"Kamu sehat?"
Translation:Are you well?
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Is "apakah" needed at the start of the question because the answer will be either "yes" or "no"?
Is "apakah" needed at the start of the question because the answer will be either "yes" or "no"?
'apakah' is put at the beginning of a normal declarative sentence to change the statement into a yes/no question.
It's needed/preferred in the formal style.
'apakah' can be omitted, as long as the sentence has another intonation (in the informal speech), so that it's clear that it's a question and not a statement.
'Kamu sehat!' = You are healthy!
'Kamu sehat?' = You are healthy?
'Apakah kamu sehat?' = Are you healthy?
If you put 'apa' / 'apakah' at the beginning of the sentence, then there is no doubt that it is a question and not a statement.
Can this phrase be used as a greeting like in some other languages?