Tangan saya gatal karena debu.

to be

Breakdown of Tangan saya gatal karena debu.

• karena: because
• saya: my
• tangan: the hand

Questions & Answers about Tangan saya gatal karena debu.

What does each word in Tangan saya gatal karena debu mean?

Word by word:

• tangan = hand / hands
• saya = I / me / my depending on position and function
• gatal = itchy / itch
• karena = because, because of
• debu = dust

So the sentence is literally something like:

• My hand(s) itchy because of dust

In natural English, that becomes:

• My hand is itchy because of dust
• or My hands are itchy because of dust
• or My hands itch because of dust

Why is saya after tangan? Shouldn’t my hand be something like saya tangan?