apakah

== Indonesian == === Etymology === From apa +‎ -kah. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /apa.kah/ === Pronoun === apakah (interrogative) be Apakah kalian suka akan anime ini? ― Do you like this anime? === Conjunction === apakah whether Aku tidak tahu apakah suratku sudah sampai. ― I don't know whether (or not) my letter has arrived. === Further reading === “apakah”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Malay == === Etymology === Affixation of apa +‎ -kah. === Pronunciation === (schwa-variety) IPA(key): [a.pə.kah] (Baku) IPA(key): [a.pa.kah] Rhymes: -kah, -ah Hyphenation: a‧pa‧kah === Interjection === apakah (Jawi spelling اڤاکه) Used to express surprise or disbelief; "what!". === Pronoun === apakah (Jawi spelling اڤاکه) Interrogative pronoun used to inquire something about a certain thing; what. Interrogative pronoun used to inquire about the truth of a statement; "is it that", "is it the case that". Synonym: adakah ==== Usage notes ==== The -kah suffix is usually only used in formal or literary speech or writing. It is also only used when apa is the subject of the sentence so while it would be used in a sentence like this: It wouldn't be used in a sentence like this where apa is the object of the sentence: === Further reading === "apa" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017