"Buka kemejamu."
Translation:Open your shirt.
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I am not sure what is meant here, but no one would say this in English. They might say, 'unbutton your shirt', if that is what is meant here
Lol I only clicked on 'discuss' because I knew I would find some funny responses
Agreed. This example is right up there with "Dia tidak menyentuh pisangnya."
Wow, suddenly ask a person to take off his/her shirt, what is the next move?
The pronunciation of kemejamu seems off. Stresses at "ja" instead of "ke"
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I have a native speaker right here who says it exactly like the example does, with stress on the "ja"... Maybe they've changed it recently?
I think Indonesian usually stresses the penultimate syllable, so I think it's correct
Lots of people saying that English speakers wouldn't say this. But I have definitely said this before. Although I am an Aussie, and we arguably speak bastardised english anyway.
This American will back you up on that. Sounds completely normal to me too.
How would you instead say, "Your shirt is open"? Kemejamu buka?
How would you instead say, "Your shirt is open"? Kemejamu buka?
"Kemejamu terbuka".
It's the "accidental" ter- Rare, elusive, but real. Hence, "Your shirt is [accidentally] open."
Membuka is only used in an active voice.
When it comes to imperative, we say either only buka or bukalah (the latter can be found more in poems or lyrics).
This translation into English is not good. We would say either "Unbutton your shirt" or "Take your shirt off"/"Take off your shirt."
Terjemahan ke dalam bahasa Inggris ini tidak bagus. Kami akan mengatakan "Unbutton your shirt" atau "Take your shirt off"/"Take off your shirt."
In my mother tounge, Malay language, that might be right, but might be unnecessary too, as I think, 'buka' is just enough here
*(imo, kan≈help/please.. So 'bukakan' would be right in a sentence like "Bukakan pintu (help me/please open the door)")
*while in this sentence it sounds like an order, rather than asking for help or other kinds of sentence.
