bahasa indonesia

Mereka ' membaca buku.
They read a book.
I bu makan bakmi goreng.
Mother eats fried noodles.
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Adding the suffix -kan or -i
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Some intransitive verbs can be transformed into transitive verbs by
either changing the affixation from ber- to meN-kan or meN-i or by
adding some affixes when there are none. When we do this, the
meaning of the verbs sometimes stays the same and sometimes changes.
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Dia
Heishe
berbicara
talks
di kelas.
in class.
Mira bertemu dengan dia.
Mira meets with himiher.
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Dia mem bicarakan ha1 itu di kelas.
Heishe talks about (discusses) that matter in class.
Ali menemui saya di rumah.
Ali came to see me at home.
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Note
Here is how you can tell whether the verb in a sentence is 1
transitive or intransitive. Intransitive verbs can be followed !
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directly by a preposition (such as di or dengan). Transitive verbs
'must be followed directly by an object; there cannot be a
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preposition intercepting between the verb and the object.
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Notice the transformation below from intransitive [verb +
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preposition) to transitive [verb with meN- prefix and either suffix
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-kan or 4).
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Intransitive: Rita cinta kepada Faisal.
Rita loves Faisal. (Literally 'loves to')
Transitive: Rita mencintai Faisal.
Rita loves Faisal.
Intransitive: Saya suka &an film itu.
I that film. (Literally 'like at')
Transitive: Saya menyukai film itu.
I like that film.
Intransitive: h di mar ah kepada temannya.
Andi is angry with his friend.
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58 A Student's Guide to lndones~an Grammar