Kamu belum sempat menanyakan harga vas ini.

Belum sempat means something like haven’t had the chance yet, haven’t gotten around to, or didn’t have time to.

So Kamu belum sempat menanyakan harga vas ini means the person has not yet found the time or opportunity to ask the price of the vase.

A useful point:

• belum = not yet
• sempat = to have the chance / to find time / to manage to do something

Together, they often express the idea that something still hasn’t happened, but it may happen later.

Because belum and tidak are not interchangeable.

• belum = not yet
• tidak = not

In this sentence, the meaning is about something that hasn’t happened yet, so belum is the natural choice.

Compare:

• Kamu belum sempat menanyakan harga vas ini.
  = You haven’t had the chance yet to ask the price of this vase.

• Kamu tidak sempat menanyakan harga vas ini.
  = You didn’t have the chance to ask the price of this vase.

The second version can sound more final or tied to a specific situation in the past. Belum leaves open the idea that you still might ask later.

Sempat usually means to have the time, to have the opportunity, or to manage to do something before it’s too late.

Examples:

• Saya sempat makan.
  = I had time to eat. / I managed to eat.

• Saya tidak sempat makan.
  = I didn’t have time to eat.

• Saya belum sempat makan.
  = I haven’t eaten yet because I haven’t had the chance.

So in your sentence, sempat does not just mean abstract time; it suggests an available opportunity to do the action.

Because menanyakan is a transitive verb that works well when you are asking about a specific thing.

Here:

• menanyakan harga vas ini = ask about the price of this vase

Compare the options:

• bertanya = to ask / to ask a question
  Often used without a direct object, or with a preposition like tentang.

  Example:
  Kamu belum sempat bertanya tentang harga vas ini.
  = You haven’t had the chance yet to ask about the price of this vase.

• menanyakan = to ask about / to inquire about
  This directly takes the thing being asked about as its object.

So menanyakan harga vas ini is very natural.

It comes from the root tanya = ask.

The form menanyakan is built from:

• meN- prefix
• root tanya
• suffix -kan

So:

• tanya = ask
• menanyakan = ask about something / inquire about something

The meN- ... -kan pattern often creates an active verb that takes an object.

You do not need to memorize every detail immediately, but it helps to know that menanyakan is a more grammatical, fully formed verb than plain tanya in this sentence.

Because menanyakan can take the topic directly as its object.

So:

• menanyakan harga vas ini = ask about the price of this vase

If you use bertanya, then tentang is more common:

• bertanya tentang harga vas ini

Both are possible overall, but the structures are different:

• menanyakan + object
• bertanya tentang + topic

That is why there is no need for tentang in the original sentence.

Harga vas ini literally means the price of this vase.

The order may look unusual to an English speaker because Indonesian noun phrases are structured differently.

Breakdown:

• harga = price
• vas = vase
• ini = this

In Indonesian, the demonstrative ini usually comes after the noun:

• vas ini = this vase

So:

• harga vas ini = the price of this vase

You can think of it as:

• harga [vas ini]
• price [this vase]

In the most natural reading, ini modifies vas:

• vas ini = this vase

So the whole phrase means:

• harga vas ini = the price of this vase

It does not normally mean this price of the vase.

If you wanted this price, Indonesian would structure it differently, such as:

• harga ini = this price

So in your sentence, the intended meaning is clearly the price of this vase.

Yes. Kamu is a fairly informal or neutral way to say you, depending on context.

It is commonly used:

• with friends
• with people younger than you
• in casual conversation
• in teaching materials

If you wanted a more formal version, you might use Anda:

• Anda belum sempat menanyakan harga vas ini.

That means the same thing, but sounds more polite or formal.

It can feel a bit like both, depending on context.

Belum sempat often expresses a situation that is true up to now:

• You haven’t had the chance yet

So it is often translated with a present perfect idea in English.

But it also contains a sense of earlier missed opportunity:

• up to this point, the action has not happened because there was no chance

That is why English translations like these all work depending on context:

• You haven’t had a chance yet to ask the price of this vase.
• You haven’t gotten around to asking the price of this vase yet.
• You didn’t get a chance to ask the price of this vase.
  (more context-dependent)

In casual spoken Indonesian, yes, people may say that.

• Kamu belum tanya harga vas ini.

This is understandable and common in everyday speech, especially in informal conversation.

However, compared with the original sentence:

• Kamu belum sempat menanyakan harga vas ini.

the shorter version is:

1. less formal
2. less precise
3. missing the nuance of not having had the opportunity

Compare the meanings:

• belum tanya = haven’t asked yet
• belum sempat menanyakan = haven’t had the chance yet to ask

So the original sentence is more specific and polished.

Menanyakan harga vas ini is natural.

Bertanya harga vas ini is generally not the standard way to say it.

Why?

• menanyakan + object
  = ask about something

• bertanya usually needs either:

  • no direct object, or
  • a prepositional phrase such as tentang

So these are good:

• menanyakan harga vas ini
• bertanya tentang harga vas ini

But this is less correct or unnatural in standard Indonesian:

• bertanya harga vas ini

Yes.

• Kamu belum menanyakan harga vas ini
  = You haven’t asked the price of this vase yet.

• Kamu belum sempat menanyakan harga vas ini
  = You haven’t had the chance yet to ask the price of this vase.

The version with sempat adds an idea of lack of opportunity or time. It sounds softer and more explanatory, as if the reason the action has not happened is that the person was busy, distracted, or didn’t get the chance.

So sempat adds nuance, not just information about whether the action happened.