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Kerja - Work

Last updated on: 14 Apr 2026
Noun Prefix (root word kerja - work)
se- Sepekerja
(Co-worker / Colleague)

Ali ialah sepekerja saya di pejabat.
(Ali is my co-worker at the office.)
Suffix
-an Kerjaan
(Work / Task / Act)

Itu bukan kerjaan saya.
(That is not my doing/task.)
Circumfix
pe-...-an Pekerjaan
(Job / Occupation / Career)

Apakah pekerjaan impian kamu?
(What is your dream job?)
peng-...-an Pengerjaan
(Execution / Processing)

Pengerjaan projek itu mengambil masa setahun.
(The execution of that project took a year.)
ke-...-an Kekerjaan
(Work-relatedness: Rare/Abstract)

Hal-hal kekerjaan perlu dibincangkan.
(Work-related matters need to be discussed.)
Verb Prefix (root word kerja - work)
bêr- Bekerja
(To work / Working)

Dia bekerja di bank.
(He works at a bank.)
mêng- Mengerjakan
(To do / To perform / To execute)

Dia mengerja projek itu.
(He is doing/working on that project.)
di- Dikerjakan
(To be done / To be performed — passive)

Tanah itu dikerja oleh petani.
(That land is worked by farmers.)
mêmpêr- Memperkerjakan
(To employ someone)

Syarikat itu memperkerja buruh asing.
(The company employs/treats as workers foreign laborers.)
dipêr- Diperkerjakan
(To be employed by someone)

Dia diperkerja sebagai hamba.
(He was treated/used as a slave worker.)
têr- Terkerja
(Accidentally worked / Able to work)

Saya terkerja lebih masa hari ini.
(I accidentally worked / managed to work overtime today.)
Suffix
-kan Kerjakan
(Do it! — imperative)

Saya terkerja lebih masa hari ini.
(I accidentally worked / managed to work overtime today.)
-i Mengerjai
(To play a prank on someone / To "work" someone over)

Jangan kerjai kawan kamu.
(Don’t trick/prank your friend.)
Circumfix
bêr-...-an Bekerjaan
(Commonly used in Berpekerjaan — to have an occupation)

Ali belum berpekerjaan.
(Ali does not have an occupation yet.)
bêr-...-kan Berkerjakan
(To work based on / Using something)

Dia berkerjakan kayu untuk membina meja.
(He works with/uses wood to build a table.)
mêng-...-kan Mengerjakan
(To perform/complete a task)

Saya sedang mengerjakan kerja sekolah.
(I am finishing/performing my schoolwork.)
mêng-...-i Mengerjai
(To tease or trick someone)

Mereka suka mengerjai guru itu.
(They like to play pranks on that teacher.)
mêmpêr-...-kan Memperkerjakan
(To give someone a job)

Kilang itu memperkerjakan seratus orang.
(The factory employs/hires one hundred people.)
mêmpêr-...-i Memperkerjai
(Rare; usually Memperbaiki — to fix/improve)

Ayah memperbaiki kereta yang rosak.
(Father is fixing/repairing the broken car.)
kê-...-an Pekerjaan
(Job/Occupation; uses pe- base) or Kekerjaan (Work-relatedness — rare)

Kami melaporkan kes kecurian itu. (We reported that theft case.)
di-...-i Dikerjai
(To be tricked/pranked)

Saya rasa saya telah dikerjai.
(I feel like I have been pranked/fooled.)
di-...-kan Dikerjakan
(To be executed/done)

Projek itu akan dikerjakan esok.
(The project will be executed/completed tomorrow.)
dipêr-...-kan Diperkerjakan
(To be put to work)

Tahanan itu diperkerjakan di ladang.
(The prisoner was put to work on a farm.)

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