Word
Adik saya menggambar gitar klasik sambil mendengar lagu klasik di kamarnya.
Meaning
My younger sibling draws a classical guitar while listening to classical songs in his/her room.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
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Breakdown of Adik saya menggambar gitar klasik sambil mendengar lagu klasik di kamarnya.
di
in
sambil
while
kamar
the room
mendengar
to listen
Questions & Answers about Adik saya menggambar gitar klasik sambil mendengar lagu klasik di kamarnya.
What exactly does adik mean? Does it mean younger brother or younger sister?
Adik means younger sibling, without specifying gender. Context usually tells you whether it’s a younger brother or sister.
If you want to be explicit, you can say:
- adik laki-laki = younger brother
- adik perempuan = younger sister
On its own, adik just tells you the person is younger than the speaker (or than the person being referred to), not whether they are male or female.
Why is it adik saya and not saya adik? How do possessives work here?
In Indonesian, the usual pattern is:
[possessed noun] + [possessor]
So:
- adik saya = my younger sibling
- rumah saya = my house
- buku dia = his/her book
Putting it the other way (saya adik) would sound wrong or mean something different (like you’re trying to say I am the younger sibling, which would normally be saya adik (nya) in some context, but even that needs more structure).
Alternatives that also mean my younger sibling:
- adik saya (neutral, standard)
- adikku (using the suffix -ku, more informal/intimate)
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