Lutut saya sakit setelah latihan kebugaran intensif.

My knee hurts after intensive fitness training.

Breakdown of Lutut saya sakit setelah latihan kebugaran intensif.

• adalah: to be
• setelah: after
• saya: my
• latihan kebugaran: the fitness training
• intensif: intensive
• sakit: painful
• lutut: the knee

Questions & Answers about Lutut saya sakit setelah latihan kebugaran intensif.

Can sakit mean both “hurt” and “sick”? How do I know which one it is?

Yes. Sakit is very flexible and can mean:

• physically hurts / is painful – for a body part
  
  • Lutut saya sakit. = My knee hurts / is painful.
• sick / ill – for a person
  
  • Saya sakit. = I am sick / I’m ill.

You tell the meaning from context and what it’s describing:

• [body part] + sakit → usually “hurts / is painful”
  
  • Kepala saya sakit. = My head hurts.
• [person] + sakit → usually “sick / ill”
  
  • Dia sakit. = He/She is sick.

There are also more specific words:

• nyeri = aching / throbbing pain (slightly more formal/medical)
• cedera = injured
• pegal = sore (from tired muscles)

But in everyday speech, sakit covers most of this.

Why is it “Lutut saya sakit” and not “Saya sakit lutut”?

Indonesian normally puts the thing being described first, then the description:

• [noun] + [description]
• Lutut saya sakit.
  
  • lutut saya = my knee
  • sakit = is painful

Saya sakit lutut sounds wrong/unnatural, because it literally feels like “I am sick knee” and breaks the usual order.

To say “My knee hurts,” the natural patterns are:

• Lutut saya sakit. (most common and simple)
• Lutut saya terasa sakit. (my knee feels painful; a bit more descriptive)

Always put the body part before sakit in this kind of sentence.

What’s the difference between lutut saya sakit and saya sakit?

• Lutut saya sakit.

  • Focus: the knee
  • Means: My knee hurts / My knee is in pain.
  • It doesn’t say anything about general illness; it might just be local pain.

• Saya sakit.

  • Focus: me / the whole person
  • Means: I am sick / I’m ill.
  • Usually refers to being unwell in general (flu, fever, etc.), not a specific body part.

If you want to be clear that it’s only the knee that is the problem, use Lutut saya sakit.

Can I say lututku sakit instead of lutut saya sakit? What’s the difference?

Yes, you can. Both mean “My knee hurts”, but they differ in formality:

• Lutut saya sakit.

  • saya = I / my
  • Neutral–polite, good in almost any situation (talking to a doctor, acquaintance, older person).

• Lututku sakit.

  • -ku is a possessive suffix meaning “my” (attached to the noun: lutut
    • ku)
  • More casual/intimate; common in conversation, texting, or talking to friends.

Other casual variants in some regions or friend groups:

• Lutut gue sakit. (Jakarta / slang; gue = I)
• Lutut aku sakit. (very common, neutral-casual in many areas)

For safe, standard Indonesian, lutut saya sakit is a good default.

If both of my knees hurt, how do I say that? Is lutut singular or plural?

In Indonesian, most nouns (including lutut) don’t change form for singular vs plural. Lutut can mean “knee” or “knees,” depending on context.

If you need to be explicit:

• Kedua lutut saya sakit.
  = Both of my knees hurt.

Other ways:

• Lutut-lutut saya sakit. (reduplication to show plural; grammatical but less common for body parts in speech)
• Semua lutut saya sakit. (odd, because you normally only have two knees)

In normal conversation, you might just say Lutut saya sakit, and context (e.g., pointing at both knees) will show you mean both.

What does setelah mean? Is it the same as sesudah or habis?

Setelah means “after” in a time sense:

• Lutut saya sakit setelah latihan kebugaran intensif.
  = My knee hurts after an intense fitness workout.

You can often replace setelah with:

• sesudah – very similar, also “after”; almost interchangeable:
  • Lutut saya sakit sesudah latihan kebugaran intensif.
• habis / abis – more informal/colloquial “after” or “right after”:
  • Lutut saya sakit habis latihan kebugaran intensif.

Levels of formality (rough guide):

• setelah / sesudah → neutral, standard
• habis / abis → casual, conversational

In writing or talking to a doctor, setelah or sesudah is safer.

What exactly does latihan kebugaran mean? Is it just “exercise”?

Literally:

• latihan = training / practice
• kebugaran = fitness

So latihan kebugaran = fitness training / workout, usually with the idea of structured exercise to improve fitness (cardio, strength, etc.).

Other related words:

• olahraga = sport / exercise in general
  
  • Setelah olahraga, lutut saya sakit.
    = After exercising, my knee hurts.
• latihan fisik = physical training (often used in sports or military contexts)
• nge-gym (slang) = going to the gym
  
  • Lutut saya sakit setelah nge-gym.

In your sentence, latihan kebugaran intensif is close to “intense fitness training / intense workout.”

Why is intensif at the end: latihan kebugaran intensif, not intensif latihan kebugaran?

In Indonesian, modifiers usually come after the noun phrase they modify.

Structure here:

• latihan = training
• kebugaran = (of) fitness → specifying the type of latihan
• intensif = intensive → describing the latihan kebugaran

So the order is:

latihan kebugaran intensif
training (for fitness) [that is] intensive

Putting intensif before, like intensif latihan kebugaran, sounds unnatural in standard Indonesian. You want:

• latihan kebugaran intensif = intensive fitness training
• kursus bahasa intensif = intensive language course
• perawatan intensif = intensive care

Is latihan a noun or a verb here? How is it different from berlatih?

In your sentence, latihan is a noun meaning “training / workout”:

• Setelah latihan kebugaran intensif
  = After (an) intensive fitness training/workout

Compare:

• berlatih = to practice / to train (verb)
  • Saya berlatih setiap hari. = I practice/train every day.

You can often switch between a ber- verb and the noun:

• Saya berlatih kebugaran. = I do fitness training. (verb)
• Saya ikut latihan kebugaran. = I join a fitness training session. (noun)

In the phrase with setelah, you need a noun phrase, so latihan (not berlatih) is correct.

Does this sentence sound formal or casual? How would a friend say the same thing more casually?

Lutut saya sakit setelah latihan kebugaran intensif. is neutral and polite, suitable for:

• talking to a doctor
• explaining to a teacher/coach
• writing a short note or message

More casual versions a friend might say:

• Lututku sakit habis latihan kebugaran yang intensif.
• Lututku sakit abis latihan fitness yang intens.
• Lutut gue sakit abis nge-gym keras. (Jakarta-style slang)

The basic polite template is still:

[Body part] saya sakit setelah [activity].
e.g. Punggung saya sakit setelah latihan kebugaran intensif.

There is no past tense marker. How do I know this means “hurt after” and not “will hurt after”?

Indonesian usually doesn’t mark tense (past/present/future) on the verb. Time comes from:

• time words (e.g. kemarin = yesterday, besok = tomorrow)
• context
• sometimes adverbs like sudah (already), akan (will)

In your sentence:

• setelah latihan kebugaran intensif strongly implies:
  • either something that already happened (you already did the workout), or
  • a habit (whenever I do intense fitness training, my knee hurts).

To make it clearly past:

• Tadi lutut saya sakit setelah latihan kebugaran intensif.
  = Earlier, my knee hurt after an intense fitness workout.

To make it clearly future:

• Nanti lutut saya akan sakit setelah latihan kebugaran intensif.
  = Later, my knee will hurt after an intense fitness workout.

Without extra words, Lutut saya sakit setelah latihan kebugaran intensif is most naturally understood as a present complaint about something that happens (or has just happened).