Saya tidak mau dianggap jahat, jadi saya memilih bicara pelan saat marah.

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Breakdown of Saya tidak mau dianggap jahat, jadi saya memilih bicara pelan saat marah.

• tidak: not
• bicara: to speak
• jadi: so

Questions & Answers about Saya tidak mau dianggap jahat, jadi saya memilih bicara pelan saat marah.

Why is dianggap used here?

Dianggap is the passive form of menganggap (to consider / to think of).

• menganggap seseorang jahat = to consider someone evil/mean
• saya dianggap jahat = I am considered evil/mean

So in Saya tidak mau dianggap jahat, the focus is on saya as the person receiving that judgment.

A more active version would be:

• Saya tidak mau orang menganggap saya jahat.
  = I don’t want people to think I’m mean.

The passive version is shorter and very natural in Indonesian.

What exactly does mau mean in Saya tidak mau dianggap jahat?

Here, mau means to want.

So:

• saya mau = I want
• saya tidak mau = I don’t want

In this sentence, tidak mau + passive verb gives the idea of not wanting something to happen to you:

• Saya tidak mau dianggap jahat
  = I don’t want to be considered mean/evil

It does not mean future tense by itself. It is about desire or willingness, not simply will.

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