"He is from Jakarta, not Bali."
Translation:Dia dari Jakarta, bukan dari Bali.
August 18, 2018
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Tidak -> Negate adjective and verb
Bukan -> Negate noun and adverb
http://www.ilc-sydney.com/difference-between-bukan-tidak-and-jangan/
In this case, "bukan" negates the word "Bali" as a noun. It's a bit hard to explain, but as an Indonesian, I would think of it like this :
Saya bukan dari Bali -> I'm not from Bali (but from somewhere else).
Saya tidak dari Bali -> I'm not from Bali (I wasn't coming from Bali)
So "Tidak" negates the verb "Dari", while "Bukan" negates the noun "Bali". I hope it makes sense