Saya mendengar kabar yang tidak enak pagi ini.

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Breakdown of Saya mendengar kabar yang tidak enak pagi ini.

• mendengar: to hear
• yang: that
• pagi ini: this morning

Questions & Answers about Saya mendengar kabar yang tidak enak pagi ini.

Why does the sentence use mendengar and not mendengarkan?

Mendengar means to hear or to come to hear something. It often refers to receiving information by hearing it.

Mendengarkan means to listen to and usually suggests a more deliberate action.

So in this sentence, Saya mendengar kabar... is natural because the speaker is talking about hearing some news, not actively listening to something like music, a speech, or a podcast.

• mendengar kabar = to hear news
• mendengarkan musik = to listen to music

What exactly does kabar mean here?

Kabar means news, tidings, or information, often in a fairly personal or everyday sense.

It is very common in expressions like:

• mendengar kabar = to hear news
• apa kabar? = how are you? / what’s the news?

In this sentence, kabar refers to some piece of news or information the speaker received.

What is the difference between kabar and berita?

Both can mean news, but they are not always used in exactly the same way.

• kabar often feels more personal, conversational, or general
• berita often sounds more formal, like a news report or an announced piece of news

So mendengar kabar yang tidak enak sounds very natural for unpleasant personal or general news.

If you said berita, it could also work, but it may sound a bit more formal depending on context.