"My name is Andi, I am twenty years old."
Translation:Nama saya Andi, saya dua puluh tahun.
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Why is it that you can choose to include "berumur" or not? For example when wrote out the translation I wrote "Nama saya Andi, saya umur dua puluh tahun." but the answer there said it's "berumur" but the translation here at the top of the page doesn't even include it at all.
you can say it both ways, Indonesian is a very flexible language, and the way people speak is very different from the more formal written Indonesian, but it's true that the consistency in these translations is not very good so far
If u use "berumur" it means "to have", you should place it after the Subject.
If you use "umur", place it as the first word of the sentence.
Prefix ber- is used to form verbs or adjectives from nouns or other base verbs. When combined with a noun, the prefix ber- converts the noun to a verb, meaning to have or perform the ability or property of that noun.
Ber- + umur (noun) = berumur (verb)
Does that mean one also has the option of writing "Aku berusia dua puluh tahun?" or its equivalent with "saya"?
You are remembering well! My question was more focused around whether or not I can say "berusia" instead of "berumur" or "umurku" or "usiaku"
usia is equivalent with umur, affix "-ku" is for ownership like "my..." ex: my cat = kucingku
and affix "ber-" ex: i'm 6 years old = saya umur 6 tahun = saya berumur 6 tahun these sentence has same meaning
i tried to explain it, pardon my english. let's study tgt :)
@pat5120 from what another person had said in some otger comment thread,
Usia is more formal than Umur But both essentially has the same meaning of "age"
And the phrases "Saya berumur" and "Umur saya" Are interchangable and mean the same thing, "My age is", just that
The sentence structure is different, where "Berumur" has to come after "Saya" while "Umur" has to come before "Saya"
Also, -mu is a prefix of "kamu",
Where, for eg: "your name"
"Nama kamu", can be shortened to "Namamu"
Same applies to the -ku prefix of "Aku", which is another form of saying "Saya"
Eg: My cat = Kucing saya/ Kucing Aku/ Kucingku
Can you explain how difference are berusia, berumur, umurku and usiaku? And how to use it please?
Iam indonesian. Umur and usia is exactly the same. You can use "berumur", "berusia", "umurku, usiaku".
Could you translate your last line to Eglish i.e. Ber + umur (noun) = berumur (verb), so I can see (understand) the effect of 'ber' on the noun.
Nama aku Andi, aku dua puluh tahun was not accepted. Does formality change the sentence structure?
What is wrong with the translation: "Nama saya Andi, umurku dua puluh tahun"?
Good question. My guess would be that it's the use of the formal pronoun "saya" and the ending "-ku" that comes (?) from the informal pronoun "aku" in the same sentence, but - as I wrote - it's only my guess so we need some native speaker's help.
Can someone perhaps explain why we don't need to say 'umur' in this sentence "Nama saya Andi, saya dua puluh tahun" ?
I read in another comments section that you're supposed to say the "age" bit.
you don't have to always say the "age" bit.
Nama saya andi, saya dua puluh tahun = My name is andi, I'm twenty
Why isn't the word "umur" included in Duolingo's translation? Why does Nama come before saya, instead of the reverse order?
indonesia has many meaning for just 1 word, lol don't give up to keep learning guys :)
Why the part of the sentence 'I am twenty years old' is being translated as 'saya dua puluh tahun'? Why 'umur' or 'berusia' or something else to mean 'old' is not being used? Does that mean it's not always needed if it's understandable that the person is talking about their age?
Why wasn't "Nama saya Andi, saya berusia dua puluh tahun" correct? They have accepted it once back there. What is the diference of "Saya berusia dua puluh tahun" to "Saya dua puluh tahun"
I put “ Nama saya Andi, saya 20 tahun.” and it didn’t accept, can someone pls tell me why?!
If you say "umur saya. . ." Do you NEED to include "tahun"? Or would it be understood without?
In daily conversation, it would be understood without "tahun", because you already said "umur". But in formal writing, you need to use "tahun" too.
Got this wrong because I used aku instead of saya. Im surprised I haven't hit the word Anda yet.
I wish there were grammar/vocabulary notes before the start of every lesson. Like the sentence structures. I find myself taking a guess or just following the order of the words on the screen!
So why here is not correct saya berusia dua puluh tahun... It doesnt make any sense
Hei guys , i think it would be good idea if you learn English to Bahasa Indonesia . And learn Bahasa Indonesia to English too. Hopefully you can see in different side
So you can learn as same way with Indonesian native learning English . Hopefully it i will helpful
Why "nama aku Andi" not accepted in place of "nama saya Andi"? Is it because you only say nama X Y when talking formally so adding aku to a formal manner of speaking doesn't make sense?
TesaKaban I found out why that's wrong. "Tips and Notes: Possessive Pronouns There are some exceptions for “aku”, “kamu”, and “dia”, which uses affixes "-ku", "-mu", and "-nya" respectively: "Ini rumahku" (This is my house) "Ini rumahmu" (This is your house) "Ini rumahnya" (This is his/her house)" So you can't say nama aku but have to say namaku
Hi thanks for the tips. As an Indonesian, I just know that. We use (noun) + aku all the time at daily conversation.
"Puluh" means ten.
10 - Sepuluh. (Think 'se' as 'satu (one)').
20 - dua puluh. Dua = two.
30 -tiga puluh. Tiga = three.
Etc.
Literal translation of Indonesian language:
10 - one ten - sepuluh
20 - two ten - dua puluh
30 - three ten - tiga puluh
40 - four ten - empat puluh
Etc.
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"puluh" means just a decadic (?) number (sorry, no native English speaker...), so "sepuluh" is ten, "tua puluh" is twenty and so on.
