"Gaun ini milik Sri."

Translation: This dress belongs to Sri.

[jawzishere]

Shouldn't 'This is Sri's dress' also be acceptable?

[digitalpointer]

I think that would be 'Ini gaun Sri'. Gaun ini is sort of a unit on its own (this dress).

[BranchVinc]

I put the same exact thing as you did and it said I was wrong

[MalaySinga]

The meaning is the same but the sentence construction is truly different. Inilah gaun Sri is how I would say This is Sri's dress.

[morkracha]

I got that wrong:(

[anneyshas]

It is accepted as of July 2021.

[Galgje]

No more accepted in december 2021

[Irusejka]

So, "milik" (as well as "punya") can mean both "to have" and "to belong to"? How do you distinguish the two meanings?

[cafe_disco]

I'm not a native speaker, but as far as I know, when using "punya", the subject is the possessor, whereas with "milik", the subject is the thing that's possessed. For example:

Saya punya kucing = I have a cat

Kucing milik saya = a/the cat belongs to me

I hope that helped

[muthiaskhrn]

Thanks!!:)

[haqqiabdillah]

I'm native Indonesian speaker. I agree with your opinion.

[yuniarti5]

Your explation is REALLY GOOD ..sometimes difficult to teach ^~^

[sukanya15307]

Great help.

[kholden83]

I don't care, she ate my fried rice. I'm wearing it anyway.

[bambiewitch]

Should you be able to say the 'gown' belongs to Sri as well?

[jawzishere]

This is a false cognate. 'Gaun' does not mean 'gown' even though it sounds like it, it only means 'dress'. Presumably bahasa would have a different word for 'a fancy dress' (but maybe not) that better equates to 'gown' in English.

[dcarkner]

Some of the exercises give gown as the correct answer instead of dress; kbbi simply defines it as " baju wanita model Eropa"

[bambiewitch]

Ah, okay. It was just because when you hover over it gives the optional translation of 'gown'. Thanks anyway!

[PaulHBZ]

The new audio sounds very different like "gun" instead of "gaun." Is this an alternate pronunciation?

[FaridaN4]

Nothing alternate pronunciation.. gaun only gaun, Ga un..
For me, its like gown.. sorry for my bad english language..

[haqqiabdillah]

no, the sound is weird indeed

[Jayden_Sim]

In the man voice it says "goon ini milik Sri" so you should change it back to female voice.

[SevenTamGD]

Can we say also " gaun ini miliknya" ??

[animalsanimal36]

Dont ask again. I word on Indonesia had lots, of meanings

[TB_Player]

It's passive vs active. "This dress belongs to Sri" = passive. "This is Sri's dress" = active. Still trying to figure out active vs passive di bahasa indonesia

[Syahidah599912]

I put "Daun ini milik Seri" and was correct? Even though daun means leaf not dress.

[josephRodgers]

very skimpy dress?

[CEJC-3]

I just had exactly the same

[TharunChan2]

Sri is also happens to be a common Indian prefix to the name of a woman, and sometimes a name in itself as well.

[TharunChan2]

Sorry I meant the prefix to a man's name.

[JimCraney]

What is the difference between Sri owns this dress and This dress belings to Sri? Both should be marked correct

[firda_fairuz37]

Namanya indo bet

[haqqiabdillah]

Iya, supaya mereka mengenali nama-nama khas Indonesia seperti Andi, Tono, Tini, Dimas, dan lainnya.