Second-person pronoun substitutes can be very tricky. Engkau, kau and kamu can only be used to address a younger person, one’s subordinate or among good…
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James Neil Sneddon PhD was Associate Professor in the School of Languages and Linguistics at Griffith University. He has many years' experience in the teaching of Indonesian language and linguistics. He obtained his PhD in Linguistics in 1974 at the Australian National University. His thesis topic was "Tondano Phonology and Grammar".
Pronoun refers to people. They reflect social relations between people. Person Singular Plural Pertama FirstKeduaSecondKetiga Third saya, akuI, me, my engkau, kau, kamu, andayou, your…
Smoothing The Transition A prefix is attached before the base or root word. A number of sound changes occur when the following prefixes are combined…