"Saya suka apel, jeruk."
Translation:I like apples, oranges.
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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.
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.
Native here. This sentence talks about apples and oranges in general, and in Indonesian, if we talk about something in general, we don't use the plural form, so we don't use "apel-apel" (for example we don't use "saya suka apel-apel", it's just "saya suka apel")
Also I think this sentence is kinda wrong because it's actually "Saya suka apel dan jeruk". We don't use comma (,) if there are just 2 objects in a sentence.
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.
:-)
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.
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.
"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?
Ah error nih..
Seharusnya tanpa "s"
Saya suka apel, jeruk I like apple, orange
Kenapa kok pake "s" aneh...!!!
I think you can use both. because in bahasa we rare to differ plural and singular
Interesting: In Japanese SUKA means same as in Indonesian (LIKE) Funny: In Russian SUKA means wh*re
There should be "dan" (and) between apple and orange, because "," can't be use if there are less than 3 objects
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.
