"Kakek meninggal di pertengahan dekade lalu."
Translation:Grandfather died in the middle of the last decade.
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"in the middle of the previous decade" should be the correct translation
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Does it? I mean "in the middle of last year" works. Can we say for sure "last decade" can't work as well?
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I have never heard it or seen it written. English has no language authority like the Academie Francaise, so if some native English-speaker says this somewhere, then it can work, in a sense. I would at least point out that this is not standard in the larger English-speaking populations.
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We say yesterday morning, yesterday afternoon, and yesterday evening, but last night, last week, last month, and last year, and the last decade, the last century, and the last millennium.
I think Duolingo should pick another word for Meninggal, such as Passed Away or Deceased. Because Dead/Die is Mati.
Agreed. "Meninggal" is a shorten form of "meninggal dunia" (= to leave the world). It's an indirect respectful expression of someone's death.
I am Indonesian and you make the grammar is more complicated lol. Ribet tau ngga sih
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Well dekade is easy to spot but more difficult on the ears. Terrible way to pronounce a word lol
By referring to answers from two Indonesian native speakers, I've explained the difference between "di pertengahan" and "di tengah" on the general forum. Hope this helps!