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"This building is not a hotel."
Translation:Gedung ini bukan hotel.
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Generally, Tidak = no. Bukan = not.
However in terms of grammar, bukan negates nouns/adverbs. Tidak negates verbs and adjectives.
“Bukan ibu, tapi bapak.” “Ibu tidak tidur sepanjang malam.”
Keep reading different explanations and it is confusing. In another thread, it explained that tidak is used to negate on general (by as "tidak dari ini", while bukan negates against another choice, as in "Saya dari Jakarta, bukan dari Bali"
Which is it?
Here is more info about negation words:
Negation: Tidak, bukan, jangan, belum, Tips & Notes, Addendum.
https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/31291121
My Indonesian friend said that she didn't know the difference between Bukan and Tidak, so why does it matter?
My Indonesian friend said that she didn't know the difference between Bukan and Tidak, so why does it matter?
If you (and maybe your Indonesian friend as well) don't want to know the difference, then I can imagine that it doesn't matter at all.
If you (and maybe your Indonesian friend as well) do want to know the difference, then you could read the following topic:
Click here : Negation: Tidak, bukan, jangan, belum, Tips & Notes, Addendum
Even your drop-downs say "gedung itu tidak hotel". How are we to learn the difference?
Here, it says "the building is not a hotel" and it says tidak is incorrect. But in another question, it says "Andi is not a hotel" and it says bukan is incorrect. I've read that bukan negates nouns while tidak negates verbs. "is not" is a verb, so wouldn't it be tidak both times??
When would you use the word 'ada' for 'is'? My answer was 'Gedung ini ada bukan hotel'.
