Kami tetap di dalam rumah sampai badai reda.

We stay inside the house until the storm subsides.

Breakdown of Kami tetap di dalam rumah sampai badai reda.

• adalah: to be
• rumah: the house
• kami: we
• tetap: still
• sampai: until
• badai: the storm
• reda: to subside
• di dalam: inside

Questions & Answers about Kami tetap di dalam rumah sampai badai reda.

What’s the difference between kami and kita, and why is kami used here?

• kami = we (excluding the listener); kita = we (including the listener).
• The sentence describes what the speaker’s group did without including the person being addressed, so kami fits.
• If you want to include the listener, say: Kita tetap di dalam rumah sampai badai reda.

Does tetap mean “stay” or “still”? How is it different from masih?

• tetap = remain/keep (emphasizes persistence or a decision to not change).
• masih = still (neutral continuation in time).
• Examples:
  • Kami tetap di rumah = we remain at home (we’re staying put).
  • Kami masih di rumah = we’re still at home (as of now).

Could I use tinggal instead of tetap?

• tinggal = stay/live/reside (a verb).
• Kami tinggal di rumah sampai badai reda is understandable: we stayed at home until the storm subsided.
• Nuance:
  • tetap di ... highlights not changing state/location (staying put).
  • tinggal di ... highlights the act of staying/lodging/living somewhere.
• For “staying put” during a storm, tetap (di rumah) or berada (di rumah) is very natural.

Is di dalam necessary? Can I just say di rumah?

• di rumah = at home.
• di dalam rumah = inside the house (explicitly indoors).
• Both are correct; use di dalam rumah if you want to stress being inside.

Is di dalam two prepositions in a row? Can I use dalam alone?

• di is a general locative preposition (at/in/on).
• dalam means inside/within; together they form the compound di dalam = inside.
• You can also say dalam rumah (often more formal/compact). di dalam rumah is the most common in everyday use.

Is it ever correct to write didalam as one word?

• No for the preposition. Write di dalam (two words).
• One-word di- attaches only to passive verbs (e.g., diambil, dibuka), not to location phrases.

What does sampai do here? Is it the same as hingga or sampai dengan?

• Here sampai is a conjunction meaning “until.”
• hingga is a near-synonym, a bit more formal/literary: ... hingga badai reda.
• sampai dengan is common with ranges (times/amounts). With clauses, it’s less common but still understood.

Could sampai here mean reach/arrive, like in sampai di rumah?

• No. In sampai badai reda, sampai introduces a clause (until + clause).
• As a verb meaning reach/arrive, sampai takes a location: sampai (di/ke) rumah.
• The following structure (clause vs noun phrase) makes the meaning clear.

In sampai badai reda, is reda a verb or an adjective? Why no “to be”?

• reda functions as an intransitive predicate meaning “subside/abate.”
• Indonesian allows adjectives/roots to be predicates without a copula. badai reda literally = “storm subside(s).”
• badai mereda (with the verb mereda) is equally natural.

Can I say badai berhenti instead of badai reda/mereda?

• It’s understandable, but collocations differ:
  • hujan/gerimis berhenti (rain/drizzle stops) is very common.
  • For storms, badai mereda, badai reda, or badai berlalu (the storm passes) sound more idiomatic.

Do I need any tense markers like sudah or akan?

• Not required; Indonesian relies on context.
• Add time words if needed:
  • Past: Kemarin kami tetap di dalam rumah sampai badai reda.
  • Future/plan: Besok kami akan tetap di dalam rumah sampai badai reda.
• sudah doesn’t pair naturally with tetap in this sentence.

Should there be a comma before sampai?

• No comma when the until-clause follows: Kami ... sampai ... (no comma).
• If you front the until-clause, use a comma: Sampai badai reda, kami tetap di dalam rumah.

Can I drop kami and say Tetap di dalam rumah sampai badai reda?

• Yes. That becomes an imperative: “Stay inside until the storm subsides.”
• The subject is understood (usually “you/you all”). To include the speaker, use Mari kita tetap di dalam rumah...

Is this sentence formal, informal, or neutral? Any more formal version?

• Neutral and natural in both speech and writing.
• Slightly more formal: Kami tetap berada di dalam rumah sampai badai mereda.
• More casual: Kami tetap di rumah sampai badai reda.

Do I need articles or classifiers like itu, ini, or sebuah with badai or rumah?

• No. Bare nouns are normal in Indonesian.
• Add them only if you need specificity:
  • badai itu = that storm (specific)
  • sebuah rumah = a/one house
  • rumah kami = our house

Should there be yang in badai reda (e.g., badai yang reda)?

• No. badai reda is a complete clause (subject + predicate).
• badai yang reda is a noun phrase (“the storm that is calm/subsided”) and doesn’t fit this structure.

How can I emphasize “only at home,” like “we didn’t go anywhere else”?

• Add saja (or casual aja): Kami tetap di rumah saja sampai badai reda.
• Or: Kami tidak ke mana-mana; kami tetap di rumah sampai badai reda.