Kalau formulirnya sudah difotokopi, tinggal bawa ke loket kampus.

Kalau introduces a condition, so it usually means if. In this sentence, Kalau formulirnya sudah difotokopi... means If the form has already been photocopied...

In everyday Indonesian, kalau can sometimes feel a bit like if/when, depending on context. It is very common in spoken and informal written Indonesian.

You may also see jika or apabila, which are more formal alternatives to kalau.

Here -nya makes formulir more specific or definite. So formulirnya is something like:

• the form
• that form
• the form in question

In this sentence, it refers to the form already being discussed.

This -nya does not necessarily mean his/her/its here. Indonesian -nya often has several functions, and one very common one is to mark something as definite or already known from context.

Sudah marks that something is already completed or has happened before the next action.

So:

• sudah difotokopi = has already been photocopied

It does not work exactly like an English tense, because Indonesian does not mark tense the same way English does. Instead, words like sudah help show aspect or completion.

Compare:

• formulirnya difotokopi = the form is photocopied / gets photocopied
• formulirnya sudah difotokopi = the form has already been photocopied

Difotokopi is a di- passive form.

• memfotokopi = to photocopy something (active)
• difotokopi = to be photocopied / to have been photocopied (passive)

So:

• Petugas memfotokopi formulirnya. = The staff member photocopies the form.
• Formulirnya difotokopi. = The form is photocopied.

In your sentence, the focus is on the form and its state, not on who photocopied it. That is why the passive is natural here.

Fotokopi is a borrowed word, from photocopy. Indonesian often takes borrowed nouns or verbs and adds normal Indonesian affixes to them.

So you get forms like:

• fotokopi = photocopy
• memfotokopi = to photocopy
• difotokopi = to be photocopied

This is completely normal in modern Indonesian.

Good question. Tinggal has more than one meaning.

It can mean:

• to live/reside
• to stay/remain
• and in expressions like this, all that remains is... or just...

In tinggal bawa ke loket kampus, tinggal means something like:

• you just need to bring it
• then all you have to do is bring it

So this is a very common Indonesian pattern:

• tinggal + verb

Examples:

• Tinggal tunggu. = You just need to wait.
• Tinggal bayar. = You just need to pay.
• Tinggal kirim. = You just need to send it.

In everyday Indonesian, after tinggal, the bare verb is very common, especially in casual or neutral speech.

So:

• tinggal bawa = very natural
• tinggal membawa = possible, but sounds more formal or less conversational in many contexts

Indonesian often prefers shorter, lighter verb forms in everyday instructions.

Indonesian often leaves out subjects when they are obvious from context.

In this sentence, the implied subject is something like you. So the full sense is:

• If the form has already been photocopied, then you just need to bring it to the campus counter.

But Indonesian does not need to say kamu or Anda here, because this is an instruction and the listener is obvious.

This kind of omission is very common and natural.

Bawa is the base form, and in everyday Indonesian it is very often used where English learners might expect membawa.

Compare:

• bawa = bring/carry
• membawa = to bring/carry, more explicitly marked as an active verb

After words like tinggal, the shorter base form is especially common:

• tinggal bawa not usually
• tinggal membawa in casual speech

So bawa here sounds natural and idiomatic.

Ke means to.

Loket usually means a counter, service window, or ticket/payment desk. It is the kind of place where you submit documents, ask for service, or make payments.

Kampus means campus.

So ke loket kampus means:

• to the campus counter
• to the campus service desk/window

The exact English translation depends on the real place being described.

The object is understood from context: the form.

So even though the sentence says tinggal bawa ke loket kampus, the listener naturally understands it as:

• just bring the form to the campus counter

Indonesian often leaves out repeated objects when they are already obvious.

A fuller version could be:

• Kalau formulirnya sudah difotokopi, tinggal bawa formulirnya ke loket kampus.

But repeating formulirnya is unnecessary in normal conversation.

It is natural, everyday Indonesian—not extremely casual, but not especially formal either.

Features that make it feel conversational or practical include:

• kalau instead of more formal jika/apabila
• tinggal bawa instead of a more formal construction
• omission of the subject and repeated object

A more formal version might be something like:

• Jika formulir tersebut sudah difotokopi, Anda hanya perlu membawanya ke loket kampus.

But your original sentence is very normal and useful in real life.

Yes, depending on context, kalau can sometimes feel close to when.

If the speaker assumes the photocopying will be done, the sentence can have a practical once/when it’s photocopied feeling:

• Kalau formulirnya sudah difotokopi, tinggal bawa ke loket kampus.
• Once the form has been photocopied, just bring it to the campus counter.

So the exact nuance depends on whether the condition is uncertain (if) or expected (when/once). Indonesian often leaves that to context.