Bound Forms

The singular pronouns aku, engkau, kamu and dia have bound variants in certain situations. The bound forms are:

prefixed
First
Second
 ku-
kau- 		Kubuka pintu ini.
Buku ini sudah kaubaca 		I open this door.
You have read this book.
suffixed
First
Second
Third		 -ku
-mu
-nya		 Dia menunggguku.
Buku ini untukmu?
Kue itu dimakannya. 		She is waiting for me.
This book is for you.
The cake was eaten by him.

Bound form can occur as possessive pronouns:

suffixed
First
Second
Third		 -ku
-mu
-nya		 Ini bukuku.
Di mana rumahmu?
Ini mobilnya. 		This is my book.
Where is your house?
This is his car.

The bound form -nya can refer to non-human animate and inanimate nouns, both single and plural:

Apa namanya?
Saya sudah membaca nya . 		What’s its name?/their names?
I have read it/them.

Reference: 
Indonesian Reference Grammar by James Neil Sneddon, 1996.

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