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Yes, that's right.
It feels like more fruit is coming ... the word "and" (dan) comes before the last fruit.
Something like this :
Saya suka apel, jeruk, pisang, stroberi, ceri, rambutan dan durian.
I think you're right.
It's an unfinished sentence.
This person simply couldn't finish the sentence with all that fruit.
:-)
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Durian ?
Yes, that's my favourite fruit.
Durian is a little bit controversial, a lot of people can't stand the smell, therefore it's usually forbidden to bring durian into a hotel or public buildings.
But the taste...hmmmm...there is nothing like it.
Durian = King of Fruits
☺
More info here about 'durian"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durian
'duri' = thorns.
"Suka" is almost the same as 好き (suki) in Japanese, meaning the same thing. Wiktionary doesn't mention anything about it, but do they share the same etymology?
Caution: I am not a native speaker, but I will try to answer based on what little I already know.
Indonesian relies mostly on context for this. Here, for example, it is pretty obvious that the sentence is about apples and oranges in general, otherwise the sentence would be something like: "Saya suka apel dan jeruk ini". apel ini, jeruk ini = this apple, this orange.
- 408
Yes, you're right.
It depends on the context.
If it's obvious from the context that you're talking about the plural form, then the plural form (reduplication) is not used.
Like in this sentence, it's interpreted as apples & oranges in general, so there is no need to reduplicate (apel-apel).
A more obvious example is this :
I have one book = Saya punya satu buku.
I have two books = Saya punya dua buku.
I have many books = Saya punya banyak buku.
It would make more sense in English to insert and = I like apples and oranges. I like apples, oranges is not really an English sentence.
I thought for plurals that the word is repeated with a hyphen; e.g. apples = apel-apel.
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I thought for plurals that the word is repeated with a hyphen; e.g. apples = apel-apel.
Yes, that's right.
If reduplication is used to indicate the plural form, then the word is repeated using a hyphen.
But in this sentence there is no need for a reduplication to indicate the plural form.
The sentence (more or less) indicates that we're talking about apples & oranges in general.
So, we're talking about more than one apple.
So, no need for reduplication.
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So is there no difference between singular and plural? I would appreciate if someone could explain. Thanks
I feel like this should actually be I like oranges and apples, because when writing this the sentence doesn’t really end and ther isn’t another word after it
Exactly who talks like that. Supposed to be Saya suka apel dan jeruk. Please fix
The translation would be better if there was the word and inbetween apples AND oranges.
