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kau orang

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Malay

Alternative forms

korang

Etymology

Calque ofHokkien汝儂 /汝侬(lú-lâng,“you (plural)”, literally“you people”). Comparekita orang anddia orang.

Pronunciation

(short form):
- IPA^(key): [ko.raŋ]
  - Audio(Malaysia): (file)
  - Rhymes:-oraŋ,-raŋ,-aŋ
(full form,uncommon):
- IPA^(key): [kau̯ ʔo.raŋ]
  - Audio(Malaysia): (file)

Pronoun

(informal)Second person plural pronoun;you guys,you all,you.
Synonym:kalian
Kau orang tengah buat apa?
What areyou guys doing?

See also

Malay personal pronouns
	Singular	Plural
1^st person	saya¹ aku³	kita⁴ kami^{2 & 5} kita orang^{3 & 5}
2^nd person	awak¹ anda² awda⁸ (eng)kau³ kamu³	(2^nd person) +semua⁶ kalian² (eng)kau orang³
3^rd person	dia ia beliau⁷ -nya²	mereka² dia orang³

¹ Polite.
² Formal.
³ Informal.
⁴ Includes the listener (inclusive).
⁵ Excludes the listener (exclusive).
⁶ Formality depends on the second person pronoun used.
⁷ Honorific.
⁸ Formal (Brunei).

Notes:

This table mostly only shows personal pronouns that are commonly used in the standard language and within theKlang Valley area.
The second person pronouns are often replaced by kinship terms, titles, or the like.
The enclitic-nya is only used obliquely (as an object or possessor).
The second person pronounkamu is usually only used when speaking with younger speakers.

See each entry for more information.

Further reading

"kau orang" inPusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur:Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

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