Questions & Answers about Dia selalu jujur tentang alasannya.
What does dia mean? Does it mark gender?
- dia = he/she; it’s gender-neutral and singular.
- Plural is mereka.
- Written/neutral subject form: ia (not used as an object).
- Respectful for elders/important figures: beliau.
- Capitalized Dia is sometimes used for God in religious contexts.
Where should selalu go? Can I say Dia jujur selalu?
- Put selalu before the predicate: Dia selalu jujur ...; Dia selalu berkata jujur ...
- Dia jujur selalu is unnatural except for marked/poetic emphasis.
- Colloquial alternative for “all the time”: ... jujur terus.
Is jujur an adjective or an adverb here?
- It’s an adjective functioning as the predicate: Dia jujur (“He/She is honest”).
- To modify a verb, use a manner phrase: Dia menjelaskan dengan/ secara jujur (“He/She explained honestly”).
What does the suffix -nya in alasannya do?
- It marks third-person possession or definiteness.
- Possessive: alasannya = “his/her reason(s).”
- Definite: alasannya = “the reason” (already known).
- Without it, alasan is indefinite (“a reason/reasons”).
Could -nya refer to someone other than the subject?