Word
Saya sama sekali tidak cemas; apalagi teman perempuan saya selalu tenang.
Meaning
I am not worried at all; moreover my female friend is always calm.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
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Breakdown of Saya sama sekali tidak cemas; apalagi teman perempuan saya selalu tenang.
adalah
to be
saya
I
teman
the friend
tidak
not
Questions & Answers about Saya sama sekali tidak cemas; apalagi teman perempuan saya selalu tenang.
What does the bold sama sekali add, and where can it go?
It’s a strong intensifier for negation meaning “at all.” Two common placements:
- Before the negation: Saya sama sekali tidak cemas.
- After the predicate: Saya tidak cemas sama sekali. With noun predicates, use bukan: Saya sama sekali bukan dokter. Avoid the ungrammatical order tidak sama sekali cemas.
Why is it tidak cemas and not bukan cemas?
- tidak negates verbs, adjectives, and adverbs: tidak cemas, tidak suka, tidak cepat.
- bukan negates noun phrases or pronouns used as predicates: Dia bukan dokter, Itu bukan ide saya. Since cemas is an adjective/stative verb, use tidak.
Is cemas the right word for “anxious/worried”? How does it differ from similar words?
- cemas: anxious/uneasy (internal unease).
- khawatir: worried/concerned (often about a specific outcome).
- gelisah: restless, fidgety.
- gugup: nervous (performance/spotlight jitters).
- tegang: tense.
- panik: panicked.
- deg-degan: colloquial, “heart pounding,” nervous-excited. In your sentence, cemas and are both fine; leans slightly more to anxious unease.