"The meat is red."

Translation: Daging itu merah.

[CassiopeiaLyra]

if the english sentence is '/the/ meat is red', shouldn't 'itu' be optional/incorrect. i was always taught that 'itu' means 'that', so couldn't the answer just be 'daging (adalah) merah'??

[Eikinel]

I was thinking the same thing...