Kami menikmati liburan musim hujan di hotel dekat pantai.

In Indonesian, kami and kita both mean we, but they are different:

• kami = we, not including the person being spoken to
• kita = we, including the person being spoken to

So Kami menikmati liburan... means We enjoyed the vacation..., but the listener is not part of that we.

That is often one of the first things English speakers notice, because English only has one word: we.

By itself, menikmati does not mark tense the way English verbs do.

So depending on context, it could mean:

• enjoy
• enjoyed
• are enjoying
• have enjoyed

In this sentence, the translation probably uses enjoyed because the whole situation sounds like a completed event, but Indonesian usually relies on context rather than changing the verb form.

If you wanted to make the time clearer, you could add a time word, for example:

• Kemarin kami menikmati liburan... = Yesterday we enjoyed the vacation...
• Sekarang kami menikmati liburan... = We are enjoying the vacation now...

Menikmati comes from the root nikmat, which is related to pleasure / enjoyment / deliciousness / comfort.

With the prefix meN- and the suffix -i, it becomes the verb menikmati, meaning to enjoy.

So:

• nikmat = pleasant, enjoyable, delicious
• menikmati = to enjoy

This is a very common Indonesian pattern: a root gets affixes that turn it into a verb.

Because menikmati is the proper verb here.

• nikmat is not normally used as the main verb meaning to enjoy in standard Indonesian.
• menikmati is the active verb that takes an object.

So:

• menikmati liburan = to enjoy a vacation
• liburan itu nikmat would mean something more like the vacation is pleasant, where nikmat functions more like an adjective.

Liburan means vacation, holiday, or time off, depending on context.

In this sentence, it most naturally means vacation.

A useful thing to notice:

• berlibur = to go on vacation / to holiday
• liburan = a vacation / holiday

So menikmati liburan literally means to enjoy a vacation.

Indonesian usually puts the main noun first, followed by words that describe it.

So:

• liburan = vacation
• musim hujan = rainy season

Together:

• liburan musim hujan = a rainy-season vacation or vacation during the rainy season

English often puts modifiers before the noun, but Indonesian commonly puts them after.

A similar pattern:

• rumah besar = big house
• hotel murah = cheap hotel

Here, musim hujan is specifying what kind of vacation or when it happened.

Literally:

• musim = season
• hujan = rain

So musim hujan literally means rain season, which in natural English becomes rainy season.

This is a very normal Indonesian noun + noun combination.

You can compare:

• musim panas = dry/hot season
• musim dingin = cold season / winter

Indonesian does not have articles like a, an, and the in the same way English does.

So:

• di hotel can mean at a hotel or at the hotel
• dekat pantai can mean near a beach or near the beach

The exact meaning depends on context.

That is very normal in Indonesian. Learners often want to insert an article, but Indonesian usually just leaves it out.

Di is the preposition for in, at, or on when talking about location.

So:

• di hotel = at/in the hotel
• di rumah = at home
• di pantai = at the beach

In this sentence, di hotel tells you where the vacation enjoyment took place or where they stayed.

Important spelling note:

• di as a preposition is written separately: di hotel
• di- as a passive prefix is written together: ditulis, dibuka

Both are possible.

• dekat pantai = near the beach
• dekat dengan pantai = near the beach

In many cases, Indonesian often drops dengan after dekat, especially in everyday usage. So hotel dekat pantai sounds natural and concise.

You may also hear:

• hotel yang dekat dengan pantai

That is a fuller version, but hotel dekat pantai is perfectly normal.

Because Indonesian often allows a noun to be followed directly by a descriptive phrase.

So:

• hotel dekat pantai = a hotel near the beach

You do not have to say:

• hotel yang dekat dengan pantai

Even though that longer version is also possible.

In simple noun phrases, Indonesian often prefers the shorter structure. English speakers sometimes expect something like that is near the beach, but Indonesian can often leave that out.

It most naturally describes the hotel.

So the structure is understood as:

• Kami menikmati [liburan musim hujan] [di hotel dekat pantai].

That means:

• We enjoyed a rainy-season vacation
• at a hotel near the beach

So dekat pantai goes with hotel, not directly with liburan.

Indonesian often does not mark plural unless it is necessary.

So:

• kami already tells us the subject is more than one person
• hotel stays hotel, not a separate plural form
• pantai stays pantai

If needed, Indonesian can show plurality in other ways, such as:

• hotel-hotel = hotels
• number words
• context

But in this sentence, plural marking is unnecessary.

Yes, it could, if the context is present-time.

Because Indonesian verbs do not change for tense, Kami menikmati liburan musim hujan di hotel dekat pantai could be interpreted as:

• We enjoy...
• We are enjoying...
• We enjoyed...

The surrounding context decides the best English translation.

So if this sentence appeared in a travel diary written in the present, We are enjoying... would be a very reasonable translation.

Yes, it is natural and grammatical.

It sounds like standard Indonesian and would be understood easily.

A few close variants are also possible, for example:

• Kami menikmati liburan di musim hujan di hotel dekat pantai.
• Kami menikmati liburan musim hujan di sebuah hotel dekat pantai.

Adding sebuah would make it more explicitly a hotel, but it is not required. The original sentence is already natural.