Betapa pentingnya keputusan ini!

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Breakdown of Betapa pentingnya keputusan ini!

• penting: important
• keputusan: the decision
• betapa: how (in an exclamation)

Questions & Answers about Betapa pentingnya keputusan ini!

What does betapa mean in this sentence?

Betapa is an exclamatory word meaning something like how or how very.

So Betapa pentingnya keputusan ini! means How important this decision is!

It is not asking a question. It is expressing strong feeling or emphasis.

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Why is there no word for is in the sentence?

Malay often leaves out the verb to be when English would use is, are, was, and so on.

So:

• keputusan ini penting = this decision is important

There is no need to add a separate word for is here. That is completely normal in Malay.

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Why is it pentingnya instead of just penting?

The -nya here adds emphasis and helps create an exclamatory, expressive tone.

So:

• penting = important
• pentingnya = roughly how important / so important in this kind of structure

In sentences like this, adjective + -nya is a common pattern for exclamations:

• Indahnya pemandangan ini! = How beautiful this view is!
• Besarnya rumah itu! = How big that house is!

So pentingnya does not simply mean his/her/its important. Here it is part of an exclamatory pattern.

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