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Questions & Answers about Semakin sering keluarga berolahraga bersama, semakin sehat tubuh mereka.
What does the semakin … semakin construction mean and how does it work?
- Semakin A … semakin B literally means “the more A, the more B.”
- It’s used to express a proportional increase or decrease: as A increases, B also increases (or decreases, if B is negative).
- In our sentence: as the family exercises more often, their bodies become healthier.
Why is the verb berolahraga formed with the prefix ber-?
- Ber- is a productive prefix in Indonesian that forms intransitive verbs, often meaning “to have/get/have an activity.”
- Olahraga by itself is a noun meaning “exercise.”
- Berolahraga → “to exercise.”
Why is bersama placed after berolahraga rather than before?
- Bersama here functions as an adverb of manner: it tells us how they exercise (“together”).
- In Indonesian, manner adverbs normally follow the verb: [Verb] + [Adverb of manner] → berolahraga bersama.
What part of speech is sehat, and why does it follow tubuh?
- Sehat is an adjective meaning “healthy.”
- It follows the noun it modifies: tubuh (body) → tubuh sehat (healthy body).