Bukti itu nyata bagi kami.

to be

Breakdown of Bukti itu nyata bagi kami.

• itu: that
• bagi: for
• kami: us

Questions & Answers about Bukti itu nyata bagi kami.

What does itu do in this sentence? Is it “that” or “the”?

Itu is a demonstrative that literally means “that”, but in Indonesian it is also often used roughly like “the” in English to refer to something specific/known in the context.

• Bukti itu ≈ that evidence / the evidence
  It implies that both speaker and listener already know which evidence is being talked about. Without itu, it would sound more like “evidence” in general, not a specific piece of evidence.

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Why is there no verb like “is” in Bukti itu nyata bagi kami?

Indonesian usually does not use a verb like “to be” (is/are) between a noun and an adjective.

• English: The evidence is real.
• Indonesian: Bukti itu nyata. (literally: evidence that real)

The adjective nyata itself functions as the predicate.
You could add adalah in some contexts (e.g. more formal, written, or when followed by a noun phrase), but here:

• Bukti itu adalah nyata sounds unnatural and is usually avoided.

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What does nyata mean exactly? Is it “real”, “true”, or “obvious”?