Saya tidak suka pergi ke gym di malam hari.

I don't like going to the gym at night.

Breakdown of Saya tidak suka pergi ke gym di malam hari.

• saya: I
• suka: to like
• di: at
• malam hari: the night

Questions & Answers about Saya tidak suka pergi ke gym di malam hari.

What does each word in Saya tidak suka pergi ke gym di malam hari literally mean?

Word by word:

• saya = I / me (formal‑neutral)
• tidak = not / do not
• suka = like
• pergi = go
• ke = to / towards (direction)
• gym = gym (loanword from English)
• di = at / in / on (here: at as a time expression)
• malam = night
• hari = day (literally), but malam hari together = at night / nighttime

So a very literal breakdown is: I not like go to gym at night day.
Natural English: I don’t like going to the gym at night.

Why is tidak used here instead of bukan?

Indonesian has two common negators:

• tidak negates:
  • verbs (actions, states) → tidak suka, tidak pergi
  • adjectives → tidak besar (not big)
• bukan negates:
  • nouns → bukan dokter (not a doctor)
  • entire noun phrases / statements for correction or contrast

In Saya tidak suka pergi ke gym di malam hari we are negating suka (a verb-like word: to like), so we must use tidak, not bukan.

Using bukan suka would be incorrect here.