mengerti

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• ngerti (informal)

Etymology

Affixation of meng- +‎ erti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mə.ŋərˈti/
• Hyphenation: mê‧ngêr‧ti

Verb

mengerti

1. active of erti (“to understand”)

Malay

Etymology

Affixation of meng- +‎ erti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məŋərti/
  • (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [məŋəti]
• Rhymes: -ti, -i
• Hyphenation: me‧nger‧ti

Verb

mengerti (Jawi spelling مڠرتي, 3rd person passive dimengerti)

1. to understand

   Synonym: faham

   Saya tidak mengerti mesej sebalik puisi ini.

   I don't understand the message behind this poem.

Usage notes

• This word is an irregular verb whereby mengerti is the word stem for the third person passive form of this word, not erti, thereby forming third person passive dimengerti, not *dierti.

Further reading

• “mengerti” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.