, both kami and kita can mean we, but they are not interchangeable.
- kami = we, not including the listener
- kita = we, including the listener
So Kami menuju bandar means that we are heading to town/city, but you are not part of that group.
This is a very important distinction in Malay, and English does not normally make it.
What exactly is menuju doing in this sentence?
Menuju is the verb. It means something like to head toward, to go toward, or to make one’s way to.
So the structure is:
- Kami = subject
- menuju = verb
- bandar = destination/object of the verb
It is a normal Malay sentence pattern: Subject + Verb + Object/Complement.
Why isn’t there a word for to, like in to town?