Kata pilihan minggu ini - Word of the week

Minggu 1: Gagal pakai en: Week 1: Fail to use

Minggu 2: Tahun pelajaran en: Week 2: Academic year

Minggu ketiga: Kerja sama en: Week three: Cooperation

Silakan menambahi terjemahan dalam bahasa Anda en: You're welcome to reply/translate it to your language. Minggu keempat: Kasih sayang en: Week four: Love (between human being, not necessarily lovers), charity, kindness

Minggu kelima: Hak dan kewajiban en: Week five: Right(s) and duty(ies) Kata majemuk tidak selalu terlihat dalam bahasa Indonesia. Kita perlu melihat konteksnya en: Plural forms are not always visible/recognizable just by one-to-one translation. You need to see the context

Minggu keenam: Mata-mata en: Week six: Spies Salah satu cara untuk menunjukkan pluralitas adalah dengan reduplikasi. Namun ada beberapa frase yang memiliki arti yang jauh berbeda seperti contoh di atas en: One way to show plurality in Indonesian is by reduplication (repeating the word twice). But several phrases always in plural form, and some have different meaning with the original word. Like the example above, "Mata" means "eye(s)", but "Mata-mata" means "spy(ies)". To know whether the 'eye' or 'spy' is singular or plural, we use number in front of it, i.e. An eye, several spies, many eyes, etc. An lmost complete list could be found here: http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kata_Indonesia_yang_selalu_dalam_bentuk_terulang

Minggu ketujuh: Jalur hijau en: Week seven: The middle island in the roads. "Hijau" or "green" here refers to the greenery that are usually planted there to reduce pollution

Minggu kedelapan: Nasi goreng en: Week eight: Fried rice Fried rice one of the popular dishes in Indonesia. It comes in a large number of varieties, the most famous being "Nasi goreng Jawa" or "Javanese fried rice".

Minggu kesembilan: Hari raya en: Week nine: Holy day(s), lit. Great day(s) Indonesian observe all major holidays of all major religions in the world. During those days usually schools and workplaces are in recess ("Libur")

Minggu kesepuluh: Sudah terlanjur en: Week ten: (It's) already happened, (It's) already too late With a hint of regret. As the Indonesian proverb says it: "Nasi sudah (men)jadi bubur" , "the rice has become a porridge", there's nothing else you could do.