Questions & Answers about Ada genangan air hujan di dekat tangga.
What does ada mean here?
In this sentence, ada means there is / there are. It introduces the existence of something.
So:
- Ada genangan air hujan... = There is a puddle of rainwater...
A very common pattern in Indonesian is:
- Ada + noun + location
- There is/are + noun + location
For example:
- Ada mobil di luar. = There is a car outside.
- Ada orang di dapur. = There is someone in the kitchen.
Note that ada does not mean have in this sentence.
What does genangan mean?
Genangan means something like a puddle, a pool of standing liquid, or a patch of water that has collected.
It comes from the root genang, which has to do with water collecting or pooling.
So genangan air hujan is literally a pooling of rainwater or more naturally a puddle of rainwater.
This word is useful when the water is not flowing, but sitting in one place.
Why does air mean water? I thought air in English means the stuff we breathe.