Word
Baca penilaian ini.
Meaning
Read this assessment.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about Baca penilaian ini.
Why is there no word for you in Baca penilaian ini?
In Malay, commands often leave out the subject, just like English can.
So Baca penilaian ini literally looks like Read this assessment/review, with you understood.
This is very normal in instructions, buttons, signs, and direct speech.
Is baca here a command?
Yes. Here baca is being used as an imperative verb, so the sentence is a command or instruction.
- Baca penilaian ini = Read this assessment/review
- implied subject = you
A short Malay command often uses the base form of the verb.
Why is it baca and not membaca?
Because Malay usually uses the base verb in commands.
- baca = base form, often used in commands
- membaca = active verb form, more typical in statements
Compare:
- Baca penilaian ini. = Read this assessment/review.
- Saya membaca penilaian ini. = I am reading / I read this assessment/review.
So in an imperative, baca is the expected form.