will be changed “do” and in perfect, “doing” will be change “done”. While in
Muko-Muko, the form of the verbs are never be change. -
In the 6
th
and 7
th
sentences: English How much sugar do you need? Muko- Muko Berapo manyak gulo yang aban perlung? And English How many
books do you have at your home? Muko-Muko Berapo manyak bukung yang
aban punyo di umah aban?
→ In English the noun “sugar uncountable noun” use the question word “how + much” and without the affixation “s” in the end of
the noun “sugar”. And the noun “books countable noun” use the question word “how + many” and use the affixation “s” in the end of the noun “books”.
While in Muko-Muko the noun “gulo uncountable noun” use the question word “berapo manyak” and without the affixation “s” in the end of the noun
“gulo”. And the noun “bukung countable noun” use the question word “berapo manyak” and without the affixation “s” in the end of the noun
“bukung”. The meaning of the question words above is same. They are asking
about the amount of the noun.
d. In English two different question words can be used to give the same
meaning, but in Muko-Muko cannot. Examples:
No English
Muko-Muko
1 How long is the table? = What
lenght is the table?
Seberapo panjang meja itung? s
əbə:ʌpəʊ pʌnʤʌŋ meʤʌ ɪtʊŋ? 2
How wide is this river? = What width is this river?
Seberapo leba aik gedang iko? s
əbə:ʌpəʊ lebʌ aɪk gədʌŋ ɪkəʊ? 3
How high is that tree? = What Seberapo tingging kayung itung?
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height is that tree? s
əbə:ʌpəʊ tɪŋgɪŋ kʌjʊŋ ɪtʊŋ? 4
How far is the city from here? = What distance is the city from here?
Seberapo jauh kota dari siko? s
əbə:ʌpəʊ ʤaʊh kɒtʌ dʌ:ɪ sɪkəʊ?
Descriptions: -
In English two different question words can be used to give the same meaning,
“how long” can be changed “what lenght”, “how wide” can be changed “what widht”, “how high” can be changed “what height”, and “how far” can be
changed “what distance”. The meaning of the question words are “how” asking for the quality of something
- But in Muko-Muko, to asking the quality using the question word “seberapo”
and cannot be changed by the other question words.
e. A part of English question words, one question word has two or more
meaning, but Muko-Muko question words do not. Examples:
No English
Muko-Muko
1 Where is the book?
Dimano bukung itung?
d ɪmʌnəʊ bʊkʊŋ ɪtʊŋ?
2 Where do you come
from?
Dari mano asal aban?
d ʌ:ɪ mʌnəʊ ʌsʌl ʌbʌn?
3 Where will you go?
Kemano aban ndak paing?
k əmʌnəʊ ʌbʌn ndʌk pʌɪŋ?
4 How do you come here?
Macam mano aban datang kek siko?
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m ʌʧʌm mʌnəʊ ʌbʌn dʌtʌŋ kek sɪkəʊ?
5 How much money do you
have?
Berapo manyak pitih yang aban punyo?
b ə:ʌpəʊ mʌnjʌk pɪtɪh jʌŋ ʌbʌn pʊnjəʊ?
6 How beautiful is she?
Seberapo elok inyo?
s əbə:ʌpəʊ elɒk njəʊ?
7 What is your name?
Siapo nama aban?
s ɪʌpəʊ nʌmʌ ʌbʌn?
8 What time is it?
Jam berapo kining?
ʤʌm bə:ʌpəʊ kɪnɪŋ? 9
What is your hobby? Apo hobi aban?
ʌpəʊ hɒbɪ ʌbʌn?
Descriptions: -
In English, the question word “where” can have three meanings, they are “dimano, dari mano, and kemano”. The question word “how” can has three
meanings, they are “macam mano, borapo, seberapo”. And the question word “what” also can has three meanings, they are “siapo, berapo, apo”.
- While in Muko-Muko, the question words just have one meaning. The question
word “dimano” means “where”, “dari mano” means “where from”, “kemano” means “where to”, “macam mano” means “how manner”, “berapo” means
“how quantity”, “seberapo” means “how quality”, “siapo” means “who”, “berapo” means “what asking time”, and “apo” means “what something”.
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f. English and Muko-Muko Question words are followed by an adjective. In
