Saya sangka dia sudah datang.

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Breakdown of Saya sangka dia sudah datang.

• dia: he/she
• sudah: already
• datang: to come

Questions & Answers about Saya sangka dia sudah datang.

What does sangka mean here?

In this sentence, sangka means thought, assumed, or supposed.

So Saya sangka dia sudah datang means something like:

• I thought he/she had already come
• I assumed he/she had already arrived

It often suggests that your belief may have been wrong, or that you later found out something different.

Why is it saya sangka and not something like saya fikir?

Both sangka and fikir can relate to thinking, but they are not exactly the same.

• fikir = to think, to consider, to reflect
• sangka = to assume, to suppose, to think something is the case

In this sentence, sangka fits well because the speaker is talking about an assumption or belief about what had happened.

Compare:

• Saya fikir dia akan datang = I think he will come
• Saya sangka dia sudah datang = I thought he had already come

So sangka often sounds more like I was under the impression that...

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