Dia suka pelajaran kimia di sekolah.

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Breakdown of Dia suka pelajaran kimia di sekolah.

• dia: he/she
• di: at
• sekolah: the school

Questions & Answers about Dia suka pelajaran kimia di sekolah.

Does dia mean “he” or “she”? How do Indonesians know which one it is?

Dia is a gender‑neutral third‑person singular pronoun. It can mean he, she, or even they (for one person, when gender is unknown or irrelevant).

Indonesians usually know the gender from:

• Context (earlier in the conversation, a name, or a photo)
• Or they don’t actually need to specify gender at all

If you really need to clarify, you’d usually:

• Use the person’s name: Andi suka pelajaran kimia di sekolah.
• Or add more information: Dia adalah seorang perempuan yang suka pelajaran kimia di sekolah. (She is a woman who likes chemistry class at school.)

There is no grammatical marking for gender in dia itself.

Can I drop dia like Spanish or Italian sometimes drop the subject pronoun?

Yes, often you can omit dia if the subject is already clear from context:

• Dia suka pelajaran kimia di sekolah.
  → Suka pelajaran kimia di sekolah.

This is natural in:

• Informal speech (especially in conversations)
• Dialogues where it’s clear who you’re talking about

But you typically keep dia:

• In written sentences that stand alone (like examples in textbooks)
• When you first introduce someone in a story
• When there might be confusion about who the subject is