"Mereka memanggil polisi."

Translation: They call the police.

[lucapaez]

I would say "They call the police"

[anno35]

agreed

[Keith_APP]

The other sentence has Mereka menelepon kepolisian as standard answer.

[Aleksandro_RU]

Is it necessary to say the?

[SimonBaldw3]

Or they call for the police

[octavzlatior]

I wonder if memanggil means calling on the phone as well, or just by voice. So is memanggil all of these: calling somebody's name, calling somebody a name, calling on the phone, calling somebody over?

[frankk1m]

I was just about to ask the same.

[Hylke314159]

Tidak memanggil polisi! ✊

[frankk1m]

BLM! ✊ I think "Tidak memanggil polisi!" would mean "Isn't calling the police!"

My understanding is that you need a "jangan": Jangan panggil/memanggil polisi!

That "jangan" before a verb makes it a negated command (don't [verb]).

[Hylke314159]

Thanks for explaining. :)

[frankk1m]

No problem! Hope your studies go well :)