"They do not live there."
Translation:Mereka tidak tinggal di sana.
September 2, 2018
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Bukan I think can only mean "not," whereas tidak can be translated as many different words which negate somethings meaning. Bukan also only applies to nouns, and in this sentence the thing being negated is the state of living, or tinggal, which is not a noun. An example of where you would use bukan is "Itu bukan kucing" or "That is not a cat." You use bukan in this case because the cat is the thing being negated, and it is a noun. Any native speakers feel free to correct me, hope this helps :)