Pedagang kaki lima itu ramah.

that

Breakdown of Pedagang kaki lima itu ramah.

• ramah: friendly
• pedagang kaki lima: the street vendor

Questions & Answers about Pedagang kaki lima itu ramah.

What does pedagang kaki lima mean? It looks like kaki lima literally means five feet.

Yes, literally kaki means foot/leg and lima means five, so the expression looks strange at first.

But pedagang kaki lima is a fixed expression meaning street vendor, sidewalk seller, or hawker. In real usage, you should learn it as one unit.

• pedagang = trader, seller, vendor
• pedagang kaki lima = street vendor

There are different stories about why kaki lima came to mean this, but for a learner, the important thing is that it is an idiomatic expression, not something you should translate word by word.

Why is there no word for is in this sentence?

Indonesian often leaves out the verb to be in simple present-time sentences.

So:

• Pedagang kaki lima itu ramah. = That/The street vendor is friendly.

There is no need to add a word meaning is here. This is completely normal in Indonesian when you are describing someone or something with a noun, adjective, or phrase.

What is itu doing in the sentence?