Kami bermain bola di lapangan sore ini.

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Breakdown of Kami bermain bola di lapangan sore ini.

• di: on
• lapangan: the field
• bola: the ball

Questions & Answers about Kami bermain bola di lapangan sore ini.

What is the difference between kami and kita? Both seem to mean we.

Indonesian has two different words for we:

• kami = we (but not you) – excludes the person you are talking to
• kita = we (including you) – includes the listener

So:

• Kami bermain bola di lapangan sore ini.
  = We (my group, not including you) are playing ball at the field this afternoon.

If you wanted to say you and I are playing ball, you would say:

• Kita bermain bola di lapangan sore ini.

How do you know the tense? Could this sentence mean we played, we are playing, or we will play?

Indonesian verbs do not change form for tense. Bermain can mean play / played / are playing / will play depending on context.

In this sentence:

• sore ini = this afternoon

That time phrase usually refers to the (near) future or the present day. So natural English translations would be:

• We will play ball at the field this afternoon.
• We are playing ball at the field this afternoon.

It could also be understood as past (We played … this afternoon) if you say it later in the evening and the context is clear, but usually you would add a past marker like tadi:

• Kami bermain bola di lapangan tadi sore.
  = We played ball at the field this afternoon (earlier today).