Breakdown of Rute hemat waktu membantu kami pulang lebih awal.
lebih awal
earlier
pulang
to go home
membantu
to help
kami
us
Questions & Answers about Rute hemat waktu membantu kami pulang lebih awal.
What does the phrase bolded in the sentence, hemat waktu, literally mean?
It literally means “saving time.” hemat = economical/thrifty; to conserve/save (a resource). waktu = time. So rute hemat waktu = “a time-saving route.”
Is Rute hemat waktu natural, or should it be Rute yang hemat waktu or Rute yang menghemat waktu?
All are acceptable:
- Rute hemat waktu: concise and common (headline/colloquial style).
- Rute yang hemat waktu: explicit, a bit more formal/neutral.
- Rute yang menghemat waktu: emphasizes the saving-as-an-action (“that saves time”). You can also say rute paling hemat waktu (“the most time-saving”) or rute tercepat (“the fastest route”).
Why is it membantu kami pulang and not membantu kami untuk pulang?
With membantu, untuk before a following verb is optional. Both membantu kami pulang and membantu kami untuk pulang are correct; the version without untuk is slightly more concise and very common.
Can I say membantu kami bisa pulang?