Breakdown of Lansia itu tinggal sendiri.
itu
that
sendiri
alone
tinggal
to live
lansia
the senior; the older adult
Questions & Answers about Lansia itu tinggal sendiri.
What does lansia mean exactly?
Lansia is a common Indonesian word meaning an elderly person or senior citizen. It comes from lanjut usia, literally advanced age.
A few useful notes:
- It is fairly neutral and respectful.
- It is more common in formal, polite, or public contexts than in very casual everyday speech.
- Depending on context, it can refer to one elderly person or elderly people in general.
In this sentence, it refers to one elderly person.
Why is itu placed after lansia instead of before it?
In Indonesian, words like ini and itu usually come after the noun they describe.
So:
- lansia itu = that elderly person / the elderly person
- rumah itu = that house
- buku itu = that book
This is different from English, where we say that elderly person, not elderly person that.
Does itu mean that or the here?