Sepatu baru itu terlihat bagus, tetapi bagian depannya agak ketat, jadi saya belum mau memakainya ke kantor.

In Indonesian, demonstratives like ini and itu usually come after the noun phrase, not before it.

So:

• sepatu itu = those shoes / the shoes
• sepatu baru itu = those new shoes / the new shoes

A common pattern is:

• noun + adjective + ini/itu

So the word order is normal Indonesian word order, even though it feels reversed compared with English.

Indonesian nouns usually do not change form for singular vs. plural.

So sepatu can mean:

• shoe
• shoes
• sometimes even a pair of shoes, depending on context

In this sentence, English naturally translates it as shoes, but Indonesian does not need a special plural ending.

If you want to be more explicit, you could say:

• sepasang sepatu = a pair of shoes

Terlihat bagus means looks good / looks nice.

The difference is:

• bagus = good, nice
• terlihat bagus = looks good, meaning this is the speaker’s visual impression

So sepatu baru itu terlihat bagus focuses on appearance: the shoes look nice.

If you said simply sepatu baru itu bagus, it would sound a bit more like a direct judgment: the new shoes are nice/good.

In terlihat, ter- gives the sense of being seen, appearing, or becoming visible.

So:

• lihat = see
• terlihat = be seen / appear / look

In this sentence, terlihat bagus is best understood as looks nice or appears nice.

Learners often notice that ter- can have different functions in Indonesian. That is true. In some words it can mean something accidental or unintentional, but in terlihat it is a very common form meaning visible / apparently / looks.

Both mean but.

• tetapi = more formal or neutral
• tapi = more casual, very common in speech

So this sentence sounds a bit more polished with tetapi, but tapi would also be natural in everyday conversation.

For example:

• Sepatu baru itu terlihat bagus, tapi bagian depannya agak ketat.

That would sound perfectly normal in spoken Indonesian.

Bagian depannya means the front part of it or its front part.

Breakdown:

• bagian = part
• depan = front
• depannya = the front of it / its front

So:

• bagian depannya = the front part

Here, -nya refers back to the shoes. In natural English, we would say the front part of the shoes or simply the front.

A more fully expanded version would be:

• bagian depan sepatu itu

But bagian depannya is more natural and less repetitive.

Yes. Agak ketat means rather tight, a bit tight, or somewhat tight.

Breakdown:

• agak = rather / somewhat / a bit
• ketat = tight

For clothing and shoes, ketat is normal and natural. It describes something that fits too tightly.

English learners sometimes wonder about ketat vs. sempit:

• ketat = tight-fitting
• sempit = narrow

For shoes, both can sometimes make sense depending on what you mean, but ketat is very natural when talking about how they feel when worn.

Here, jadi means so, therefore, or as a result.

It connects the reason to the result:

• the front part is a bit tight
• jadi = so / therefore
• the speaker does not want to wear them to the office yet

So jadi shows consequence.

In everyday Indonesian, jadi is very commonly used this way in speech and writing.

This is an important difference.

• tidak mau = do not want to / refuse to
• belum mau = do not want to yet / not ready to yet

So belum adds the idea of not yet, which suggests the situation may change later.

In this sentence:

• saya belum mau memakainya ke kantor

means something like:

• I don’t want to wear them to the office yet
• I’m not ready to wear them to the office yet

This sounds softer and less final than tidak mau.

Memakainya breaks down like this:

• memakai = to wear / use
• -nya = it / them

So memakainya means to wear it/them.

Here, -nya refers back to sepatu baru itu.

A key point: even though English uses them for shoes, Indonesian can still use -nya because the noun itself does not have to be marked as plural. The reference is understood from context.

You could also say:

• saya belum mau memakai sepatu itu ke kantor

That is also correct. Using memakainya just avoids repeating sepatu itu.

Because ke shows movement toward a destination.

• ke kantor = to the office
• di kantor = at the office / in the office

In this sentence, the idea is wearing the shoes to the office, so ke kantor is the right choice.

Compare:

• Saya memakainya ke kantor. = I wear them to the office.
• Saya memakainya di kantor. = I wear them at the office.

Both can be grammatical, but they mean different things.