"That is his pencil."
Translation:Itu pensil dia.
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this sentence emphasises HIM, while Pensil itu miliknya emphasises the PENCIL
Ah, thank you. After reading some other comments and thinking about this it's a bit clearer to me now. I (and I think some others) were confused by another example sentence 'That book is hers', which translates into 'Buku itu miliknya' because, as you state, in that case the focus of the sentence is the book and not the person where in this case it is the reverse.
I did "Itu pensilnya" and it said that I had an extra space and that the correct answer was "Itu pensil dia", but wouldn't both be correct? Also, it wasn't an extra space.
Yes, both of those are correct. You could even say "pensilnya dia" although that is a bit redundant
Yes. You can also use "dia". "Anjingnya" and "Anjing dia" both mean "His/her dog". :)
This is really confusing. One time it is pensil itu and the other time it is itu pensil. I can't seem to get this correct!
"Pensil itu" would be "that pencil"/"those pencils", while "itu pensil" would be "that is a pencil"/"those are pencils".
If I was going to keep this in mind, Would this be the emphasis on pencil: "Pensil itu (miliknya)" --- that pencil(is hers/his)
Emphasis on her/him: "Itu pensil (dia)" --- that is a pencil (belonging to her) Is it the difference between him/her and his/hers that dictates the translation?
I have more comments to read, but it's making more sense if I can imagine a rule that is more consistent.
The way i worked this out is that if it's mine, yours, etc, i have milik + ending for the person. Otherwise it's my, your, his and you use the personal pronoun
(Noun) itu = That (noun) ? "Pensil itu" = "That pencil" ? So, why in that sentence "Itu pensil dia" , "itu" is placed BEFORE the noun ? THANKS A LOT
In this case you are using 'itu' as 'that'. Why couldn't it have been 'that book' in the previous example?
Hi, citing "the previous example" doesn't work because lessons are created dynamically. The is no fixed "previous." We shiuld always give the full example ourselves.
The problem with Duolingos answer is 'pensilnya' means 'the pensil'. Writing 'Itu pensilnya' as if this means 'That is his pencil' doesn't make sense. Logically it should be 'Itu dia pensil' which directly translated means 'That his pencil'
'Itu dia pensil' is grammatically incorrect, the correct would be "Itu pensil dia" Pensil dia and Pensilnya are interchangeable
No, "pensilnya" means "his pencil", not "the pencil".
And in Indonesian word order is different. You could say "Itu pensil dia" which is "that pencil him". And then "pencil dia" gets shrunk down to "pencilnya".
When do you use dia versus nya. Does it have to do with if the previous word ends in a vowel or consonant? Thanks in advance.
