How to use the word 'PUNYA' in Malay

The word "PUNYA" in Malay is quite versatile and can be used in various ways. There are:


Assalamualaikum dan Hai semua.

Apa khabar?

Just a few days left of the year 2023, however, it is not an excuse to be lazy!

Push yourself a little bit more = Sikit lagi

Jangan malas! = Don't be lazy!

Rajinlah sikit! = Be hardworking a bit!


And today, our last sprint of the year..let's study the word 

punya

punya


Punya is a posessive particle and it could mean whose,mine, possess, belongs to, to own

and in Malay, there are synonyms for Punya 

They are: Ada or milik

Are they interchangeable? It depends on the construction of the sentence. 


Let's look at some example so you could comprehend the usage of Punya in a Malay sentence better.

The first example is:


Ini siapa punya?

or

Siapa punya ini?


It means whose is this?

Ini means this

and siapa punya means whose

as this channel teaches you spoken Malay, for this point on, only spoken Malay sentences will be given as examples.


As we know that, ini can be shortened as 'ni'

so naturally, the previous sentences could be said as


Ni siapa punya?

or

Siapa punya ni?


which means 

Whose is this?


Using ni is useful when you don't know the name of the object or things that you want to ask

If you know the name of the object, as this example


Pensel ni siapa punya?

or

Siapa punya pensel ni?


Even if the phrase pensel ni appeared first in the sentence or comes at the end of the sentence, it did not affect the meaning of the sentence at all which is - who is the owner of the pencil.


So you can use both of these patterns to ask for the owner of an object or things.

To ask for confirmation if someone is the owner of a thing, we may ask like so


Pensel ni awak punya ke?

or 

Awak punya ke pensel ni?


which means

Is this pencil yours?

Does this pencil belong to you?


If the reply is positive, you may use any of the followings example as an answer.


Ya, pensel ni saya punya.

or

Ya, saya punya.

or simply

Ya.


However, if the reply is negative

you could reply like so


Tak, pensel ni bukan saya punya.

Bukan, pensel ni bukan saya punya.


No, this pencil is not mine.

or  a few more ways to reply negatively


Pensel ni bukan saya punya.

Bukan saya punya.


or simply with either


Bukan / Tak.


bukan or tak both means No

However, for the detail explanation of their usages, please watch the video above or from  the link in the description.


Before we proceed,

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Terima kasih!


Now, let's do some exercises.


First exercise,

I will ask you and you need to answer with 

the pronoun given at the bottom-left of the slide.

I will give you 5 seconds to answer and after that the answer will be given.

Jom mula! Let's start!


Buku ni siapa punya?

Buku ni saya punya.


Bagus! Good! Next..


Buku ni siapa punya?

Buku ni awak punya.


Bagus! Good! last one..


Buku ni siapa punya?

Buku ni dia punya.


The next exercise, is asking if the object is yours or not,

you need to answer based on the hint given at the bottom-left of the slide.

I will give you 5 seconds to answer and after that the answer will be given.


Jom mula! Let's start!


Kereta ni awak punya ke?

Ya. Kereta ni saya punya.


Bagus! Good! Next..


Kereta ni awak punya ke?

Bukan. Kereta ni awak punya.


Bagus! Good! last one..


Kereta ni awak punya ke?

Tak. Kereta ni dia punya.

Bukan. Kereta ni dia punya.


Well done!

We have reached the end of the lesson. I hope that this will be useful and please ask me anything in the comment if you don't understand the lesson well.

I will try my best to answer.


You may watch the lesson here:



Baiklah = alright, until next time.

Terima kasih semua.

Sampai jumpa lagi!


I Learn Malay

Hi, I'm Zarina from ILearnMalay. I am a native Malay language speaker from Malaysia.

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