Besok kami menanam bibit cabai di pot besar.

Besok means tomorrow, and Indonesian often puts time expressions near the beginning of the sentence.

So:

Besok kami menanam bibit cabai di pot besar.
= Tomorrow, we will plant chili seedlings in a big pot.

This is very natural in Indonesian. You could also hear:

Kami menanam bibit cabai besok.

That also works, but starting with besok gives the time extra emphasis.

This is a very important Indonesian distinction.

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

So kami menanam means we are planting, but the person being spoken to is not part of that we.

If the speaker wanted to include the listener, they would say:

Besok kita menanam bibit cabai di pot besar.

It can cover all of those depending on context.

Indonesian verbs do not normally change form for tense the way English verbs do. The time is usually understood from words like:

• besok = tomorrow
• kemarin = yesterday
• sekarang = now

Because this sentence has besok, menanam is understood as will plant or are planting tomorrow.

So menanam itself is not specifically future. The future meaning comes from besok.

The base word is tanam, meaning to plant.

The form menanam uses the prefix meN-, which often creates an active verb. In many everyday sentences, this is the normal form when the subject is doing something to an object.

Here:

• tanam = plant / planting
• menanam = to plant / planting, in an active verb form

Because the sentence has a subject (kami) and an object (bibit cabai), menanam is the expected standard form.

You may still hear tanam in informal speech, commands, headlines, or note-like language, but menanam is the fuller standard form here.

Bibit means seedling, young plant, or sometimes starter plant.
Cabai means chili or chili pepper.

So bibit cabai means chili seedlings.

This noun + noun pattern is common in Indonesian. The second noun tells you what kind of thing it is.

Examples:

• air panas = hot water
• rumah sakit = hospital
• bibit cabai = chili seedlings

So it is not strange that there is no word like of between them.

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

• di pot besar = in a big pot

As a preposition, di is written separately from the following word.

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

• ditanam = planted
• dibeli = bought

So:

• di pot = in the pot
• ditanam = is planted / was planted

That spelling difference is very important in Indonesian.

In Indonesian, adjectives usually come after the noun.

So:

• pot besar = big pot
• rumah besar = big house
• cabai pedas = spicy chili

This is different from English, where adjectives usually come before the noun.

So di pot besar literally follows the Indonesian pattern in pot big, but in natural English it becomes in a big pot.

By itself, di pot besar is usually understood as in a big pot.

Indonesian often does not mark a and the the way English does. Articles are usually understood from context.

So depending on the situation, it could mean:

• in a big pot
• in the big pot

If the speaker wanted to make it more clearly definite, they might use context or add something else, but the basic sentence leaves that open.

Indonesian often does not need a separate future marker if the time is already clear.

Because the sentence begins with besok, the listener already knows the action is in the future.

You can add future words like:

• akan
• bakal (more informal)

For example:

Besok kami akan menanam bibit cabai di pot besar.

This also means Tomorrow we will plant chili seedlings in a big pot.

But in many everyday situations, akan is optional when besok is already there.

Yes. In English, both are possible translations depending on context.

Indonesian itself does not force the same distinction that English does between:

• we will plant
• we are planting tomorrow

Both can fit Besok kami menanam...

So the best translation depends on the situation and the style of English you want.

Cabai is a very common Indonesian spelling, and you may also see cabe in less formal usage.

Both refer to chili peppers, though spelling and usage can vary by region and style.

For learners, cabai is a good standard form to know.

Yes, to some extent. Indonesian word order is fairly flexible, especially with time and place phrases.

These are all possible, though they may sound slightly different in emphasis:

• Besok kami menanam bibit cabai di pot besar.
• Kami menanam bibit cabai di pot besar besok.
• Kami besok menanam bibit cabai di pot besar.

The first one is very natural because it introduces the time right away.

The basic core remains:

• kami = subject
• menanam = verb
• bibit cabai = object
• di pot besar = place

Yes. It is grammatical and natural.

A native speaker might also say slightly different versions depending on style:

• Besok kami akan menanam bibit cabai di pot besar.
• Besok kami tanam bibit cabai di pot besar. — more casual
• Besok kami menanam bibit cabai dalam pot besar. — using dalam instead of di for in

But the original sentence is perfectly good Indonesian.