Partikel ‘kah’ is written as one word with the word that is followed. A sentence can be overtly marked as a question by use of…
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Written Separately. Particle ‘pun’ can act as a focusing adjunct. It identifies the most important thing involved in what being said. In this case ‘pun’ means ‘juga, pula'(too,…
-lah’ is a particle that is always attached to the preceding word. It is to mark the predicate when the predicate is out of its…
Common Complex, including a prefix Functions as verbs, as indicated in parentheses Consist of two words The forms ‘kepada'(to) and ‘daripada'(than, of) consist of two…
‘Oleh‘ marks the agent of a passive verb and the agent attribute in a noun phrase. It can sometimes follow an intransitive verb. It can…
‘Terhadap‘ illustrates the variety of correspondences which might occur. sangsi terhadap orang yang melanggar kebiasaan sanctions against people who violate custom sikapnya terhadap tamu-tamunya his…
A few words are followed by ‘atas’.
Another common Indonesian preposition is ‘dengan’.
Kepada These prepositions relate more to a person. ‘Kepada‘ is used for the verbs that need the particle ‘to‘. But in spoken/informal Indonesian, people may…
Locative pronouns sini (here – near speaker), sana (there – far off) and situ (there – not far off) indicate position in relation to the speaker. The combination of the three…
The locative prepositions doesn’t convey any further detail on how the object is being placed, whether it’s in front, inside, etc. To put additional detail,…
Locative prepositions indicates position and direction. di, dari, ke Dia tinggal di kota.Dia lahir di tahun 1995.Dia datang pada jam tiga.Saya tertarik pada pelajaran itu.Dia…