"Apa saja yang dapat saya lakukan?"

Translation: Anything I can do?

[Rick392366]

Meaning: Anything can I do?

The English translation is not correct.
Could you please be so kind to fix it ?

I think it should be something like this :
Anything I can do ?
Anything that I can do ?
Is there anything I can do ?
Is there anything that I can do ?

[joeldipops]

I think "What can I do?" also works, though it doesn't convey that you're asking for a list as well as "Anything" does.

[Rick392366]

I think "What can I do?" also works, though it doesn't convey that you're asking for a list as well as "Anything" does.

Hmmm...I think that's exactly the difference here.
"Apa" = "What"
"Apa saja" = "Anything" (asking for a list).

[joeldipops]

But "what" can also ask for a list.

[Rick392366]

Yes, that's right.
In that case, if you only ask "what", then the word 'saja' needs to be omitted.

"apa"+ "saja", it's about the combination, it has the meaning "anything" , "whatever" (instead of only "what").

[Lisa-Lisa-Lisa]

so apa saja translates to anything... so could i say..... saya bukan punya apa saja.... I don't have anything?

[Noel446373]

My understanding is that "saya bukan [tidak] punya apa saja" means I have nothing whereas "saya tidak punya apa-apa" means I don't have anything. Of course, I might be completely wrong.

[enigmajf]

"Saya bukan punya apa saja" would be like"i'm not have anything". If you want to say "i don't have anything" it'd be "saya tidak punya apa-apa/apapun".
"saya tidak punya apa saja" is very odd, in fact no one says this in daily conversation

[Noel446373]

I think this is the best translation: Is there anything I can do?

[Aleksandro_RU]

What a strange lesson! Nothing is understandable

[Aleksandro_RU]

What role has "saja" here?
Why "dapat" is before "saya"? What's happened?

[joeldipops]

"Apa saja" is used to ask for a list of things. I can't explain why though. But hopefully you can see why it's "Is there ANYTHING I can do?" in the translation, rather than simply "What can I do?"

[Aleksandro_RU]

why in these sentenses the verb is before the pronoun?

[ericvaillier]

Wrong English translation

[N_Hermawan]

Can it also be "Apa saja yang saya dapat lakukan?" assuming bisa and dapat are somewhat interchangeable?

[enigmajf]

yes, in this case they're interchangeable. in fact they're mostly interchangeable, I can barely think any sentences where they're not interchangeable. But unfortunately both translation duo gives here don't sound natural to me. the English translation should be "is there anything I can do". then the correct translation would be "apakah/apa ada sesuatu/suatu hal yang dapat/bisa saya lakukan"

[VincentQuerta]

Why did the word order suddenly change and is the word order necessary or is it for sounding more natural?

[donny309620]

Perhaps less literal, but just as valid, is the following translation: "Can I do anything?"