Aku belum sempat mengetes kamera analog itu.

Belum means not yet, while tidak means not.

So Aku belum sempat mengetes kamera analog itu means the speaker has not had the chance yet, and it suggests that they still might do it later.

• belum = not yet
• tidak = not / does not

Compare:

• Aku belum sempat mengetes kamera analog itu.
  = I haven’t had the chance to test that analog camera yet.
• Aku tidak sempat mengetes kamera analog itu.
  = I didn’t have time / I wasn’t able to test that analog camera.

The version with belum feels more open-ended and often softer.

In this sentence, sempat means something like:

• to have the time
• to have the chance
• to manage to do something before it was too late

So belum sempat is a very common expression meaning haven’t gotten around to or haven’t had the chance to.

Examples:

• Saya belum sempat makan.
  = I haven’t had the chance to eat yet.
• Dia tidak sempat datang.
  = He/She didn’t have time to come.

So in your sentence, belum sempat mengetes is not just about literal time on the clock. It can also mean the speaker hasn’t had the opportunity yet.

Mengetes is the active verb form built from tes.

In Indonesian, many verbs take the meN- prefix to form an active verb. Here:

• tes = test
• mengetes = to test

So:

• Aku mengetes kamera itu.
  = I am testing / tested that camera.

Using just tes by itself is less complete in standard sentence structure, though in casual speech people may sometimes use shortened forms.

This happens because tes is a short, one-syllable base word. Many one-syllable roots take the form menge- when the meN- prefix is added.

So:

• tes → mengetes

This pattern also appears with some other short roots.

For a learner, the useful thing to remember is:

• mengetes is the normal active verb form people commonly use
• you do not need to analyze it as if it followed the exact same pattern as longer native roots like tulis → menulis

Mengetes is very common and natural in everyday Indonesian, but it can feel somewhat less formal because it comes from the borrowed word tes.

In more formal Indonesian, people might prefer:

• menguji = to test
• mencoba = to try

So these are all possible, but they are not exactly identical:

• mengetes kamera = test the camera
• menguji kamera = test/examine the camera, more formal
• mencoba kamera = try the camera, slightly broader and often very natural in daily speech

In conversation, mengetes is perfectly normal.

They overlap, but they are not exactly the same.

• mengetes = to test, to check performance, to evaluate how something works
• mencoba = to try, to give something a go, to use something and see

For a camera:

• mengetes kamera suggests checking whether it works well
• mencoba kamera suggests trying it out

In many real situations, either could work. But mengetes sounds a bit more like testing, while mencoba sounds more like trying.

Yes, saya is possible.

• aku = I, informal, personal, common in conversation
• saya = I, more neutral or polite

So:

• Aku belum sempat mengetes kamera analog itu.
  = casual, natural speech
• Saya belum sempat mengetes kamera analog itu.
  = more polite or neutral

A native speaker chooses between aku and saya mostly based on situation, relationship, and tone.

It means that analog camera.

Breakdown:

• kamera = camera
• analog = analog
• itu = that

Indonesian usually puts descriptive words after the noun, so:

• kamera analog = analog camera

Then itu goes at the end of the noun phrase:

• kamera analog itu = that analog camera

So the word order is different from English:

• English: that analog camera
• Indonesian: camera analog that

In Indonesian, itu often comes after the noun phrase when it means that.

So:

• rumah itu = that house
• mobil baru itu = that new car
• kamera analog itu = that analog camera

This is the normal pattern:

• noun + description + itu

So the whole noun phrase comes first, and itu points to it afterward.

Yes. Itu can have several uses depending on context.

In this sentence, it clearly means that:

• kamera analog itu = that analog camera

But itu can also be:

• a pronoun: itu mahal = that is expensive
• a discourse marker in speech
• part of explanations or emphasis

For this sentence, though, the simplest understanding is just that.

Yes. In Indonesian, adjectives and many modifiers usually come after the noun.

So:

• kamera analog = analog camera
• rumah besar = big house
• buku baru = new book

That is one of the most common word-order differences from English.

Indonesian does not always need a separate word for English to before a verb.

In English, you say:

• I haven’t had time to test...

In Indonesian, after sempat, you can directly use the verb:

• belum sempat mengetes...

So the structure is normal:

• sempat + verb

Examples:

• belum sempat makan = haven’t had the chance to eat
• belum sempat datang = haven’t had the chance to come
• belum sempat mengetes = haven’t had the chance to test

Indonesian verbs do not change form for tense the way English verbs do. The time is understood from context and from words like belum.

Here, belum gives a meaning close to English haven’t ... yet, so the most natural English translation is often present perfect:

• I haven’t had the chance to test that analog camera yet.

But Indonesian itself is not marking tense in the same way English does. It is more about aspect and context than verb conjugation.

Yes, possibly.

Belum sempat often implies:

• I haven’t had time yet
• I haven’t gotten around to it yet
• I haven’t had the chance yet

That can be because the speaker was busy, but it does not have to mean that specifically. It could also mean:

• the opportunity did not come up
• the camera was not available
• other things happened first

So the phrase is flexible.

Yes, in the right context.

Indonesian often drops the subject when it is already clear:

• Belum sempat mengetes kamera analog itu.

This can still sound perfectly natural in conversation if everyone knows who is being talked about.

But including aku makes it explicit:

• Aku belum sempat mengetes kamera analog itu.

Yes.

• kamera analog itu = that analog camera
• itu kamera analog = that is an analog camera

So the first is a noun phrase, while the second is a full clause.

Compare:

• Aku belum sempat mengetes kamera analog itu.
  = I haven’t had the chance to test that analog camera.
• Itu kamera analog.
  = That is an analog camera.

Yes, but the meaning changes slightly.

• Aku belum mengetes kamera analog itu.
  = I haven’t tested that analog camera yet.
• Aku belum sempat mengetes kamera analog itu.
  = I haven’t had the chance/time to test that analog camera yet.

With sempat, there is an added idea of lack of opportunity or time. Without it, the sentence is more neutral and simply says the action has not happened yet.

The sentence can be broken down like this:

• Aku = subject
• belum sempat = have not yet had the chance
• mengetes = to test
• kamera analog itu = that analog camera

So the pattern is:

Subject + belum sempat + verb + object

This is a very useful structure to learn, because it appears often in daily Indonesian:

• Aku belum sempat baca buku itu.
• Kami belum sempat makan.
• Dia belum sempat membalas pesan saya.

It is a common way to say you have not gotten around to doing something yet.