Breakdown of Jalan di depan rumah nenek cukup lebar.
adalah
to be
rumah
the house
di depan
in front of
cukup
quite
Questions & Answers about Jalan di depan rumah nenek cukup lebar.
How does the word order of Jalan di depan rumah nenek cukup lebar compare to English?
In English, we’d say: “The road in front of Grandma’s house is quite wide.”
Word by word:
- Jalan = road / street
- di depan = in front (literally: at the front)
- rumah = house
- nenek = grandmother / grandma
- cukup = quite / fairly / enough
- lebar = wide
The Indonesian structure is:
[Subject] [Location phrase] [Description]
Jalan (road) di depan rumah nenek (in front of Grandma’s house) cukup lebar (quite wide)
In English, we also put the main description at the end:
The road [in front of Grandma’s house] is [quite wide].
So the overall order is surprisingly similar; the main difference is that Indonesian doesn’t need a separate word for “is” here.
Why is there no word for “is” in this sentence?