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21 Sep 2018
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Question about Malay
What is the difference between ialah and adalah ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between ialah and adalah ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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@jason87 both contain the same meaning of "is". the only difference is their pronounciation. Both ialah and adalah can be used in formal and informal conversation and often use in our daily conversation.
example: this IS my book.
1) ini IALAH buku saya
2) ini ADALAH buku saya.
- English (UK)
- French (France)
- Malay Near fluent
the simple way to differentiate between those two words is, ialah is always followed by a noun if not, use adalah.
ini adalah buku saya, is wrong
ini ialah buku saya is the right one since buku is a noun
- Malay
- English (UK) Near fluent
@jason87. We are also got wrong in exam but the deeply meaning is ADALAH we use for something we didn’t sure/know and IALAH is something that we already know /noticed it but it’s also depends on the others things like nouns and other don’t worry you will understand one day😊😊☺️👍🏻
- English (UK)
- Malay
both ialah and adalah is the same meaning here's a example
nama saya ialah....
nama saya adalah...

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