bahasa indonesia

MeN-kan and meN-i
Some peN-an nouns also come from meN-kan or meN-i words.
membicarakan to talk about mbicaraan talk, discussion
menduduki to occupy mdudukan occupation
menemukan to find mernuan finding, discovery
menerjemahkan to translate prnerjarnahan the translating of,
translation
rnengetahui to know metahuan knowledge
menggunakan to use RenpRunaan use, usage
Many per-an nouns come from ber- verbs and, therefore, like their
peN-an counterparts, most of them have an element of 'action' in their
meaning. There are no sound changes involved with per-an nouns.
mbedaan difference
b_erbuat to do, commit -uatan act, behaviour
Bgcdagang to trade, do business mdagangan trade
berialan to walk Walanan trip
wanding to compete =tandingan competition
- bertani to farm madan farming
kternu to meet memuan meeting
In some cases, words having the same base word can be transformed
into either meN-(kan/i) or ber- verbs, and from these verbs we can get
either peN-an or per-an abstract nouns. Each affixation results in a
different meaning.
120 A Student's Guide to Indonesian Grammar