To form the comparative and superlative in Indonesian, you add ”lebih” for comparative and ”paling” or ”ter-” for superlative. Making Comparisons and Judgements 1. Lebih…
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Sudah tanggal dua belas!It is the twelfth already! Dia sudah datang.He/She has arrived. Dia sudah tua.He/She is old now. Dia sudah kawin.He/She is married. Dia…
Tidak Harus There is no *tidak harus” in Indonesian (or rather, *tidak harus occurs rarely and only in special contexts). So how do you negate harus? A quick glance at…
There is a fuzzy border between tidak and bukan. For example, what do you say if you want to answer “no” to this question? If…
Belum Belum(not yet) combines the meanings of bukan/tidak plus temporal marker sudah. Jangan In the presence of jangan prefix me-(active) and di-(passive) on transitive verb is optional. Adapted from Indonesian Reference Grammar…
Negation is a way to form a negative sentence. Generally the Indonesian language has two negations: tidak and bukan. But there are also belum and…
Imperative Sentence Translation Note Duduk! Sit. Command Ayo duduk. Come on, sit down. Command, invitation or offering in more informal way. Duduklah Do sit. Command,…
Negative Imperative Telling people not to do something, i.e. negative imperatives. We have a choice of words: jangan, dilarang, and tidak usah. Dilarang from the root…
The word ‘sebaiknya’ is generally used for advising, but it can also be used to give a polite command and can be placed either at…
Inviting Inviting can be expressed as a question (for example, ‘Would you like to go to the movies?’) or as an imperative (for example, ‘Let’s…
Requesting is an act of asking politely or formally for something or to be allowed to do something. For example: Minta We use the word…
We use imperative sentences to request the person we are speaking to to do. The forms that we use often depend on when, where and…