memaafkan

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay memaafkan, from Classical Malay memaafkan, mema'afkan. Equivalent to maaf +‎ meng- -kan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mə.ma.af.kan/
• Hyphenation: me‧ma‧af‧kan

Verb

memaafkan (passive dimaafkan, kumaafkan, kaumaafkan, benefactive maafkan, imperative maafkanlah)

1. (transitive) forgive mistakes et cetera don't assume wrong etc. anymore

   Ia telah memaafkan kesalahanku.

   He has forgiven my mistakes.

2. (transitive) condone

Conjugation

Conjugation of maaf (meng-, transitive)

root	maaf
	active	involuntary	passive	basic / imperative	emphatic / jussive
active	–	–	–	–	–
locative	–	–	–	–	–
causative / applicative1	memaafkan	termaafkan	dimaafkan	maafkan	maafkanlah
	causative
active	–	–	–	–	–
locative	–	–	–	–	–
causative / applicative1	mempermaafkan	terpermaafkan	dipermaafkan	permaafkan	permaafkanlah

¹ The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Further reading

• “memaafkan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.