Doktor haiwan memeriksa sama ada menyalak dan mengeong ialah gejala jangkitan.

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Breakdown of Doktor haiwan memeriksa sama ada menyalak dan mengeong ialah gejala jangkitan.

• memeriksa: to examine
• ialah: to be
• sama ada: whether

Questions & Answers about Doktor haiwan memeriksa sama ada menyalak dan mengeong ialah gejala jangkitan.

Why is doktor haiwan used for veterinarian, and why does it literally look like doctor animal?

In Malay, modifiers usually come after the noun they describe.

So:

• doktor = doctor
• haiwan = animal

That makes doktor haiwan literally animal doctor, which is the normal Malay way to say veterinarian / vet.

This noun order is very common in Malay:

• rumah sakit = hospital
• teh ais = iced tea
• doktor gigi = dentist

So the pattern is not strange in Malay, even if it feels reversed compared with English.

What does memeriksa mean, and why isn’t it just periksa?

Memeriksa means to examine / to check / to inspect.

The base word is:

• periksa = examine, inspection, check

When Malay forms an active transitive verb, it often adds the meN- prefix. So:

• periksa → memeriksa

This is a very common pattern:

• baca → membaca = to read
• tulis → menulis = to write
• lihat → melihat = to see

Here, memeriksa is the correct verb form because the veterinarian is actively examining something.