Ibu mengikuti kelas memasak setiap Sabtu pagi.

Not always. Ibu can mean:

• mother / mom
• Mrs.
• a polite way to address or refer to an adult woman, similar to ma’am

In a simple sentence like this, Ibu often means Mother or Mom, but the exact meaning depends on context.

Ikut by itself usually means to join, to come along, or to participate.

Mengikuti is the verb form that often means:

• to follow
• to attend
• to take part in

In this sentence, mengikuti kelas memasak means to attend / take a cooking class.

So:

• ikut = join / come along
• mengikuti = follow / attend something directly

Here, because kelas memasak is the thing being attended, mengikuti is the natural choice.

Yes, but they are close.

• mengikuti kelas sounds a bit more complete and standard, especially in careful or neutral Indonesian.
• ikut kelas is also common in everyday speech and means something like join/take a class.

So both can work, but mengikuti kelas sounds slightly more formal or textbook-like.

Indonesian often puts nouns together directly.

• kelas = class
• memasak = cooking / to cook

So kelas memasak literally means cooking class.

This is very common in Indonesian:

• kelas bahasa = language class
• buku sejarah = history book
• guru matematika = math teacher

The second word tells you what kind of class it is.

Yes, memasak is a verb meaning to cook, but in Indonesian, verb forms can also function naturally in phrases like this.

So kelas memasak is literally a class for cooking or cooking class.

This is normal Indonesian usage. English does something similar with swimming class, driving lesson, and so on.

Setiap means every.

In this sentence, it comes before the time expression:

• setiap Sabtu pagi = every Saturday morning

That is the normal position. It introduces a repeated time pattern.

You may also hear tiap, which usually means the same thing:

• setiap Sabtu pagi
• tiap Sabtu pagi

Both are common.

In Indonesian, time expressions often go from the larger unit to the smaller one:

• Sabtu pagi = Saturday morning
• Senin malam = Monday night

So Sabtu comes first, then pagi.

English often does the same: Saturday morning, not usually morning Saturday.

Usually, no.

Indonesian often uses time expressions without a preposition:

• setiap Sabtu pagi
• hari ini
• besok
• minggu depan

So unlike English on Saturday morning, Indonesian simply says Sabtu pagi.

In more formal contexts, you may sometimes see pada, but it is not needed here.

That is a very common word order in Indonesian.

The sentence is:

• Ibu = subject
• mengikuti = verb
• kelas memasak = object
• setiap Sabtu pagi = time expression

So the pattern is:

Subject + Verb + Object + Time

This is a very natural and common structure in Indonesian.

Yes, it is possible, but it sounds more formal and less natural for everyday speech.

• Ibu mengikuti kelas memasak setiap Sabtu pagi. = more natural
• Ibu mengikuti kelas memasak pada setiap Sabtu pagi. = grammatical, but more formal or stiff

Most learners should use the shorter version.

Indonesian does not use articles like English a, an, or the.

So kelas memasak can mean:

• a cooking class
• the cooking class
• cooking classes

The exact meaning depends on context.

That is normal in Indonesian, and learners usually need to get used to understanding definiteness from context rather than from articles.

No. Although the basic idea is related to following, mengikuti is used in many broader ways, including:

• mengikuti kelas = attend/take a class
• mengikuti lomba = participate in a competition
• mengikuti aturan = follow rules
• mengikuti perkembangan berita = follow news developments

So in this sentence, it does not mean physically walking behind something. It means attend or take part in.

Sometimes, yes, but the nuance is a little different.

• mengikuti kelas often suggests taking part in or being enrolled in / attending regularly
• menghadiri kelas means to attend a class, but menghadiri often feels a bit more formal and can sound more like simply being present

For a regular activity like taking a cooking class, mengikuti kelas is very natural.

Yes. Names of days, months, holidays, and similar proper names are capitalized in Indonesian.

So you write:

• Senin
• Selasa
• Rabu
• Sabtu

That is why Sabtu starts with a capital letter.

Yes, in conversation, Indonesian often omits subjects when they are clear from context.

For example, if everyone already knows you are talking about Mother, someone might simply say:

• Mengikuti kelas memasak setiap Sabtu pagi.

But in a full standalone sentence, keeping Ibu is clearer and more natural for learners.

Yes. The phrase setiap Sabtu pagi shows that this is a repeated, habitual action.

So the sentence means that this happens regularly, not just one time.

Indonesian often shows habitual meaning through time expressions like:

• setiap hari = every day
• setiap minggu = every week
• setiap Sabtu pagi = every Saturday morning

There is no special verb ending needed for this. The time phrase gives the habitual meaning.