Usages of bukan karena ... melainkan karena
Ibu membersihkan genangan itu bukan karena halaman terlihat kotor, melainkan karena dia khawatir nyamuk datang lagi.
Mother cleans that puddle not because the yard looks dirty, but because she is worried mosquitoes will come again.
Saya pulang lebih awal bukan karena saya lelah, melainkan karena saya harus mengantar Ibu ke rumah sakit.
I am going home earlier not because I am tired, but rather because I have to take Mother to the hospital.
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