Adik saya tidak suka brokoli, tetapi dia tetap mencobanya.

Adik means younger sibling. It does not specify gender.

So Adik saya can mean:

• my younger brother
• my younger sister
• more literally, my younger sibling

Indonesian often does not mark gender unless it is important to the context.

In Indonesian, a possessive like my usually comes after the noun.

So:

• adik saya = my younger sibling
• rumah saya = my house
• buku saya = my book

This is different from English, where my comes before the noun.

Tidak is used to negate verbs and adjectives.

In this sentence:

• suka = to like
• tidak suka = do not like

So:

• Adik saya tidak suka brokoli = My younger sibling does not like broccoli

A useful contrast:

• tidak negates verbs/adjectives
• bukan usually negates nouns or noun phrases

For example:

• Saya tidak suka kopi. = I do not like coffee.
• Itu bukan kopi. = That is not coffee.

Yes. In this sentence, suka functions like to like.

So:

• dia suka brokoli = he/she likes broccoli
• dia tidak suka brokoli = he/she does not like broccoli

Indonesian often uses words that are less visibly marked than English verbs, so suka stays the same and does not change for person:

• saya suka
• dia suka
• mereka suka

Tetapi and tapi both mean but.

• tetapi is more formal or neutral in writing
• tapi is more common in everyday speech and informal writing

So this sentence uses the more formal/full form:

• ..., tetapi dia tetap mencobanya.

In casual conversation, many speakers would say:

• ..., tapi dia tetap mencobanya.

Yes. Dia can mean both he and she.

Indonesian third-person singular pronouns usually do not show gender:

• dia = he / she
• ia = a more formal written variant of dia

You understand the gender from context, if needed.

Here tetap means something like:

• still
• nevertheless
• anyway
• all the same

So dia tetap mencobanya means:

• he/she still tried it
• he/she tried it anyway

It shows that even though the sibling does not like broccoli, they tried it regardless.

Mencobanya is built from:

• coba = try
• mencoba = to try
• -nya = it / him / her, depending on context

So:

• mencobanya = to try it

In this sentence, -nya refers to brokoli, so it means try it.

The prefix meN- often forms an active verb.

Here:

• base word: coba
• active verb: mencoba = to try

This is a very common pattern in Indonesian. The prefix can change shape depending on the first sound of the root word. With coba, it becomes men-, giving mencoba.

You do not need to think of it as exactly the same as English verb endings; it is just part of how Indonesian commonly forms active verbs.

The suffix -nya here stands for it.

So:

• mencoba brokoli = to try broccoli
• mencobanya = to try it

This is very common in Indonesian. Once the object is known from context, -nya can replace it.

In this sentence:

• first mention: brokoli
• later reference: -nya = it = the broccoli

Yes, absolutely.

These are both natural:

• dia tetap mencoba brokoli
• dia tetap mencobanya

The difference is:

• mencoba brokoli repeats the noun brokoli
• mencobanya uses it, referring back to brokoli

Using -nya often sounds smoother when the object has already been mentioned.

Yes. Brokoli is the standard Indonesian spelling.

Many Indonesian words borrowed from other languages are adapted to Indonesian spelling:

• broccoli → brokoli
• television → televisi
• police → polisi

So brokoli is normal Indonesian.

Indonesian does not use a helper verb like English do/does in this kind of sentence.

English:

• My sibling does not like broccoli

Indonesian:

• Adik saya tidak suka brokoli

You simply put tidak before the verb:

• tidak suka = do/does not like

So Indonesian is structurally simpler here.

Yes. The word order is very typical.

The basic structure is:

• Adik saya = subject
• tidak suka = verb phrase
• brokoli = object
• tetapi = conjunction
• dia = subject
• tetap mencobanya = verb phrase + object marker

So the full sentence follows a normal Indonesian pattern similar to English:

• Subject + Verb + Object, then another clause joined by but

Yes, in many contexts adik can suggest a younger sibling or someone younger in relation to another person.

In family context, adik saya most naturally means my younger sibling.

But Indonesian also uses family terms socially, so adik can sometimes be used more loosely for a younger person. In this sentence, though, the most likely meaning is the actual younger sibling.

Including dia makes the second clause clear and complete:

• ..., tetapi dia tetap mencobanya.

In Indonesian, subjects can sometimes be omitted if the context is very clear, but keeping dia is natural and helps the sentence sound balanced.

So:

• ..., tetapi dia tetap mencobanya = clear and standard
• ..., tetapi tetap mencobanya = possible in context, but less explicit

The version with dia is especially good for learners because it clearly shows the subject of the second clause.