Malay Adverbs
Learning the Malay Adverbs is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you practice the subject, the closer you get to mastering the Malay language. But first we need to know what the role of Adverbs is in the structure of the grammar in Malay.
Malay adverbs are part of speech. Generally they're words that modify any part of language other than a noun. Adverbs can modify verbs, adjectives (including numbers), clauses, sentences and other adverbs. Here are some examples:
| English Adverbs | Malay Adverbs |
| adverbs | adverbia |
| I read a book sometimes | Kadang-kadang saya membaca buku |
| I will never smoke | Saya tidak akan merokok |
| are you alone? | kau sendirian? |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Adverbs in Malay has a logical pattern. Locate the Adverbs above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Malaysian.
List of Adverbs in Malay
Below is a list of the Adverbs of time place manner and frequency in Malay placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Malay vocabulary.
| English Adverbs | Malay Adverbs |
| adverbs of time | adverbia masa |
| yesterday | Semalam |
| today | hari ini |
| tomorrow | besok |
| now | sekarang |
| then | kemudian |
| later | kemudian |
| tonight | malam ini |
| right now | sekarang juga |
| last night | Malam semalam/malam tadi |
| this morning | pagi ini |
| next week | minggu depan |
| already | sudah |
| recently | baru-baru ini |
| lately | akhir-akhir ini |
| soon | akan |
| immediately | serta merta |
| still | masih |
| yet | namun |
| ago | silam |
| |
| adverbs of place | adverbia tempat |
| here | sini |
| there | sana |
| over there | di sana |
| everywhere | mana-mana |
| anywhere | di mana-mana |
| nowhere | tempat |
| home | rumah |
| away | jauh |
| out | ke luar |
| |
| adverbs of manner | adverbia ragam |
| very | sangat |
| quite | agak |
| pretty | cantik |
| really | benar-benar |
| fast | segera |
| well | baik |
| hard | keras |
| quickly | cepat-cepat |
| slowly | perlahan-lahan |
| carefully | berhati-hati |
| hardly | tidak |
| barely | baru saja |
| mostly | kebanyakan |
| almost | hampir |
| absolutely | sama sekali |
| together | bersama |
| alone | sendirian |
| |
| adverbs of frequency | adverbia frekuensi |
| always | selalu |
| frequently | sering |
| usually | biasanya |
| sometimes | kadang-kadang |
| occasionally | kadang-kadang |
| seldom | jarang |
| rarely | jarang |
| never | tak pernah |
Adverbs of time place manner and frequency have a very important role in Malay, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with the Malaysian Adverbs, you might want to check the rest of our Malay lessons here: Learn Malay. Don't forget to bookmark this page.