bahasa indonesia

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barang
berkualitas dndah
of low quality
berterima kasih
grateful
Say the following in Indonesian, using the expressions that you have
learnt.
Choose between tetapi, namun and melainkan for 'but' and specify to
whom you are talk in^ or on what occasion.
1 ~ he-~art~ is not at my house, but in their house.
2 The exam is not only long, but also very difficult.
3 The merchandise in that shop is not only expensive, but also of low
quality.
4 This city is not only - large, - but also beautiful.
5 We are not only happy you came, but also grateful.
Rather than ... in fact
Another expression related to the ones above is bukannya ... malahan
... (rather than . .. in fact ...I. The table below shows how we can
structure our sentence when using this expression.
Bukannya diam tangisnya malahan menjadi-jadi.
Rather than stopping (being quiet) hidher cry in fan became worse.
Bukannya membantu dia mafahan berdiri saja
menonton.
Rather than helping he/she in fact just stood there
watching.
Not ... on the contrary
bukannya ... tetapi malahan ...
We can also add tetapi or namun before malahan to mean 'not .. . on
the contrary' or 'instead of . . . helshe just .. .', To use it in a sentence, we
can put the words in the following order.
Hartono bukannya menjawab tetapi ngeloyor pergi.
ketika malahan
; dipanggil
Hartono did not answer when on the contrary, (he/she) just left.
called;
(Instead of answering when called, helshe just left.)
Mereka bukannya mendengar tetapi menertawa-
-kan malahan kan kami.
They did not ken (to us); on the contrary, they laughed at us.
(Instead of listening (to us), they just laughed at us.) .
158 A Student's Guide to Indonesian Grammar