"Teh panas"

Translation: Hot tea

[Kpereira]

Teh panas is "hot tea" ....why is "iced tea" es teh? Where should the adjective be placed...before or after the noun?

[lockers001]

It might seem strange, but because Indonesia has a huge variety of ice drinks (e.g. es buah), in this case the 'tea' describes the ice; whereas panas describes the tea. You are correct in thinking that the adjective comes after the noun it describes.

[Bear949710]

That makes sense. I was confused by the order of es teh. Thanks.