‘Bapak’ with Capital Letter?
You should note that when the kinship terms bapak (a father) and ibu (a mother) are used as second person pronouns (i.e. meaning “you”) they are written with an initial capital letter, but when they are…
‘Tidak’ and ‘Bukan’ part 2
Tidak is used to negate verbs, adjectives and prepositions and a noun is negated with bukan. Both tidak and bukan can appear in one sentence. Dia bukan seniman. Dia sama sekali tidak pandai…
Saying ‘No’ and ‘Not’ with ‘Tidak’ and ‘Bukan’
There is a fuzzy border between tidak and bukan. For example, what do you say if you want to answer “no” to this question? Apakah mobil Anda mobil baru? Is your car new?…
