"Garpu saya ada di mangkuk."

Translation: My fork is in the bowl.

[joeldipops]

My wife from Makassar pronounces this as Mangkok, rather than Mangkuk. Is that a Makassar thing or are both spelling acceptable nation wide?

[yum__chaa]

Both spellings are acceptable nationwide. The spelling that we learn in textbooks are mangkuk but in daily conversation we prefer mangkok.

[lockers001]

My dictionary has both spellings

[LenstraCH]

Mangkok is informal
Mangkuk is formal

there u go

[Bev425285]

Could you use adalah instead of ada?