No. 494 in Malay
menteri
Minister.
In a sentence
Menteri Pendidikan telah membuat pengumuman penting hari ini.
The Minister of Education made an important announcement today.
In this sentence, 'menteri' refers to a specific government minister responsible for a certain department, in this case, Education.
Dia bercita-cita untuk menjadi menteri suatu hari nanti.
He aspires to become a minister someday.
Here, 'menteri' generically denotes the aspiration to hold a governmental ministerial position.
Di majlis itu, beberapa menteri dari negara jiran turut hadir.
At the event, several ministers from neighboring countries were also present.
'Menteri' in this context is used to refer to ministers of different governmental departments, particularly highlighting their gathering or representation in an event.
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