"Panas mengubah es menjadi air."

Translation: Heat changes ice into water.

[lordadi]

Should be "Heat transforms ice into water"

[Rick392366]

"Heat changes ice into water" = also accepted as a correct answer.

( I didn't try it with "transform")

[TedMejiro]

How about "Heat makes ice become water."

[__K.]

No. Because the given sentence is not grammatically causative like your sentence.

[MochDaniMa]

You could translate the word with that. Is just another option, you could select the choices which sounds more natural to you.

[Tupakyol]

Why are sentences suddenly in a male and distorted voice instead of the female one?

[IlseDens]

I don't like it either ! Give us back the woman :-)

[tsuj1g1r1]

Is "es" a Dutch loan? Surely they had ice in Indonesia before the arrival of the Dutch! :O

[moacan]

yes it's from dutch's ijs..
fun fact we loan the es (ice) from dutch but we loan the salju (snow) from arabic tsalju

[tsuj1g1r1]

Wow! :O

[Coco726609]

When to use mengubah, when berubah?

[nkdijah]

Mengubah mostly translates as "change (verb)", while berubah mostly translates as "changed". I'll give you more examples to kind of give a better idea of when to use one or the other.

Mengubah
1. Aku mengubah warna (color) rambutku (my hair) = I change/I'm changing my hair color.
2. Dia mengubah segalanya (everything) = He changes everything.

Berubah
1. Warna rambutku berubah! = My hair color changed!
2. Segalanya telah berubah = Everything has changed

[__K.]

Or, more precisely: “mengubah” (me-) is transitive while “berubah” (ber-) is intransitive.

[__K.]

For anyone wondering: “menjadi” (“into”) is a preposition as well.

[IlseDens]

Is there a difference between mengubah and berubah ?

[nkdijah]

Yes, mengubah is an active form, and berubah is like a passive form.

Mengubah 1. Aku mengubah warna (color) rambutku (my hair) = I change/I'm changing my hair color. 2. Dia mengubah segalanya (everything) = He changes everything.

Berubah 1. Warna rambutku berubah! = My hair color changed! 2. Segalanya telah berubah = Everything has changed

[__K.]

The words you are looking for are “transitive” and “intransitive.”

[dan.yen]

Salah, dingin mengubah air menjadi es.

[caesar_solid]

'heat turns ice into water' should be accepted

[Ramjam720]

Sadly, the whole premise of this statement is wrong. Ice is water in solid form. Heat changes ice to a liquid. Panas mengubah es menjadi cair.