Saya simpan nomor kontak dokter di telepon.

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Breakdown of Saya simpan nomor kontak dokter di telepon.

• saya: I
• di: in
• simpan: to store

Questions & Answers about Saya simpan nomor kontak dokter di telepon.

Why is it simpan and not menyimpan here? Are both correct?

Both simpan and menyimpan come from the same root and can be correct, but they differ slightly in style.

• menyimpan = the standard, fully inflected verb, often more neutral/formal
  
  • Saya menyimpan nomor kontak dokter di telepon.
• simpan = the bare root verb, very common in spoken / informal Indonesian
  
  • Saya simpan nomor kontak dokter di telepon.

In everyday conversation and informal writing (texts, chat), you’ll often hear/see the root form: saya simpan, saya ambil, saya taruh, etc.
In formal writing or exams, Saya menyimpan… is safer and more “correct” stylistically.

Should it be di telepon or di telepon saya? How do Indonesians usually say “in my phone”?

di telepon literally means “in/on the telephone”. Context usually makes it clear that you mean your own phone, so people often omit saya.

All of these are possible:

• Saya simpan nomor kontak dokter di telepon.
  = I saved the doctor’s contact number in my (the) phone. (Context-dependent)
• Saya simpan nomor kontak dokter di telepon saya.
  = I saved the doctor’s contact number in my phone. (Explicit)
• Very common in speech:
  • di HP saya (HP = handphone, very common)
  • di ponsel saya

If you want to be very clear and natural in everyday speech, di HP saya or di ponsel saya is often more idiomatic than di telepon saya.