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Learn Hardcore Indonesian: cerpen - the short story

Hardcore Indonesian
/Lesson 63
/cerpen

cerpen

Word

cerpen

Meaning

the short story

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

Course

Hardcore Indonesian

Lesson

Usages of cerpen

Saya menulis cerpen fantasi tentang kelinci yang bisa berbicara.

I write a fantasy short story about a rabbit that can talk.

Teman saya suka membaca cerpen fantasi sebelum tidur.

My friend likes reading fantasy short stories before sleeping.

Karakter utama dalam cerpen saya adalah wartawan muda yang ramah.

The main character in my short story is a young, friendly journalist.

Wartawan itu menulis artikel singkat tentang karakter utama dan alur cerpen saya.

That journalist writes a short article about the main character and the plot of my short story.

Editor bilang alur cerita sudah jelas, tetapi akhir cerpen masih terlalu cepat.

The editor says the storyline is already clear, but the ending of the short story is still too fast.

Saya belum yakin apa yang ingin saya sampaikan sebagai pesan moral dalam cerpen itu.

I am not yet sure what I want to convey as the moral message in that short story.

Saya menempelkan kutipan pendek dari cerpen itu di meja belajar sebagai pengingat.

I stick a short quotation from that short story on my study desk as a reminder.

Penerbit itu memilih sampul cerah agar cerpen saya mudah ditemukan pembaca baru.

That publisher chooses a bright cover so that my short story is easily found by new readers.

Menurut editor, yang penting adalah bagaimana karakter utama berubah, bukan seberapa panjang cerpen.

According to the editor, what matters is how the main character changes, not how long the short story is.

Saya suka alur cerpen fantasi itu.

I like the plot of that fantasy short story.

Cerpen fantasi itu menginspirasi saya menulis di buku harian.

That fantasy short story inspires me to write in my diary.

Guru bahasa meminta kami menulis cerpen untuk lomba menulis di sekolah.

The language teacher asks us to write a short story for the writing competition at school.

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