Breakdown of Saya meminjam pulpen teman saya sebentar.
sebuah
a
saya
I
teman
the friend
sebentar
for a moment
Questions & Answers about Saya meminjam pulpen teman saya sebentar.
What’s the difference between bold meminjam bold and bold meminjamkan bold?
- bold meminjam bold = to borrow (the subject receives the item). Example: bold Saya meminjam pulpen teman saya sebentar. bold
- bold meminjamkan bold = to lend (the subject gives the item). Example: bold Saya meminjamkan pulpen saya kepada teman saya sebentar. bold
- In casual speech, people often use the bare root bold pinjam bold for borrow: bold Saya pinjam pulpen … bold
Do I need bold dari bold (from) here?
No. bold Saya meminjam pulpen teman saya sebentar bold already implies you’re borrowing your friend’s pen. If you want to stress the source, you can say:
- bold Saya meminjam pulpen dari teman saya. bold Both are natural; the first highlights whose pen it is, the second highlights the source.
Is it okay to have bold saya bold twice (bold Saya … teman saya bold)? Isn’t that repetitive?
It’s normal. The first bold saya bold is the subject I; the second is the possessor my in bold teman saya bold. Indonesian often repeats pronouns this way, and it doesn’t sound odd.
How does possession work in bold pulpen teman saya bold?
Possession is head noun + possessor:
- bold pulpen teman saya bold = my friend’s pen Not: bold teman saya pulpen bold (unnatural). You can also say:
- bold pulpennya teman saya bold (the pen belonging to my friend; more definite)
- bold pulpen milik teman saya bold (more formal)
- bold pulpen punya teman saya bold (colloquial)