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Usages of salah
Dia mengunggah foto presentasi dan menghapus yang salah.
He/She uploads the presentation photos and deletes the wrong ones.
Jawaban itu salah.
That answer is wrong.
Jangan sampai salah belok di depan penyeberangan.
Do not let yourself turn the wrong way in front of the crosswalk.
Besok kuliah dimajukan, jangan sampai salah jadwal.
Tomorrow the lecture is moved earlier; don’t get the schedule wrong.
Setelah itu, saya setor tunai perlahan-lahan agar nomor rekening tidak salah.
After that, I deposit cash slowly so the account number is not wrong.
Dia meminta kami membaca instruksi dengan cermat agar tidak salah, lalu bertanya apakah kami sudah memberi perhatian penuh.
He/She asks us to read the instructions carefully so we don’t make mistakes, then asks whether we have given full attention.
Saya salah menaruh koma di tengah kalimat, jadi maknanya sedikit berubah.
I put the comma in the wrong place in the middle of the sentence, so the meaning changed a bit.
Saya memakai kalkulator ketika menghitung angka di kolom terakhir supaya tidak salah.
I use a calculator when calculating the numbers in the last column so that I do not make mistakes.
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