mengerti
Indonesian edit
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mengerti
- active of erti (“to understand”)
Malay edit
Etymology edit
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mengerti (Jawi spelling مڠرتي, 3rd person passive dimengerti)
- to understand
- Synonym: faham
- Saya tidak mengerti mesej sebalik puisi ini.
- I don't understand the message behind this poem.
Usage notes edit
- This word is an irregular verb whereby mengerti is the word stem for the third person passive form of this word, not erti, thereby forming third person passive dimengerti, not *dierti.
Further reading edit
- “mengerti” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.