bahasa indonesia

A
5 tierlibur
6 mencuri
7 berbelanja
- ,
8 menjemput . ,
9 menyewa
10 " . ' membela
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Work in pairs to do this exercise.
Person A: Act out five verbs from the verb tables in this chapter
and ask your friend: Saya sedang apa? (What am I doing?)
Person B: Answer the question in a sentence beginning with: Kamu
sedang . .. (You are . . .)
You need to identify whether the verb required is intransitive or
transitive. If the verb is intransitive, you can add a prepositional phrase
1 or something else. If the verb is transitive, you need to add an object,
followed by some other information if you wish.
Examples:
A: Saya sedang apa?
B: Kamu sedang merokok.
A: Saya sedang apal
B: Kamu sedang tidur di meja.
, , . . . . . a s - - m
I
Take turns in asking and answering questions.
Summary
Intransitive verbs take a subject but no object + [Subject -Verb].
Transitive verbs take a subject and an object + [Subject -Verb - Object].
Forms of intransitive verbs: affix-less, be^ + base word), [meN- + base i
word].
Forms of transitive verbs: [meN- + base word], [meN- + -kan], [meN- + -i].
Only intransitive verbs can be followed directly by a preposition, such as di,
ke, dengan or akan.Transitive verbs have to be followed directly by an
t
object.
7
t
i
b
I
+
I
60 A Student's Guide to Indonesian Grammar