Breakdown of Latihan basket dimulai pukul delapan pagi.
pagi
the morning
dimulai
to start
pukul
at
delapan
eight
Questions & Answers about Latihan basket dimulai pukul delapan pagi.
What does latihan mean here? Is it a noun or a verb?
In this sentence, latihan means practice / training and functions as a noun.
- Root: latih = to train (verb)
- Derivation: latihan = training / practice (noun, and sometimes a verbal noun: “the act of training”)
So latihan basket literally means basketball practice/training, where latihan is the head noun and basket describes what kind of practice it is.
Why is it latihan basket and not basket latihan?
Indonesian noun phrases generally follow this pattern:
Head noun + modifier
So:
- latihan (practice) = head noun
- basket (basketball) = modifier
latihan basket = “practice (of) basketball” → basketball practice
If you said basket latihan, it would sound odd and ungrammatical, like saying “practice basketball” as a noun in English. The natural order is latihan basket.
What exactly does basket mean? Why not bola basket?