Word
Saya mengecek arah angin sebelum berangkat.
Meaning
I check the wind direction before leaving.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Saya mengecek arah angin sebelum berangkat.
saya
I
sebelum
before
berangkat
to depart
mengecek
to check
Questions & Answers about Saya mengecek arah angin sebelum berangkat.
Why is it written as mengecek and not mencek?
Because the root cek is monosyllabic. With monosyllabic roots, the prefix meN- surfaces as menge-, so you get mengecek. Compare:
- mengecat (from cat = paint)
- mengetes (from tes = test) Writing mencek is considered nonstandard.
What’s the nuance difference between mengecek, memeriksa, cek, and ngecek?
- mengecek: neutral, common, “to check.”
- memeriksa: more formal/thorough, “to examine/inspect.”
- cek (bare verb): informal/efficient speech, e.g., Saya cek dulu.
- ngecek: very colloquial (casual speech). All can fit here; register and tone decide which to use.
What exactly does arah angin mean? Is it the same as mata angin?
- arah angin: wind direction (which way the wind is blowing).
- mata angin: the points of the compass (N, S, E, W, etc.). Also, arah angin can be figurative: “the way things are going” (e.g., politics).
Why is it arah angin, not angin arah?