Kalimat-kalimat ini mudah dimengerti.

to be

Breakdown of Kalimat-kalimat ini mudah dimengerti.

• mudah: easy
• kalimat: the sentence
• mengerti: to understand

Questions & Answers about Kalimat-kalimat ini mudah dimengerti.

Why is kalimat repeated as kalimat-kalimat?

This is reduplication, a very common way to show plurality in Indonesian.

• kalimat = sentence
• kalimat-kalimat = sentences

So kalimat-kalimat ini means these sentences.

Indonesian does not always have to mark plurals, especially if the meaning is already clear from context, but reduplication is a standard and natural way to make plural meaning explicit.

Why does ini come after the noun instead of before it?

In Indonesian, demonstratives like ini and itu usually come after the noun.

• kalimat ini = this sentence
• kalimat-kalimat ini = these sentences

This is the normal Indonesian word order. So even though English says these sentences, Indonesian says the equivalent of sentences these.

Why is there no word for are, like in English These sentences are easy to understand?