"Those apples are red."

Translation: Apel-apel itu merah.

[Alexandre56761]

Why it's not "Those red apples"? It's not "Apel-apel itu ada merah"?

[Rick392366]

Why it's not "Those red apples"?
It's not "Apel-apel itu ada merah"?

Apel-apel merah itu = Those red apples.

Apel-apel itu merah = Those apples are red.

[donny309620]

"Apel-apel itu WARNANYA merah."?

[dylazia]

in English that supposed to be "the apples are red COLOURED"

[Kristen494170]

That is grammatically incorrect. If you want to add warna, you could say "apel-apel itu berwarna merah" (those apples have the color red) or "warna apel-apel itu merah" (the color of those apples is red). But "apel-apel itu merah" is completely accurate and grammatically correct too.

[enigmajf]

That should be accepted. that's a valid translation.

[Kristen494170]

Well, it means the same thing, but it isn't the same sentence. Apel-apel itu merah means those apples are red. Apel-apel itu berwarna merah means those apples have the color red (or are colored red). The sentences are interchangeable, yes, but they aren't the same thing.

[Kristen494170]

Ada is used for "there is" or "there are". So to use it in this context, you could say "there are red apples" ("ada apel-apel merah" or "ada apel-apel yang merah"). Or to say those apples are red, you could say "apel-apel itu berwarna merah" if you really wanted to.

[orosso]

Apel apel itu merah

Or

Apel apel ini merah

When is itu used instead of ini ??

[Rick392366]

ini = this, these

itu = that, those

Here is more info :

'ini' , 'itu', Tips & Notes, Addendum.
https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/31492712

[steffen.haugk]

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