Pujian dan kritik harus objektif.

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Breakdown of Pujian dan kritik harus objektif.

• harus: must
• kritik: the criticism
• pujian: the praise

Questions & Answers about Pujian dan kritik harus objektif.

Why is there no word for are in Pujian dan kritik harus objektif?

Indonesian often does not use a verb like to be in sentences like this.

So where English says:

Praise and criticism must be objective

Indonesian simply says:

Pujian dan kritik harus objektif

Here:

• pujian dan kritik = praise and criticism
• harus = must / should
• objektif = objective

There is no need for a separate word meaning are before objektif.

What does pujian mean exactly?

Pujian means praise.

It comes from the root puji, which is related to praising, and the ending -an turns it into a noun. So pujian is praise, a compliment, or words of approval, depending on context.

In this sentence, it is a general noun:

• pujian = praise
• not necessarily one specific compliment

Why is it kritik and not something like kritikan?