Pelesenan haiwan peliharaan penting.

Pet licensing is important.

Breakdown of Pelesenan haiwan peliharaan penting.

• penting: important
• haiwan peliharaan: the pet
• pelesenan: licensing

Questions & Answers about Pelesenan haiwan peliharaan penting.

Why is pelesenan used here instead of just lesen?

Pelesenan means licensing as a process, system, or policy.

It comes from lesen (license/licence) plus the affixes pe- and -an, which often turn a word into a noun referring to an activity or process.

So:

• lesen = a license, permit
• pelesenan = licensing

In this sentence, Pelesenan haiwan peliharaan penting, the idea is pet licensing is important, not the pet license is important.

Why is there no word for is in the sentence?

Malay often leaves out the present-tense verb to be when linking a subject to an adjective or noun.

So:

• Pelesenan haiwan peliharaan penting = Pet licensing is important

Literally, it is more like:

• pet licensing important

This is completely normal in Malay. You do not need a word equivalent to is in simple statements like this.

What part of speech is penting?