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2010年8月7日星期六

Short forms

Tak nak?

Colloquial Malay shortens commonly used words mercilessly.

sudah → dah
already

tidak → tak
no

hendak → nak
to want

aku → ku
I (informal)

kamu → mu
you (informal)

-ku and -mu also act as suffixes: keretaku is short for kereta aku, "my car".