Hari ini dokter berkata suhu tubuh saya normal.

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Breakdown of Hari ini dokter berkata suhu tubuh saya normal.

• hari ini: today
• saya: my
• dokter: the doctor

Questions & Answers about Hari ini dokter berkata suhu tubuh saya normal.

Why is there no word for “is” in suhu tubuh saya normal?

Indonesian usually does not use a verb like “to be” (is/are/am) between a noun and an adjective or noun.

So instead of saying:

• suhu tubuh saya adalah normal

people normally just say:

• suhu tubuh saya normal

The pattern is:

• noun + adjective → “my body temperature is normal”
• suhu tubuh saya normal → literally “body temperature my normal”, but it means “my body temperature is normal”.

You only need adalah in more formal or written contexts, usually before a noun phrase, not an adjective:

• Dia adalah dokter. = “He/She is a doctor.”
• Suhu tubuh saya normal. (no adalah)

Why is it hari ini and not sekarang if we say “today”?

Both exist, but they are different:

• hari ini = “today” (the whole day as a time period)
• sekarang = “now”, “right now / at the moment”

In this sentence, Hari ini dokter berkata... means:

• “Today, the doctor said...” (sometime earlier today)

If you said Sekarang dokter berkata suhu tubuh saya normal, it would sound like:

• “Right now the doctor is saying my body temperature is normal” (as in, at this very moment).

So is correct because you’re referring to when the doctor made that statement.