"Buku ini milik saya."

Translation: This book is mine.

[jawzishere]

Why is 'This is my book' not acceptable here?

[yogastorow]

"This is my book." would be Ini (adalah) bukuku.

[jawzishere]

Yes I get that but in English "This is my book" and "This book is mine" is 100% interchangeable, exact same meaning.

Likewise, in Bahasa "Ini bukuku" and "Buku ini malik saya" are equally interchangeable.

Duolingo should focus on practical language learning and intent/meaning not nit-picking every sentence structure nuance.

[duolingotfek]

It's interchangeable. But here you're learning a language. Duolingo teaches us the vocabulary, words pattern. So, instead of rephrasing the word (which basically has the same meaning), why don't we just follow the translation to avoid confusion.

Mine = milik saya

My (noun) = (noun) saya

If you rephrase it, you get the feeling but would missed the point

[joeldipops]

I disagree that "this is my book" and "this book is mine" are 100% interchangeable. The emphasis is different and I can think of contexts where one is more or less natural than the other.

[ThanhMai634581]

totally agree, " this book belongs to me" also wrong wth ?!?

[H9r1n24]

Is milik or punya used more often in everyday conversation?

[Edward686454]

My wife had to explain the differences to me. Punya means you have it, like in your hand or in your house. Milik means it belongs to you, you own it.

[duolingotfek]

Wow. This is deep! Thanks. I am a native but this is new for me.

However, in reality, 'punya' and 'milik' are interchangeable. 'Punya' is more casual

[rizki202]

Actually punya and milik is the same, the differences is that punya is more often used in daily conversation, while milik is like a more formal form of it.

[IqbalAzmi]

I believe that PUNYA world be used more often ini daily conversation. MILIK where used often for formal ocation.

[Jen221084]

I own this book.....why is this wrong??

[joeldipops]

Essentially because it changes the emphasis of the sentence. We are talking about "this book", not about "you" and the books you own.

[Alexandre56761]

Buku ini miliku? Miliku = Milik Saya?

[jawzishere]

Yes.

For less confusion though, think 'Aku' here instead of 'Saya'.

Milikku = Milik aku

[pampelmus]

Why is "Buku ini milikku" not possible here?

[duolingotfek]

It should be correct.

[VipinRahul]

I answered this is my book and is wrong. How ?

[joeldipops]

Scroll up to the top of this thread. Someone asked this same question a year ago and got some good answers.

[EFrisco]

"Milik" is a loan word from Arabic that means property, so "Buku ini milik saya" literally means "This book is my property"

[nayli479383]

Apa arti dari this is my book

[Garry_G]

Can be mine. But should be belongs to!

[EFrisco]

"Mine" is actually closer in meaning. "Milik/punya saya" literally means "my property/posession".

There is no verb equivalent to "belong" in this sentence.