Petani padi merayakan panen di rumah nenek.

the house

Breakdown of Petani padi merayakan panen di rumah nenek.

• di: at
• merayakan: to celebrate
• nenek: the grandmother

Questions & Answers about Petani padi merayakan panen di rumah nenek.

In petani padi, why do you use padi and not beras or nasi for “rice farmer”?

Indonesian has different words for “rice” depending on its form:

• padi = rice plant in the field (unharvested)
• gabah = rice grain with husk, after being harvested but before milling
• beras = uncooked rice (white or brown rice you buy in a bag)
• nasi = cooked rice (ready to eat)

A rice farmer works in the fields growing rice plants, so the natural collocation is:

• petani padi = rice farmer (literally: “paddy/rice-plant farmer”)

Petani beras or petani nasi would sound wrong or at least very strange, because people don’t farm cooked rice or milled rice; they farm the padi in the fields.

Does petani padi mean “a rice farmer” or “rice farmers”? How do you know if it’s singular or plural?