Questions & Answers about Kemarin saya beli dompet murah di pasar.
Why is there no verb conjugation to show past tense like bought in the sentence?
Indonesian verbs do not change form for tense. Instead, time adverbs (like kemarin) or context indicate past, present, or future. The verb beli stays in its base form regardless of when the action took place.
What does kemarin mean and why is it at the beginning?
Kemarin means yesterday. Placing a time adverb at the start of a sentence emphasizes when something happened. You could also say Saya beli dompet murah di pasar kemarin with the same meaning—the word order is flexible.
Why is the adjective murah placed after the noun dompet instead of before like in English?
In Indonesian, the usual order is Noun + Adjective. So dompet murah literally is wallet cheap, equivalent to a cheap wallet in English.
What does the prefix di- in di pasar do?
Here di- is a locative preposition meaning at or in, not a passive marker. So di pasar means at the market. The context tells you it’s marking location.
Why not use ke pasar instead of di pasar?