Dia tetap ngotot ikut latihan, padahal lututnya masih sakit.

Ngotot means to insist stubbornly or to refuse to back down. It often suggests that the person is being hard-headed, so it can sound a bit critical.

In this sentence, ngotot ikut latihan means he/she stubbornly insisted on joining the practice.

Tetap means still, keep, or continue to depending on context.

Here it strengthens the idea that the person continued to insist, despite the situation. So tetap ngotot gives the sense of still insisted anyway or kept insisting.

Because they do slightly different jobs:

• ngotot = insist stubbornly
• tetap = still / nevertheless / keep doing so

So tetap ngotot is stronger than just ngotot. It means something like:

• still stubbornly insisted
• kept insisting anyway

This is very natural in Indonesian.

Literally:

• ikut = join / take part / come along
• latihan = practice / training

So ikut latihan means join the practice, take part in training, or go to practice.

In Indonesian, you do not need a word like English to before another verb here. Indonesian often puts verbs directly next to each other.

Not always. Ikut can mean follow, but very often it means join or take part.

In this sentence, ikut latihan does not mean follow practice. It means:

• join the practice
• take part in training

So the best translation depends on context.

Padahal introduces a contrast between what happened and what you would expect. Common English equivalents are:

• even though
• whereas
• when in fact
• despite the fact that

In this sentence, it shows that joining practice is surprising or unwise, because the knee still hurts.

They are related, but not identical.

• meskipun / walaupun = although / even though
• padahal = whereas / even though / when actually

Padahal often sounds more like the speaker is pointing out a contradiction or something unreasonable.

So here, padahal lututnya masih sakit feels like: and yet his/her knee still hurts.

That is why padahal works very well in this sentence.

Lutut means knee, and -nya here means his/her.

So lututnya means his/her knee.

In Indonesian, -nya is very commonly used for possession, especially with body parts and things already clear from context.

Because -nya is the more natural and common way to show possession here.

• lututnya = his/her knee
• lutut dia = his/her knee too, but less smooth in this kind of sentence

With body parts, Indonesian often prefers the noun + -nya pattern:

• kepalanya = his/her head
• tangannya = his/her hand
• lututnya = his/her knee

Yes. Dia is gender-neutral in Indonesian. It can mean:

• he
• she

You only know which one is meant from context.

Masih means still, and sakit here means hurt, painful, or injured, not necessarily sick in the English sense.

So lututnya masih sakit means:

• his/her knee still hurts
• his/her knee is still painful

That is the most natural interpretation here.

Yes. Sakit is a broad word. It can refer to:

• being ill: Saya sakit = I’m sick
• pain: Kaki saya sakit = My leg hurts
• something painful: Lututnya masih sakit = His/her knee still hurts

So the meaning depends on context.

It is mostly neutral conversational Indonesian, but ngotot is somewhat informal/colloquial.

A more formal version would be:

Dia tetap bersikeras ikut latihan, padahal lututnya masih sakit.

Here, bersikeras is a more formal way to say insist.

The comma separates the main statement from the contrasting clause.

• Dia tetap ngotot ikut latihan = main idea
• padahal lututnya masih sakit = contrast/explanation

In writing, a comma before padahal is very common and helps readability.

Yes, that is possible, but the emphasis changes slightly.

• Dia tetap ngotot ikut latihan emphasizes that he/she kept insisting
• Dia ngotot tetap ikut latihan emphasizes that what he/she insisted on was still joining practice

Both are understandable, but the original sentence sounds very natural.

Sometimes yes. Latihan can mean:

• practice
• training
• exercise
• drill

In this sentence, the most natural meaning is practice or training, especially in a sports context, since the person has a painful knee.