bahasa indonesia

LATlHAN I
Now that you have learnt about the subject-focus construction, try to
write your own sentences by copying and completing the following
table. .
As mentioned, in an object-focus sentence our attention is focused on
the object of the sentence. This is often difficult for English speakers,
because in English we tend to focus on the subject. An additional
difficulty in learning this construction comes fkom the fact that many
object-focus sentences in Indonesian do not have exact equivalents in
English. Many such sentences would have to be translated into subjectfocus
in English to be acceptable.
The object-focus construction is important to learn, simply because it is
so prevalent in spoken and written Indonesian. The steps given below
are to guide you in forming object-focus sentences.
Step l
Identify whether the subject is the first, second or third person.
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FIRST PERSON (SPEAKER OR PEOPLE REPRESENTED BY
THE~PEAKER)
Singular:
Plural:
eronouns: saya, aku, -ku
Pronouns: kami, kita
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SECOND PERSON (PERSON SPOKEN TO: T HE ADDRESSEE)
Singular:
Plural:
Pronouns: kamu, engkau, kau, anda
Address terms: for example, Bapak, Ibu, Saudara
Pronouns: kamu, kalian, anda sekalian, Saudara
sekalian
126 A Student's Guide to Indonesian Grammar