Nouns and States with 'ke-...-an'

01

Nouns for Qualities and Situations

Around a describing word or a verb, it makes the noun for that quality or situation, much like English -ness or -ity.

• sihat healthy - kesihatan health
• sakit sick, hurting - kesakitan pain
• sayang to love - kesayangan darling, favourite

• kesihatan

  health

• kehidupan

  life

keputusan (decision, result) and kegemaran (favourite) are built the same way.

02

Something That Happens to You

With some describing words it says that something happens to a person, usually more than they would like.

• panas hot - kepanasan to be too hot

03

Seen and Heard

On dengar it means that something can be heard, and so that it sounds a certain way.

• dengar to hear - kedengaran to sound (like)

On lihat (to see) it means that something can be seen, and so that it looks a certain way: kelihatan (to look, to seem).

04

Learn These Whole

kemudian (then, afterwards) and kewarganegaraan (nationality) are built the same way, but are easiest to learn as they are.