No. 612 in Malay
sembilan
Nine.
In a sentence
Saya akan pulang pada pukul sembilan malam.
I will return home at nine o'clock at night.
Here, 'sembilan' is used as a numerical representation of time.
Terdapat sembilan buah buku di atas meja.
There are nine books on the table.
In this sentence, 'sembilan' denotes quantity, specifically the number of books.
Pasukan bola sepak itu telah menang sembilan kali berturut-turut.
That soccer team has won nine consecutive times.
In this context, 'sembilan' describes the frequency or number of consecutive wins.
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