"Tini tidak mantap berdiri."

Translation: Tini does not stand steadily.

[jerguy1928]

This should be:
Tini does not stand steadily.

[TCdot]

Agreed. Which is an adverb.

[Lysch]

I learned that Indonesian does not differentiate between adjectives and adverbs - if it stands after a noun it's an adjective, if it stands after a verb it's an adverb.

So my question is: Why isn't it "Tini tidak berdiri mantap"?

[dkfour]

You'd have to say "dengan mantap" in that case...

[Dani131202]

That was my answer, and was marked wrong, even though it feels to follow a grammatical structure more coherent with the other examples

[doubletops1]

'Tini stands unsteadily' not accepted. Being good at english isnt useful on this app

[Bev425285]

Sure sounds better!

[noelster1987]

What is the difference between "Mantap dengan berdiri" and "mantap berdiri" please help :) thank you

[judy967009]

Another very strange and meaningless English sentence :/

[kuyaC]

Is this the same as "Tini berdiri dengan tidak mantap"?

[Dirts1]

Then should be "Tini tidak berdiri dengan mantap" I think, and I also wondered why it's still correct without the "dengan"

[littlejoshua]

can we say "Tini berdiri tanpa mantap"? thank you.

[YueShuenWo]

The English is not right

[deactivated user]

It is right. I almost wrote this sentence exact, but it sounded too much like my own slang coming through (Australia) so I changed it to steadily just to be more formal.

[Mars824834]

Mantap means great...

[chuman205]

I have no idea what meaning is trying to be conveyed by “steady” Is this an indonesian idiom? Does Tini stand confidently? Does Tini have good balance? Is she unwavering in her commitment to a cause?

[deactivated user]

Idk about the Indonesian part, but if someone isn't standing steady, something is likely physically wrong with them. They could be dizzy, old or have weak legs for example.

[Emil248727]

Maybe it's the pregnacy

[Bev425285]

If so, hope it wasn't cocktail hour