Sekarang, kami mau memulai pelajaran baru tentang tenses di bahasa Indonesia.

The sentence translates to "Now, we are going to start a new lesson about tenses in Indonesian." Here’s a breakdown:

• Sekarang means "now", indicating immediacy.
• kami means "we" (excluding the listener).
• mau shows intention, roughly translating to "are going to" or "want to".
• memulai means "to start".
• pelajaran baru means "new lesson".
• tentang means "about".
• tenses di bahasa Indonesia tells us that the lesson concerns tenses as they are understood or applied in Indonesian. Overall, the sentence sets the stage for an immediate, informal lesson about a specific grammatical topic.

Both kami and kita translate to "we," but they differ in inclusivity:

• kami is used when the speaker’s group excludes the listener.
• kita includes the listener as part of the group. Since the sentence uses kami, it suggests that the speaker is referring to a group (likely the instructors or a specific team) that does not include the audience, which is common in educational contexts.

The term tenses is often retained in English in language lessons because:

• It is a familiar technical term for learners who already have exposure to English grammar.
• It highlights differences and similarities between how tenses function in English and how time is expressed in Indonesian.
• Indonesian uses different methods (often context or time markers) to indicate time, which makes the direct translation less effective in educational comparisons. Thus, keeping tenses in English aids in drawing clear comparisons for learners.