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…
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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…