"Dia seorang perempuan yang cantik."

Translation: She is a pretty woman.

[arissston]

Can I omit Seorang?! And just write:
"Dia perempuan cantik" ???

[farxhan]

Why is 'beautiful girl' not accepted here?

[Rick392366]

Why is 'beautiful girl' not accepted here?

'beautiful woman' was accepted.
'beautiful girl' should be accepted as well.
'beautiful lady' , how about that ?
'beautiful female' ...hmmm doesn't sound nice.

It depends on the context.
Are we talking about Tini or Sri ?
:-)

[chuman205]

:-D

[JamesTWils]

Does "perempuan" refer to a young female or an adult female? That may be the issue.

[miszletto]

be patient, it is still beta. i hate it too -___-

[reinhartg]

It should be. Report it so they know the issue

[JamesTWils]

Is "seorang" a counting word for people?

[peribawang]

"Seorang" means one person. When there are more than one person, the counting word would be "orang". So two people would be "dua orang" and so on.

[JamesTWils]

Oh, of course. I can't believe I did not see the pattern with sepuluh, sebelas, etc. Thank you.

[Gill714966]

Thank you, explanations make all the difference. Now, when is it necessary to use “seorang”? Could one simply say “Dia perempuan cantik”?

[Keith_APP]

Is it necessary to use "yang" or the adjective "cantik" can be placed near the noun? Which is the more natural way?

[cimuthia]

"yang" actually can be omitted, though it adds formality. In daily conversation "yang" is usually left out, and adjectives follow directly after nouns.

Pretty woman: perempuan cantik
Big house: rumah besar

[Keith_APP]

Thank you! Waited a month for this answer. Have a lingot!

[Twodu2]

Wanita/perempuan; "woman" ; Para wanita; "women" ; anak perempuan/nona: "girl"