In a kata ganda separa only the first syllable is repeated, with its vowel changed to e: jari (finger) becomes jejari, daun (leaf) becomes dedaun, tamu (guest) becomes tetamu. No hyphen is needed.
What your child will learn
- Build a half-doubled word from its base
- Tell half-doubling from full doubling
- Know the special meanings of words such as tetikus and jejantas
First syllable, with an e
Take the first consonant, add e, and put it in front: l + e + laki is lelaki; p + e + pohon is pepohon; b + e + bola is bebola.
Many have meanings of their own. Tetikus is a computer mouse, jejantas is a pedestrian bridge, cecair is a liquid, pepejal is a solid, jejentik are mosquito larvae and lelangit is the roof of the mouth.
Example questions
Here are a few questions like the ones in the first quest. Can you solve them?
1. Apakah kata ganda separa bagi “langit”?
🌤️- langlangit
- lelangit
- lelanggit
- lalangit
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Answer: lelangit. l + e + langit menjadi “lelangit”.
2. Betul atau salah? “Rerama” ialah kata ganda separa.
- Salah
- Betul
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Answer: Betul. r + e + rama menjadi “rerama”.
3. Apakah kata ganda separa bagi “daun”?
🍃- daudaun
- dedaun
- dedaung
- dadaun
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Answer: dedaun. d + e + daun menjadi “dedaun”.
Tips for grown-ups
- Find half-doubled words in a science book: cecair, pepejal, sesungut, rerambut.
- Turn five nouns into half-doubled forms and check them in a dictionary.