Breakdown of Tolong ambilkan penjepit cucian dari balkon.
sebuah
a
dari
from
balkon
the balcony
tolong
please
Questions & Answers about Tolong ambilkan penjepit cucian dari balkon.
What does tolong mean here?
Tolong is a very common way to make a request more polite. In this sentence, it works a lot like please in English.
So:
- Tolong ambilkan... = Please get/fetch...
Literally, tolong can also relate to help, but in sentences like this, learners should usually understand it as a politeness marker used when asking someone to do something.
Why is the verb ambilkan and not just ambil?
This is one of the most useful things to notice in the sentence.
- ambil = take / get
- ambilkan = get something for someone / fetch something for someone
The suffix -kan often adds the idea that the action is done for another person or that something is caused to move toward a goal/recipient.
So:
- Ambil buku itu. = Take that book.
- Ambilkan buku itu. = Get/fetch that book for me/us/him/her.
In Tolong ambilkan penjepit cucian dari balkon, the speaker is asking someone to fetch the clothespins for them.
Is there an implied for me in ambilkan?