bahasa indonesia

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Ways to Say 'Because'
In this chapter we look at five ways to say 'because' in Indonesian.
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You may wonder why there are so many words to express the same
thing. The answer is. although all of those words mean 'because', they
differ in terms of:
where they can occur in a sentence
where they come from
their degree of formality
Remember that English also has different words, such as 'because', 'for'
and 'since'.
He failed the test because he studied the wrong chapters.
They didn't do it b r fear of hurting her.
I didn't include you since you didn't say anything.
Let us now look at the Indonesian words in turn.
Karena is neutral in terms of formality, so it is suitable for any
situation. However, sometimes people add oleh in front of it. When
they do that, the expression sounds a little more formal.
Karena can be placed either at the beginning or middle of a sentence.
Adik saya tidak mau makan karena mulutnya sakit.
My younger brother/sister doesn't want to eat because hidher mouth is sore.
Karena gaji mereka tidak dinaikkan, para pekerja pabrik itu marah.
Because their wage was not increased, the workers of that factory were angry
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To say 'because of that', simply add itu after karena.
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