Keranjang saya berat karena penuh daging dan sayur.

to be

Breakdown of Keranjang saya berat karena penuh daging dan sayur.

• karena: because
• dan: and
• berat: heavy

Questions & Answers about Keranjang saya berat karena penuh daging dan sayur.

Why is the possessive pronoun saya placed after keranjang (keranjang saya) instead of before, like in English (“my basket”)?

In Indonesian the typical word order for possession is Noun + Pronoun. So you say keranjang saya (“basket my”) rather than saya keranjang.
Alternatively, you can attach the suffix -ku to form keranjangku (“my basket”).

Can I say keranjangkuku instead of keranjangku or keranjang saya?

No, you shouldn’t double-mark possession. Use either:
• keranjangku (noun + -ku)
• keranjang saya (noun + pronoun)
You wouldn’t combine both into keranjangkuku.

Why isn’t there a word for “is” or “to be” before berat? In English we’d say “The basket is heavy.”

Indonesian adjectives act like verbs in predicate position and don’t need a copula. You simply state keranjang saya berat (“my basket heavy”). Inserting adalah (“is”) is possible in very formal contexts (e.g. keranjang saya adalah berat), but it sounds stiff or ungrammatical in everyday speech.

What part of speech is karena, and how is it used here?