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- "Kita membaca surat."
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Unlike English, which has only one definite article “the", Indonesian has 4 definite articles:
itu (masculine singular), buku itu (the book)
itu (masculine singular) rumah itu (the house)
itu (masculine plural) buku-buku itu (the books)
itu (feminine plural)rumah-rumah itu(the houses)
Indefinite Article:
While we have (a / an / some) in English as indefinite articles, we also have sebuah, beberapa in Indonesian .
In general, whenever (a, an) are used in English you, you need to use (un) or (una) to say the equivalent in Indonesian.
a(masculine singular), sebuah buku(a book)
a (masculine singular) sebuah rumah(a house)
beberapa (masculine plural) beberapa buku (some books)
beberapa(feminine plural) beberapa rumah (some houses)
Example:buku-buku yang saya miliki ada di rumah seorang teman. (The books I have are in a house of a friend)
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kita membaca surat-surat or kita membaca sebuah surat...I think that kita membaca surat is not very correct?