An ayat majmuk is a sentence made from two or more simple sentences. In an ayat majmuk gabungan the parts are equal partners, joined by dan, atau, tetapi, lalu, sambil or manakala. In an ayat majmuk pancangan a smaller clause hangs from a main one, joined by yang, bahawa, kerana, jika, apabila and the like.
What your child will learn
- Join simple sentences into a compound one
- Split a compound sentence back into simple ones
- Tell gabungan from pancangan
- Find the main clause
Equal partners or main and helper?
Gabungan: “Kakak menyanyi dan adik menari.” Either half could stand alone, and neither depends on the other.
Pancangan: “Kami pulang apabila hari gelap.” “Kami pulang” is the main clause (ayat induk); “hari gelap” is the smaller clause (ayat kecil) that tells when. “Lelaki yang tinggi itu bapa saudara saya” hides the sentence “Lelaki itu tinggi” inside it.
Example questions
Here are a few questions like the ones in the first quest. Can you solve them?
1. Isi tempat kosong: “Abang membasuh kereta ___ mendengar radio.”
👦- bahawa
- sambil
- jika
- yang
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Answer: sambil. “Sambil” menghubungkan dua perbuatan serentak.
2. Pisahkan ayat majmuk: “Mei Ling pandai dan rajin.”
- Mei Ling. Pandai dan rajin.
- Mei Ling pandai. Mei Ling rajin.
- Mei Ling pandai. Dan rajin.
- Mei Ling dan. Pandai rajin.
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Answer: Mei Ling pandai. Mei Ling rajin.. Setiap ayat tunggal mempunyai subjek dan predikat sendiri.
3. Gabungkan: “Kakak menyanyi. Adik menari.”
👧- Kakak menyanyi dan adik menari.
- Kakak menyanyi menari adik.
- Kakak dan menyanyi adik menari.
- Kakak menyanyi adik menari dan.
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Answer: Kakak menyanyi dan adik menari.. Kata hubung “dan” diletakkan di antara dua ayat.
Tips for grown-ups
- Take a compound sentence from a book and split it into its simple sentences.
- Join the same two sentences three ways: dan, tetapi, kerana.