🇮🇩 Indonesian
Bahasa Indonesia • Latin
Big idea: tidak vs bukan + useful affixes (me-/di-): practice + mini‑quiz
Practice the big idea with drills and a longer quiz based on real examples.
tidak vs bukan
Use tidak for verbs/adjectives; bukan for nouns/identity.
- Saya tidak mengerti. (I don't understand.)
- Ini bukan kopi. (This is not coffee.)
Saya tidak mengerti.
I don't understand.
Ini bukan kopi.
This is not coffee.
me- and di- (very basic)
me- is common for active verbs; di- for passive. You can start by recognizing them.
- membuka (to open)
- dibuka (is opened)
Saya membuka pintu.
I open the door.
Pintu dibuka.
The door is opened.
Drills
Choose tidak/bukan
Ini ___ air.
This is not water.
Ini ___ air.
Choose tidak/bukan
Saya ___ mengerti.
I don't understand.
Saya ___ mengerti.
Mini‑quiz
Mini-quiz
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Which negates a noun?