No. 728 in Malay
dua
Two.
In a sentence
Saya ada dua ekor kucing.
I have two cats.
The word 'dua' is used as a numeral meaning 'two', indicating quantity.
Kita perlu membuatnya dalam dua langkah.
We need to do it in two steps.
Here, 'dua' refers to an ordinal concept, representing the number two in a sequential process.
Dia berkata perkara yang sama sebanyak dua kali.
He said the same thing twice.
In this case, 'dua' is used quantitatively to state the number of times an action was repeated.
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