🇮🇩 Indonesian
Bahasa Indonesia • Latin
Nouns: definiteness (a/the) and noun phrases
Learn noun phrases you can actually reuse (not isolated dictionary forms).
Noun phrases
Learn noun phrases as chunks you can reuse in conversation.
- No articles.
- Plural is often shown by reduplication: buku-buku (books).
- Possession often uses pronouns after the noun: teman saya.
- Good news: no articles. Focus on the noun phrase patterns you hear.
- Treat common phrases as single chunks.
buku
book
buku-buku
books
teman saya
my friend
Saya di sini.
I am here.
Saya mau air.
I want water.
Saya tidak mengerti.
I don't understand.
Kamu bisa bahasa Inggris?
Do you speak English? (informal)
Di mana kamar mandi?
Where is the bathroom?
Ini teman saya.
This is my friend.
Mini‑quiz
Mini-quiz
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Which sentence matches “book”?