Mereka berlibur bersama keluarga di akhir pekan.

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Breakdown of Mereka berlibur bersama keluarga di akhir pekan.

• di: on
• keluarga: the family
• akhir pekan: the weekend

Questions & Answers about Mereka berlibur bersama keluarga di akhir pekan.

What does berlibur mean and why is it berlibur instead of liburan?

berlibur is an intransitive verb meaning “to go on vacation” or “to take a holiday.” The prefix ber- turns the root libur (“vacation/holiday”) into a verb. By contrast, liburan is a noun (“a vacation” or “the act of taking a holiday”), so you wouldn’t use it directly as the main verb without the ber- prefix.

Why is bersama used here instead of dengan?

Both bersama and dengan can translate as “with,” but there’s a slight nuance:

• bersama often emphasizes doing something together in the company of someone (more “together with”).
• dengan is more general “with” when linking things or people.
  In this sentence, bersama keluarga highlights the idea of “spending the vacation together with (their) family.” You could say dengan keluarga and still be correct, but bersama is very common in spoken Indonesian for “together with.”

Why is the time expression di akhir pekan introduced with di, and could I use pada akhir pekan instead?