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…
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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…
apakah (Apakah) Budi ada? Is Budi in/around? bukan Budi ada, bukan? Budi is in/around, isn’t he? kan Budi ada, kan? Budi is in/around, isn’t he? ya Budi ada ya? Budi is…
Interrogative adverb kapan is used to ask about a particular point in time. Although kapan translates into English as ‘when’, it is only used in questions. We…
Interrogative adverbs that uses the interrogative word are: di mana, ke mana, dari mana, yang mana. Mana Mana is used in questions, usually not by itself,…
When you ask a question that demands a number as its answer, such as the number of people, weight and measurements; you use just one…
Interrogative pronouns ‘bagaimana’ means ‘how, in what way; what (is it) like?’ and ‘how are you?’ In day to day conversation, you can just ask “Bagaimana?”…
Apa Interrogative pronouns ‘apa’ is used to ask about objects, concrete or abstract. It means ‘what’ or ‘what kind of’. Siapa Interrogative pronouns ‘siapa’ is used to…
Putting particle –kah on the object, subject or action in question; Using the word apa or ‘apakah’ in the beginning; In casual conversation you can drop the…