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Indonesian imperative
How to make the imperative? Is it correct to say 'Tunggu saya disana'?
Mar 24, 2011 12:14 AM
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April 11, 2013
"Tunggu saya disana!" is correct.
But I think it's not polite if you just saying "tunggu saya di sana!"
For me, it's better to say "Tunggu saya disana ya!"
The word "ya" is showing politeness. (It's my opinion, but every Indonesian has different opinion about it. It's up to you want to use it or not)
Actually, In bahasa Indonesia has few type of imperative sentences.
But I will share some of the simple types.
In bahasa Indonesia, the imperative sentence usually supported with the root of the word. e.g "Lihat!"="see!" it means if you see something interesting then you want to told your friend to see it too, you can say it.
"Makan!" = "Eat!"
"Baca bukunya!" = "Read the book!"
"Ayo! pergi!" = "C'mon! Let's go!"
but if you say it with very high intonation, the meaning will be different. Some one will think that you're angry.
e.g:
"Keluar!" = "get out!"
April 1, 2012
Ya the sentence is right...as the other friend told u..an imperative sentence need (!) after the sentence...
Almost perfect..
Good job...
:)
March 27, 2011
That is correct but you need punctuation mark "!" when you make a imperative sentence. all verb + "!" can be imperative sentence even without subject in some situation.
ex: Duduk! ; Lari! ; Pergi! (direct conversation)
^_______^
March 27, 2011
itu benar sekali
that's right my brother:)
March 25, 2011
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