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Verba
memberi (me- + beri; pasif: ku/kau/diberi, terberi)
KELUARGA KATA
beri, tahu, memberi tahu, memberitahukan, pemberitahuan, memberi, beri-memberi, memberikan, berian, pemberi, pemberian
memberi [KAMUS SEASITE]
beri : : : menyerahkan menyediakan
Definisi Singkat : MEM-: give, bestow. MEM--KAN: give, hand over.
Definisi Inggris : • *MEM-: 1 give, bestow. *MEM--KAN: give, hand over. *PEM-: giver, donor. *PEM--AN: gift.
Contoh : Ketika nenek sakit tidak seorangpun MEMBERI tahu kami. => When grandmother became sick, not a single person INFORMED us.
BERIKAN uang atau nyawa! => GIVE (me your) money or (your) life!
Tono yang MEMBERIKAN surat ini kepada saya. => Tono was the one who GAVE this letter to me.
Lebih mulia menjadi seorang PEMBERI daripada peminta. => It is better to be A PERSON WHO GIVES than one who asks.
Kenang-kenangan ini PEMBERIAN ibu mertuaku. => This momento is a GIFT of my mother-in-law.
Source:
Wiktionary bahasa Indonesia
- 1140
Halo teman! I think you would need to use "memberikan", instead of "memberi", in that case. The circumfix "me--kan" (from "Tips and notes": "The me-kan circumfix has two main functions: benefactive (when it is applied to a verb) and causative (when it is applied to an adjective).") has the benefactive function here. So, perhaps, the Indonesian translation for your sentence would be:
Mereka memberikan saya (kepada) (si) kopi.
Being "saya", the objective noun of the sentence, while the second noun after the verb, "kopi", is the benefited or receiver. The particle "si" is used for respectful treatment, and also in stories, "cerita", or short stories, "cerpen" (cerita pendek), to humanize objects, plants, vegetables, flowers or animals.
I hope it helps.
Selamat belajar! :)
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Just like other silly Duo sentences, it doesn't have to make sense. What matters is how the correct grammar works. But, to give you some context, let's imagine a cartoon in which the villain is a cup of coffee and its minions are giving me to it. Makes sense now, right?
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So, how would you say "They gave me TO the coffee"?
"Mereka memberi saya kepada kopi."
