Breakdown of Kabut tebal menutupi jalan pagi ini.
Questions & Answers about Kabut tebal menutupi jalan pagi ini.
In Indonesian, the normal order is noun + adjective, the opposite of English:
- kabut tebal = thick fog
- kabut = fog
- tebal = thick
Other examples:
- buku baru = new book
- rumah besar = big house
- mobil cepat = fast car
Putting the adjective before the noun (e.g. tebal kabut) is not normal in everyday Indonesian and will usually sound wrong or poetic at best. So you should generally follow:
NOUN + ADJECTIVE, not ADJECTIVE + NOUN
Indonesian has no direct equivalent of English articles (a / an / the). Nouns stand on their own, and context tells you whether it’s specific or general.
In the sentence:
kabut tebal could be understood as:
- the thick fog
- a thick fog
- thick fog
jalan can be:
- the road, the street, or just the way / path