"Kecap, gula, dan garam."

Translation: Sweet soy sauce, sugar, and salt.

[sharononggo]

'Kecap' is just soy sauce. It is not used typically as a stand-alone word for sweet soy sauce; sweet soy sauce is kecap manis, while kecap asin is salty soy sauce.

[kara.tahta]

Is this where the word 'ketchup' comes from?

[sqsola]

Yes, there are similar roots from hundreds of years ago. Mental Floss did a good article about the two words!

[josedopatrocinio]

Thanks

[berblanja]

yes

[demoksaputra]

The audio for 'kecap' is wrong. It's supposed to be 'kécap'.

[eastywood]

Very astute. Well done.

[Kdhy11]

What I hear is "kucap" instead of "kecap".

[berblanja]

Kecap manis is sweet soy sauce. Kecap is just sauce.

[Rldagnell]

Kecap is not general sauce? Hence kecap manis, kecap asin, kecap ingriss

[PeterTalbo3]

I'd say much like "kacang" means nuts in general but unqualified generally refers to peanuts, it is the same for kecap manis, since it's the most popular one. I think it's correct that when people just for kecap they usually mean sweet soy sauce

[carbsrule]

Wait, if 'kecap' is 'sweet soy sauce' and 'manis' is 'sweet' then 'kecap manis' is... hyper-sweet soy sauce?

[HaloDJ1026]

I lived in Indonesia and my students made a distinction between "kecap manis" = sweet soy sauce and"Kecap asin" = soy sauce (salty sauce)

[CatherineC420093]

"Kecap" should be "kecap manis" = sweet soy sauce?

[Steve909725]

My answer is the same but it says it is wrong

[Genie753403]

I disagree with this translation. Kecap manis is sweet soy sauce specifically. Kecap is general ketchup

[MartinAmos833783]

Sweet soya sauce is kecap manis, i believe that my answer is correct, but Duolingo said I was wrong ??

[Daveduck]

Kecap and kecap manis (sweet soy sauce) are different. This should be corrected.