Dia sampai di sekolah di pagi hari.

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Breakdown of Dia sampai di sekolah di pagi hari.

• di: in
• pagi hari: the morning
• di: at

Questions & Answers about Dia sampai di sekolah di pagi hari.

What is the part of speech of sampai and what does it mean here?

Here sampai is a verb meaning to arrive or reach (similar to tiba). Note that sampai can also function as a preposition meaning “until” or “up to,” but in this sentence it’s definitely the verb “arrive at.”

Why are there two di in this sentence?

The first di marks the place of arrival (di sekolah = at school). The second di marks the time expression (di pagi hari = in the morning). In Indonesian you use di before a noun phrase to indicate a location or a time.

Shouldn’t the destination be marked with ke instead of di? Why is it di sekolah?

With verbs of movement like pergi (to go), you use ke. But with verbs of arrival such as sampai or tiba, you mark the location where the arrival happens with di, not ke. So sampai di sekolah literally means “arrive at school.”

Is the di after sampai always required?