"Father died in August."

Translation: Ayah meninggal pada bulan Agustus.

[IlseDens]

Why "pada" in this sentence?

[Mary74889]

I think another user previously commented that "pada", not "di", is used for time. Tapi saya lupa minta dia jelaskan sebab saat ini saya sakit dan otak berawan :(

[Andy481779]

Later, in this same section, when asked to translate into Engilsh: "Father died in August" is given as: "Ayah meninggal DI bulan Agustus", the word "pada" is not offered as an option!

[maisie218323]

I noticed that too. I am fed up of Duo Lingo not offering explanations for these differences.

[lockers001]

Mati is never used when referring to people.

[QuerulousFalcon]

What about "Bapa mati di Agustus?"

[1CN5ijzC]

Should be ok, please report it

Although I must say "mati" for people is a bit rude

[ZoeVincent5]

You cuopd but meningal is kinder and more oftenly used when people die

[yn_nod]

"Mati" was used to animal, etc. Except human

[Galgje]

Give the reason why pada or di

[Brian260733]

Gugur is defined as "died" in the dictionary here. Is it inappropriate here? If it is, please include it so I don't embarrass myself with my gf's family!

[muy.loca]

Meninggal is the most polite... As far as i know gugur is only for miscarriage (or for dropped fruit/leaf etc)

[Luna986571]

:(