"Kamu mau nasi dengan ayam?"

Translation: Do you want rice with chicken?

[Emil248727]

I accidentally said "children" instead of "chicken" at first i was really confused why i got it wrong then i noticed

[hdhdhdae]

yeah, it's really annoying when you run out of chicken meat. good thing kids can be used as an alternative

[muis55]

in indonesian's grammar. questions will use 5w and 1h. what, where, when, who, why and how. apa, dimana, kapan, siapa, mengapa dan bagaimana.

[DiosMioHaceFrio]

I wrote "Do you want rice and chicken" instinctively as that is how I would say it in English but of course it was marked incorrectly. Just wondering, in Indonesian, would you say "rice and chicken" or do you usually say "with" instead of "and"...in English, when it comes to food pairings I think we tend to favour "and" ...maybe I think about food too much

[LearnEmAll98]

In English, when you're making an order, generally the thing that comes after "with" is considered a side to the main dish, that precedes "with". Obviously, in this case, "chicken with rice" is more common since rice is almost always a side.

[surimistev]

you want rice with chicken

[SammyBrett]

To make a question you need to start with 'Apa'

[setijoso]

Formal language yes, but colloquially like in most languages just the tone of your voice can make a sentence into a question.

[JoonDuo]

In my native language, Bikol, a similar Austronesian language in the Philippines, the word "ayam" means a dog.

[TvrtkoBalio]

Is slapping a question mark at the end the only way to form a question in Indonesian?

[duolingotfek]

For daily conversations, YES, you can do it.

You eat chicken -> kamu makan ayam

Do you eat chicken? - kamu makan ayam?

But grammatically (for formal situations):

Do you eat chicken? - Apakah kamu makan ayam?

[Rick392366]

Is slapping a question mark at the end the only way to form a question in Indonesian?

No.
You can also slap "apa" or "apakah" at the beginning of the sentence, and then slap a question mark at the end.

This "Tips & Notes" might help :

https://www.duolingo.com/skill/id/Questions/tips-and-notes

[BOYMUH]

Apakah kamu mau nasi dengan ayam?

[404UnknownEx]

Iya, silakan.

[sampharo]

"Nasi dengan ayam" or is it as usually called just "nasi ayam"?

[SuriMichelle]

Yes, nasi dengan ayam means Nasi ayam or rice with chicken

[rizqianelo]

Hmm..interesting. i think 'nasi dengan ayam' means the food is separated into two plates instead of 'nasi ayam' which is usually served in one plate and the chicken has been cut into small pieces..

[QuitaPiete2]

the only think i forgot was the "?"

[Suyitno6]

Do you want rice whit chicken .kamu mau nasi dengan ayam

[Suyitno6]

Why

[BOYMUH]

Apakah kamu menginginkan nasi dengan ayam?