Rumahmu dekat kantor.

to be

Breakdown of Rumahmu dekat kantor.

• rumah: the house
• kantor: the office
• dekat: near

Questions & Answers about Rumahmu dekat kantor.

What does the suffix -mu in rumahmu mean and how is it used?

The suffix -mu is the second-person singular possessive pronoun, meaning your. You attach it directly to a noun:

• rumah (house) + -mu → rumahmu (your house)
  This is very common in everyday speech and writing.

Is rumahmu the same as rumah kamu?

Yes, both mean your house, but with a slight stylistic difference:

• rumahmu (one word) is more compact and colloquial.
• rumah kamu (two words) separates the noun and the pronoun.
  Meaning and register are nearly identical; native speakers use them interchangeably.

Why is there no word for “is” in Rumahmu dekat kantor?

Indonesian often omits the copula “is” in simple statements. The structure
Subject + Adjective/Preposition (with complement)
is complete on its own.
So Rumahmu dekat kantor literally reads:
Your house (subject) near the office (complement).
The idea of “is” is simply understood.

What part of speech is dekat in this sentence?

In Rumahmu dekat kantor, dekat functions as a predicate adjective (or locative preposition) meaning . It connects your house to its location (the office). You can think of it two ways:• As an adjective: X Y → X is near Y• As a preposition: X (di) Y → X is located near YIn practice, you usually drop before when describing proximity.