we in Malay
kita
/wiː//wi/
we in Malay: kita, kami, beta. In English, we means excluding the person(s) being addressed. (This is the exclusive we.).
Malay words for we
- inclusive we (the speaker and the person(s) being addressed, and possibly others)
- kita
- exclusive we (the speaker and at least one other person, but excluding the person(s) being addressed)
- kami
- the royal we (referring to the sovereign alone acting in their capacity as monarch)
- beta
English meaning of we
- pronoun Excluding the person(s) being addressed. (This is the exclusive we.).
- pronoun Including the person(s) being addressed. (This is the inclusive we.).
- pronoun The institution which the speaker/writer is acting for. (This is the editorial we, used by writers and others when speaking with the authority of their publication or organisation.).
- pronoun Any other entity that the speaker is a part of or identifies with, such as place of employment or education, nation, region, language, etc.
we in a sentence
- We are here to arrest you.
- We need to have a talk, you and me.
- We will in due course state our reasons for publishing the name of the accused.
we in other languages
Questions about we in Malay
- What is the meaning of we in Malay?
- We in Malay is kita, kami, beta.
- Apakah maksud we dalam bahasa Melayu?
- We: kita, kami, beta.
- What does we mean in English?
- We means excluding the person(s) being addressed. (This is the exclusive we.).
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: we (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Malay words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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