Produktiviti masih rendah.

Productivity is still low.

Breakdown of Produktiviti masih rendah.

• masih: still
• rendah: low
• produktiviti: productivity

Questions & Answers about Produktiviti masih rendah.

Why is there no word for is in Produktiviti masih rendah?

In Malay, you often do not need a verb like is/are between a subject and an adjective.

So:

• Produktiviti masih rendah = Productivity is still low
• literally: productivity still low

This is completely normal in Malay. The adjective rendah can act like the predicate by itself.

What does masih mean here?

Masih means still.

It shows that the situation continues from before until now. So Produktiviti masih rendah implies that productivity was low before, and it continues to be low now.

Compare:

• Produktiviti rendah = Productivity is low
• Produktiviti masih rendah = Productivity is still low

Why does masih come before rendah?

In Malay, adverbs like masih usually come before the word they modify.

Here, masih modifies the adjective rendah, so the order is:

• masih rendah = still low

This is the natural word order in Malay.

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