Di gudang, kami menemukan sekrup kecil dan obeng lama.

Di gudang means in the warehouse. Indonesian often puts a place expression at the beginning of a sentence to set the scene first.

So:

Di gudang, kami menemukan sekrup kecil dan obeng lama.
= In the warehouse, we found a small screw and an old screwdriver.

You could also say:

Kami menemukan sekrup kecil dan obeng lama di gudang.

That is also correct. The difference is mostly about focus:

• Di gudang, ... = starts with the location
• ..., di gudang = gives the location later

Here, di is a preposition meaning in, at, or on, depending on context.

So:

• di gudang = in the warehouse

This is different from the prefix di-, which is used in passive verbs:

• dibuka = opened
• ditemukan = found (passive)

A useful rule:

• di + place is written separately
• di- + verb is written together

Examples:

• di rumah = at home
• ditulis = written

This is a very common question. Indonesian has two words for we:

• kami = we, but not including the listener
• kita = we, including the listener

So kami menemukan ... means we found ..., but the person being spoken to is not part of that group.

If the speaker wanted to include the listener, they would say kita menemukan ...

Menemukan comes from the root temu, related to meeting/finding, plus affixes.

A simple learner-friendly breakdown is:

• temu = root
• meN- ... -kan = a common verb pattern

So menemukan means to find or to discover.

In this sentence:

• kami menemukan ... = we found ...

You do not normally say kami temu for this meaning in standard Indonesian.

Also, note that menemukan is an active transitive verb, so it takes a direct object:

• sekrup kecil dan obeng lama are the things that were found

In Indonesian, adjectives usually come after the noun they describe.

So:

• sekrup kecil = small screw
• obeng lama = old screwdriver

This is the normal Indonesian pattern:

• rumah besar = big house
• buku baru = new book
• mobil merah = red car

This is one of the biggest word-order differences from English.

In this sentence, the most natural reading is:

• sekrup kecil = small screw
• obeng lama = old screwdriver

So kecil describes sekrup, and lama describes obeng.

That is because each adjective follows the noun it modifies.

If you wanted both objects to be small, you would usually make that clearer, for example:

• sekrup dan obeng kecil
• or by rephrasing for clarity, depending on context

If you wanted both to be small and old, you would normally need a clearer structure.

Indonesian nouns usually do not change form for singular vs. plural.

So:

• sekrup can mean screw or screws
• obeng can mean screwdriver or screwdrivers

In this sentence, English often translates it as singular because nothing explicitly marks plurality:

• a small screw and an old screwdriver

But context could make it plural.

If you want to make plural clearer, Indonesian can use:

• beberapa = several
• reduplication in some cases
• numbers

Examples:

• beberapa sekrup kecil = several small screws
• dua obeng lama = two old screwdrivers

The comma shows a pause after the fronted location phrase.

So the sentence is organized like this:

• Di gudang, = setting / location
• kami menemukan sekrup kecil dan obeng lama. = main statement

The comma is helpful and natural in writing when a time or place phrase comes first, especially if the writer wants a clear pause.

In less formal writing, people may sometimes omit it, but using it here is perfectly good.

Dan means and. It joins the two noun phrases:

• sekrup kecil
• obeng lama

So:

• sekrup kecil dan obeng lama = a small screw and an old screwdriver

It is simply coordinating two things that were found.

Usually, gudang means warehouse, storage building, or storeroom, depending on context.

So in different situations, di gudang might be translated as:

• in the warehouse
• in the storeroom
• in storage

The best English translation depends on what kind of place the speaker means.

A simple approximation is:

• obeng ≈ oh-beng

Some pronunciation notes:

• o is like the o in more without a strong diphthong
• beng has a clear ng sound, like in sing

So the final sound is -ng, not a hard g by itself.

Yes. Indonesian word order is fairly flexible, especially with place phrases.

These are all natural, depending on emphasis:

• Di gudang, kami menemukan sekrup kecil dan obeng lama.
• Kami menemukan sekrup kecil dan obeng lama di gudang.

Both mean essentially the same thing. The first one emphasizes the setting first; the second one presents the action first.