"That cat was sleeping when we arrived."

Translation: Kucing itu tidur ketika kami datang.

[Lisa-Lisa-Lisa]

couldn't arrive also be muncul ? she we appears/ showed up... because datang to me sounds like when we came, which I guess also works ...

[WayangOrang]

'arrive' = 'tiba' , 'datang'

'muncul' has a different meaning than 'tiba' or 'datang'.

[Lisa-Lisa-Lisa]

ok so are you saying muncal means appears not arrive?

[WayangOrang]

Yes.
muncul = to appear, to show up (to let yourself be seen), to emerge.

[Mey363876]

Sedang tidur OR lagi tidur.

[ArnetDonkin]

why is kita wrong? surely this could be inclusive also

[WayangOrang]

It's not wrong.

[SpaceDandy_Meow]

For this example, I put 'Kucing itu sedang tidur ketika kami datang'. I know that there aren't really 'cases' but is it more common to omit the 'sedang' for past tense? Or is that only added if the listener shows confusion?

[WayangOrang]

In this sentence, you can use 'sedang', but you can also leave it out, it doesn't change the meaning.

[Vickikutut]

Why does the sentence have the word was in it but when i answered with (tadi) was() in it, it was wrong?

[Vickikutut]

Actually why does it tell me that tadi means was, if it dosent mean that? Or, that cat was, is itu kucing itu?

[Liam-jamieson]

Tadi can be used to refer to the past. It has a few different meanings. However, it would not be used in this sentence