Breakdown of Embun pagi membuat rumput basah.
membuat
to make
basah
wet
rumput
the grass
embun pagi
the morning dew
Questions & Answers about Embun pagi membuat rumput basah.
Why is it embun pagi and not pagi embun?
In Indonesian, modifiers (like adjectives, time or place words) generally follow the noun they describe.
- embun = “dew” (head noun)
- pagi = “morning” (modifier)
Putting pagi after embun yields the compound noun “morning dew.”
What role does the prefix me- play in membuat?
The prefix me- (with its variant mem- before b) turns a root into an active transitive verb.
- Root: buat = “make, do”
- With mem-: membuat = “to make/ cause/ produce (something)”
It signals that the subject actively causes an action on an object.
How does Indonesian express “to make X [adjective]” in general?
You use membuat + object + adjective, with no linking verb:
- embun pagi membuat rumput basah
“(The morning dew) makes (the grass) wet.”
Alternatively, you can say menjadikan + object + noun/adjective (more formal): - embun pagi menjadikan rumput basah
Why is there no article before rumput, and can we specify which grass?