No. 604 in Malay

sejumlah

"A number of" or "an amount of."

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Sekelompok pelajar membeli sejumlah buku dari kedai buku.
A group of students bought a certain amount of books from the bookstore.
In this sentence, 'sejumlah' is used to describe an unspecified quantity of books purchased by the students, indicating a general or approximate measure.
Arif mengumpul sejumlah wang untuk membeli sebuah kereta.
Arif collected a sum of money to buy a car.
Here, 'sejumlah' is applied to denote the aggregate or total amount of money gathered by Arif, emphasizing completeness or a specific amount in context.
Terdapat sejumlah alasan yang diberikan oleh pihak tersebut.
There are some reasons provided by the concerned party.
In this case, 'sejumlah' functions to quantify the reasons mentioned, implying there is a collection or certain number of reasons given.

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