"Dia menulis buku."

Translation: She writes books.

[MeganDent]

How can you tell if 'Dia' translates as he or she? Is it just the context of the conversation?

[tara_more]

yes, there is no specific gender attached to the meaning of "dia". it could be both.

[Ants_L]

books are buku buku? book is buku

[yogastorow]

Yes, but don't forget "-".

[RamenDutchman]

So buku-buku? Pluralisation is done as "word-word" with a hyphen?

[Riyan555206]

Yes

[JeremiahNo18]

Why is "He writes the book" instead of "He writes a book" wrong?

[FahrezaPur]

"He writes the book" would be "Dia menulis buku itu" or "Dia menulis buku tersebut"

[AlanRidley2]

Dia menulis buku itu translates as He writes THAT book.
Dia menulis buku ini translates as He writes THIS book so Dia menulis buku is correct

[Dogidork]

it should be correct

[c3trash]

This keeps coming up for me. Why is "Kalian menulis menu" have "You write the menu" as an accepted answer but here "He writes the book" not accepted.

[akucintaDani]

He writes the book, should be correct

[Dogidork]

he ( or she ) = dia

[loeymyhubby]

Can i use Dia for both he and she

[ALLintolearning3]

"Dia" is for either "he" or " she".
https://www.duolingo.com/dictionary/Indonesian/dia/1d081cc665403ad7dc506f9996b64d6d

[MusabKemal]

I answered "she writes a book "and I got it wrong. I thought "Dia"was supposed to be for both male and female

[ALLintolearning3]

Try reporting it as also correct.

[Til978169]

Dia is technically genderless. If you only allow the "he" as the answer then i'll be a gender bias

[ALLintolearning3]

In English, there is a long history of using "he" when the gender is unknown or to mean anyone. Now some people think that is biased, but that was not the original intention.

[JessieFran840827]

Does Dia Translate to he or she?

[HenriCooks]

I find it difficult to hear the difference between 'dia' and 'ia.

[HalfOfAWhole]

I think it is just the same
Ia= she, he, it

[Jaka627549]

I tried "He wrote the book" and didn't work.

[ALLintolearning3]

This is present tense.

[deepakgupt337691]

Dia is not specific for he or she..

[isasik173]

I am hella confused because duolingo didnt see my mistake (i wrote 'medulis' instead of menulis) it was only bc of my auto correct thingy

[lavendercool]

If we used 'dia' which one shoul I used? She or he?

[ALLintolearning3]

Either should work.

[ShreyaSaum1]

Yes that why their is confusion in gender

[Ayesha225318]

Books are buku buku?book is buku

[itz_yx]

…not funny at all(；一_一)

[ph.hnV7Cs]

Hi

[ph.hnV7Cs]

How are you

[srathajgedasd]

Its a cheating because i said she but they are telling he

[ALLintolearning3]

Either "he" or "she" could be correct, but when you do not know which, it is common to put "he".

[Ceciliazpt]

ITS SOO CONFUSING!!!

[oxz78853]

I hate 'a' :

[Cherry305928]

Can I say "Ia menulis buku"?

[DahliaSiti1]

How are you