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Are my Malay questions correct? What does "apakdah" mean? Are the following Malay questions, interrogatives, totally correct? I still confuse these and have made a "quizlet" for drills (https://quizlet.com/177125348/malay-questions-for-everyday-use-flash-cards). Also, are there any other question openers I've missed? Too, can someone explain what is the meaning of "apakdah"? Google Translate and MalayCube (http://malaycube.com) aren't really helping. It appears in my Apple Dictionary. Please see the attached image. Thank you in advance! Who? = Siapa? What? = Apa? What is? = Apakah? When? = Apabila OR Bila? Where? = Di manna? Where is? OR Where are? = Di manakah? Why? = Kenapakah? OR Kenapa? OR Mengapakah? OR Mengapa? How? OR In what way? = Bagaimana? OR Macam mana (Macamana)? Do? OR Does? = Melakukan? OR Lakukan? If? = Jika? Are? = Ada? Is? = Adalah? Is it? = Adakah? How much? = Berapa? How many? = Berapa banyak? Ever? OR "Have you ever?" = Pernahkah?

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APAKDAH seems to be a typo for APAKAH. The word DNE.

Similar to English, Malay do have the WH question words.

WHO: SIAPA

WHAT: APA

WHY: KENAPA, MENGAPA

WHEN: BILA

HOW: BAGAIMANA

Those are the root form of the "Malay WH". "KAH" as you always came across is actually a Particle word which attached to the word before it. KAH will stress the word that it attached to. Other than KAH are LAH, PUN and TAH. Either the particles were used or voided will not changed the meaning of the sentence.  

I'm not going to comment about the quiz though ;-P


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