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- "Tini is twenty years old."
"Tini is twenty years old."
Translation:Umur Tini dua puluh tahun.
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Why does "sepuluh" mean "ten" while "dua puluh" means "twenty?" Is "-se" a prefix that means "ten"?
10 Sepuluh Just think that Sepuluh comes from satu-puluh. So se ~ one (satu)
20 Dua puluh
Puluh = ten
Se- is just replacing satu, this prefix is not only used to sepuluh, but also seratus -one hundred, seribu - one thousand, sejuta- one million and lots more
I think it comes from satu which is one in indonesian, but I am not sure because Indonesian is not my native language
Why the answer is Usia Tini dua puluh tahun.? Is Usia the same as Umur?
Yes.
"umur "& "üsia" mean the same = "age" (noun).
"usia" is more formal.
Berumur is a verb, and mean "to be aged of", it means the same than the "is" when you say "He is 20 y.o".
Umur?
Umur = age
Umur Tini = Tini's age
dua puluh = twenty
tahun = year
Tini's age twenty years, that's what it literally says.
Tini is twenty years old, is a better way to say it in English.
Why does it not allow "Tini dua puluh tahun", when it marks the correct answer as being "Namaku Andi, aku dua puluh tahun" in this same exercise
You use "usia" like a verb, when "usia" is a noun. (usia = umur), meaning "the age".
If you use a verb, the word order is correct: Tini berusia... Tini is aged of... (berusia/berurmu = verb, to be aged of).
If you use a noun, your word order is incorrect. The possessor has to be after the noun. So usia = noun, and Tini = possessor. You would have Usia Tini = Tini's age. Same order than anak saya = my child.
Tini berusia dua puluh tahun = correct.
Usia Tini dua puluh tahun = correct.
No, it's noun first before modifier. The age is 20. Whose age? Tini's age.
Tini's apple -- apel Tini Tini's orange -- jeruk Tini
The "to be" verb does exist, and there are even several ways to express "to be" in Indonesian, depending on the context (identity: adalah, place: ada, color: berwarna, age: berumur/berasia), but Indonesian is a language where you don't repeat that is already mentioned elsewhere or obvious by the context.
The to be verb is optional, so when you say "Saya anak", (I child), we know that the "to be" verb is implied, and it's I am a child.
The longer version is Saya adalah anak (adalah = to be), but the common way is to simply skip this verb.
Tahun means "... years old" if it is after a number. Example: Dua puluh tahun = twenty years old. (Dua = two | ... puluh = ~ty like twenTY, thirTY).
Tahun means "year" if it is to mention what year. Example: Tahun 2020 = 2020 year.
Hi, TheAkhil.
Tahun means "... years old" if it is after a number. Example: Dua puluh tahun = twenty years old. (Dua = two | ... puluh = ~ty like twenTY, thirTY).
Tahun means "year" if it is to mention what year. Example: Tahun 2020 = 2020 year.
Umur and usia both mean age, and they can both be used interchangeably.
You can go "umur tini dua puluh tahun"
And you can go "Tini berumur dua puluh tahun" it's same
