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Malay Adverbs

This is a list of adverbs in Malay. This includes adverbs of time, place, manner and frequency. Which sums up most of what you need for daily use.

Now: Sekarang
Later: Kemudian
Tonight: Malam ini
Last night: Malam semalam / malam tadi
This morning: pagi ini
Yesterday: Semalam
Today: Hari ini
Tomorrow: Besok
Next week: minggu depan
Already: sudah
Recently: baru-baru ini
Lately: akhir-akhir ini
Soon: Sekejap
Immediately: serta merta
Still: masih
Yet: lagi

After the above adverbs of time, now we move on to adverbs of place.

Here: sini
There: sana
Everywhere: merata
Anywhere: dimana saja

Now adverbs of manners, used to describe how something happens. They are usually placed after the main verb.

Carefully: berhati-hati
Alone: sendirian
Very: sangat
Really: benar-benar
Quickly: cepat-cepat
Slowly: perlahan-lahan
Almost: hampir
Together: bersama

These are adverbs of frequency, which are used to answer the question "how often?".

Always: selalu
Sometimes: kadang-kadang
Rarely: jarang
Never: tak pernah

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