VOCABULARY.
VERBS. |
NOUNS. |
| bakar, burn. | bntara, herald. |
| basoh, wash. | bginda, king (pron. 3rd pers.). |
| buboh, place, put. | dinding, partition, wall. |
| dukong, carry (on the hip). | hrimau, tiger. |
| hitong, count. | istana, palace. |
| kupas, peel. | jari, finger. |
| lkat, stick, adhere. | khatib, preacher. |
| sambot, receive. | kris, dagger. |
| sandar, lean. | laksamana, admiral. |
| sangkot, catch against, stick. | maharaja, king, great raja. |
| sbot, mention, call. | mntri, minister (of state). |
| sorong, move forward, push. | pohon, tree. |
| sagu, sago. | |
| takdir, will (of God). |
EXERCISE XVIII.
(The passive or the participle should be used in every sentence.)
1 He carried the king's child. 2 The maharaja stabbed him with a kris. 3 The king ordered them to fill it with sago. 4 The herald received it, and gave it to the preacher, and the preacher read it. 5 On his ten fingers he placed ten rings. 6 When the Chinese saw it, they followed (their example). 7 He told him to peel those potatoes. 8 People call that hill Bukit China. 9 Sultan Mansur Shah gave the king water he had washed his feet in (ayer basoh kaki), and the king of China drank and bathed in the water the king had washed his feet in. 10 The number of them could not be counted. 11 By the will of God the palace was burnt.
LESSON XIX.
The Prefix “Ber.”
113. The Present Participle, though it is occasionally formed by the prefix ter, or by the verb ada, as described in sections 110 and 53, is most usually expressed by means of the prefix ber, as: lari, run, berlari, running; gantong, hang, bergantong, hanging.
114. In many cases, however, the prefix ber expresses not merely a state or condition, as explained in the above paragraph, but has even a possessive force; as, bernyawa, having life, living; berbini, having a wife, married; berbunga, having flowers, flowering; berraja, having a king, not “being a king.”
