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Questions with 'wh-' words
Some questions are referred to in English as 'wh-' questions because
most of the question words start with 'wh-'; for example, 'what', 'who',
'where' and 'when'. The Indonesian equivalents of these question
words are discussed~below.
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APA: 'WHAT'
Apa is used to ask about objects, concrete or abstract. It means 'what' or
'what kind of'.
@ nama binatang itu? ,
What is the name of that animal?
Musik itu?
What kind of music is that?
Nama sekolah itu m?
What is the name of that school? (Literally:The name of that school is what?)
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SIAPA: 'WHO'
Siapa is used to ask questions to do with a person, such as a person's
name, who a person is, or to whom an object belongs.
SiaDa dia?
Who is hetshe?
S@a narnanya?
What is histher name?
Tas &a ini?
Whose bag is this?
(The bag is associated with the person who owns it.)
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BERAPA: 'HOW MANY', 'HOW MUCH'
Berapa is used to ask questions to do with numbers and quantity, such
as the number of people, weight and measurements.
Berapa orang datang ke pesta itu?
How many people came to that party?
Halaman berapa?
What page? (In Indonesian the question literally means 'Page how many?',
Berapa is used because the answer has to do with numbers.)
You can also add ke to this question word to mean 'what number' in a
numerical series.
A: Kamu anak keberapa?
Which child are you? (Literally: What number child . are - you?) .
B: Saya anak ke dua.
I am the secondchild.
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