itu

that

Where it comes from

Indonesian/Malay itu

Group

This and that

First taught

Lesson 15

How often it is used

39 times in running Amadunia — 0.6% of every word written, the 38th commonest root. Counted upstream over the lessons, texts and phrasebook; the whole curve.

In the published corpus

38 of the 1321 glossed sentence pairs use it. That is a narrower measure than the one above — only sentences carrying an English translation are in the corpus, and it is the measure you can check for yourself.

Looked up in English as

that

More than one

itu-itu — the noun said twice, joined by a hyphen. Nothing is added and nothing inside the word changes, so nothing can become irregular. The rule.

Sentences that use it.

Every one written by hand and checked against the rules. Shortest first.

• anak ituthat childlessons/lesson-15-pointing-placing
• Itu es ke?What is that?lessons/lesson-15-pointing-placing
• Tarik itu duan.That road is short.lessons/lesson-16-school-and-time
• Pahar itu baid.That mountain is far.lessons/lesson-19-home-and-nature
• Anak itu genc.That child is young.lessons/lesson-22-doing-and-feeling
• Insan itu es doktor.That person is a doctor.lessons/lesson-15-pointing-placing
• Ini hao, itu mal.This is good, that is bad.lessons/lesson-15-pointing-placing
• Pohon itu paling cang.That tree is the tallest.lessons/lesson-19-home-and-nature
• Habari itu es yalan.That news is a lie.lessons/lesson-22-doing-and-feeling
• No kula nyama itu.Do not eat that meat.lessons/lesson-26-telling-and-answering
• No nomu akua itu.Do not drink that water.lessons/lesson-26-telling-and-answering
• Mi espera din itu.I wait for that day.texts/text-7-surat-por-mama

You can also put English in and get Amadunia out, or take the whole corpus as a file.

The rest of the shelf.

• inithis — after the noun, last in the phrase

All 300 roots, or the source table.