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"We hope that she will come home."
Translation:Kami berharap dia pulang.
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I thought yang should be there to translate "that", so I was expecting Kami berharap yang dia pulang
That's sounded unnatural, in this sentence, "that" should be translated into "agar"
Kami berharap agar dia (akan) pulang
Well, I had been introduced to yang before but not to agar yet. Thank you very much
Yes, this "agar" really doesn't have any direct translation, and it's optional too
Happy studying :)
Why not berpulang?
'berpulang' = 'meninggal' = 'to die' , 'to pass away'.
I wrote Kami berharap yang did pulling and it was wrong yang confuses me so much I thought that yang represented the word that any answers here?
"That" in english can mean several things. As in:
That book (demonstrative) --> itu
The book that you read (relative pronoun) --> yang
I know that you are reading a book. (subordinating conjunction) -->agar,bahwa
"Yang" only has the meaning of a relative pronoun, while in the sentence above, you need the meaning of "subordinating conjunction", which in this case seems to be "agar" (see discussion above). I have also heard of "bahwa" as a subordinating conjunction, but I do not know what difference there is between "agar" and "bahwa".
One difference between "yang" and "that" (in the relative pronoun sense) is that "yang" can stand alone to a much larger extent than English "that" can, as seen in sentences like (from another Duolingo sentence):
Ada yang bergerak [...] there is (something) that moves [...], where "something" is not necessary in indonesian, but obligatory in English.
Yes, and there is one thing that you need be aware of: 'agar' and 'bahwa' have different meanings and usage.
When translating the current English sentence, I wouldn't use a conjunction word at all in the Indonesian sentence.
'agar' (= 'supaya') = so that. ==> conjunction word indicating 'hope' (cause and effect).
It's used to connect two clauses, like this :
"Kita belajar setiap hari agar/supaya tidak lupa."
"We study every day so that we don't forget."
"We study every day in the hope that we don't forget."
'bahwa' (and 'yang') cannot be used in the above sentence.
'bahwa' is used in the following sentence:
https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/28526700
The English sentence there also uses the word 'that, and it's translated with 'bahwa'.
In that sentence discussion, there is also an example with the use of 'yang'.
