"She sells dresses."
Translation:Dia menjual gaun.
February 4, 2019
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Whats the difference between 'mem' and 'men' before words? Something about past tense?
February 4, 2019
Rick392366
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No, it's not about past tense, no need to worry about tenses, Indonesian doesn't use tenses.
"me-" prefix converts a base word into a verb.
It depends on the starting letter of the base word if "me-" is 'conjugated'.
The conjugation table looks like this :
| Starting letter base word | Conjugation |
|---|---|
| l, m, n, r, w | Me + base |
| vowel, g, h | Me + ng |
| c, d, j | Me + n |
| b, f, v | Me + m |
| k | Me + ng – k |
| t | Me + n – t |
| s | Me + ny – s |
| p | Me + m – p |
| monosyllabic | Me + nge +base |
Here is a Tinycards deck with more examples :
https://tinycards.duolingo.com/decks/7XE3GxCr/me-prefix-bahasa-indonesia
No need to do the lessons there, just flip through the cards of the deck to see how a base word is converted into a "me-" verb.
February 4, 2019
