Word
Ukuran sepatu ini pas untuk adik saya.
Meaning
The size of these shoes is just right for my younger sibling.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Breakdown of Ukuran sepatu ini pas untuk adik saya.
ini
this
adalah
to be
untuk
for
adik
the younger sibling
Questions & Answers about Ukuran sepatu ini pas untuk adik saya.
Why is it Ukuran sepatu ini and not Ini ukuran sepatu?
Indonesian commonly uses the pattern [noun + ini/itu] for this/that + noun:
- ukuran sepatu ini = this shoe size
- sepatu ini = these/this shoes
You can say Ini ukuran sepatu in some contexts, but it sounds more like This is (the) shoe size, often used when pointing something out or answering a question. In your sentence, ukuran sepatu ini is the topic/subject phrase, so noun + ini is the natural choice.
Does ini refer to the shoes or to the size?
Grammatically, ini attaches to the noun right before it: sepatu ini = these/this shoes.
So ukuran sepatu ini literally means the size of these/this shoes.
In real usage, the whole phrase functions as this shoe size, i.e., the size of this pair is what’s being talked about.
What part of speech is pas here, and how does it work?