kurang

less

Where it comes from

Indonesian/Malay kurang

Group

Qualities and ideas

First taught

Lesson 18

In the published corpus

6 of the 1321 glossed sentence pairs use it. Only the sentences that carry an English translation are in the corpus, and it is the measure you can check for yourself.

Looked up in English as

less

More than one

kurang-kurang — 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.

• Dom ini kurang kabir.This house is less big.lessons/lesson-18-comparing-and-joining
• Mi sema: "Kurang, plis."I say: "Less, please."texts/text-16-berapa-harga
• Samaki kurang kabir dari farasi.The fish is less big than the horse.texts/text-23-kim-paling-hayai
• Ca ini kurang garam dari ca itu.This tea is less hot than that one.lessons/lesson-18-comparing-and-joining
• Ta sema kanis kurang hayai dari farasi.She says the dog is less fast than the horse.texts/text-23-kim-paling-hayai
• Dugu ta sema: "Yu kurang hayai dari kucing."Her sibling says: "You are less fast than the cat."texts/text-23-kim-paling-hayai

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

The rest of the shelf.

• amanipeace
• amikdeep
• arteart
• asaneasy
• bahayadanger
• baidfar
• baridcold
• barunew
• benartrue
• canglong
• cokmany, much
• daimaalways

All 300 roots, or the source table.