Word
Saya mencari ketenangan di perpustakaan.
Meaning
I look for calmness in the library.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
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Breakdown of Saya mencari ketenangan di perpustakaan.
saya
I
di
in
perpustakaan
the library
mencari
to look for
Questions & Answers about Saya mencari ketenangan di perpustakaan.
What does each word in the sentence correspond to?
- Saya = I (neutral/formal first-person singular)
- mencari = to look for/to seek (active verb formed with the prefix meN-
- root cari)
- ketenangan = calmness, tranquility, peace and quiet (a noun formed from the adjective tenang using the circumfix ke-…-an)
- di = at/in (preposition for a static location)
- perpustakaan = library (place noun from pustaka “book,” with per-…-an forming a place related to the root)
Why is it mencari and not just cari?
- mencari is the standard active verb form used in neutral/formal Indonesian.
- cari is the root. It appears:
- in imperatives: Cari ketenangan! (Look for peace!)
- in casual speech after a subject: Saya cari ketenangan (informal).
- In careful writing or formal speech, prefer mencari. In everyday conversation, saya cari sounds natural.
What does di mean here, and how is it different from ke and dari?
- di = at/in (static location): di perpustakaan = at/in the library.
- ke = to/toward (movement): ke perpustakaan = to the library.
- dari = from (origin): dari perpustakaan = from the library.