Learn Hardcore Indonesian: Halaman rumah bibi cukup luas untuk bermain. - My aunt’s yard is spacious enough for playing.

Yes, halaman can mean either “yard/courtyard” or “page” (as in a book or website). With rumah (“house”), the collocation halaman rumah clearly means “the yard (of a house),” not a book page.

How does possession work in halaman rumah bibi? Why that order?

Indonesian shows possession by putting the thing possessed first, then the possessor: “X of Y.” The phrase is nested:

halaman (rumah (bibi)) = “the yard (of the house (of aunt)).” So it literally reads “the yard of aunt’s house.”

If I want to make “my aunt” explicit, how do I say it?

Common options:

rumah bibi saya = my aunt’s house (neutral/polite)
rumah bibiku = my aunt’s house (more intimate/informal)
You can also use tante: rumah tante saya (very common in urban speech)

Is it “the yard” or “a yard”? There’s no article in Indonesian.

Indonesian has no articles like “a/the.” Halaman rumah bibi can be translated as “the yard of my aunt’s house” or “my aunt’s house yard,” depending on context. English articles are chosen by the translator’s sense of the situation.