ialah
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Conjunction edit
ialah
Particle edit
ialah
- (third person) a connector between two pieces of sentence that confirms the details or explanation of the first part
- Yang perlu dikerjakan sekarang ialah membawa korban ke rumah sakit.
- What needs to be done now is to take the victims to the hospital.
Usage notes edit
Ialah is a connector word which is often used like the English verb “to be”. It can be used only for third person and before nouns or verbs. Compare this with adalah, which has the same meaning but can be used with first, second and third person.
Further reading edit
- “ialah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /iəlah/
- (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /ialah/
- Rhymes: -əlah, -lah, -ah
Conjunction edit
ialah (Jawi spelling اياله)
- to be
Particle edit
ialah
- (predicate marker) to be
Usage notes edit
Ialah is a connector word which is often used like the English verb “to be”. It can be used only before nouns or verbs. Compare this with adalah, which has the same meaning but can only be used before prepositions, postpositions or adjectives.
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “ialah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.