"I did not order bread."

Translation: Saya tidak memesan roti.

[Carol173194]

Why is the word memesan and not pesan ?

[Rick392366]

'pesan' (noun) is the base word.
By using the 'me-' prefix, the base word is converted into a verb.

[base word] + [me-] = (verb)
'pesan' ==> 'memesan'.

When converting a base word into a 'me-' verb, the new word sometimes need to be 'conjugated'.
It depends on the starting letter of the base word if "me-" needs to be '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

For example :
lihat ==> melihat
ajar ==> mengajar
cuci ==> mencuci
baca ==> membaca
kejar ==> mengejar
tarik ==> menarik
sapu ==> menyapu
pilih ==> memilih
cat ==> mengecat

[_alekna]

Thank you for explanation!!

[Gustobelly]

So is 'pesan' actually wrong here?
What did you order = pesan (no object)
I ordered bread = memesan.
Correct?

[Fghsses]

No, pesan is also correct

[Leopard_78]

May i ask a question , why when i wrote " bukan " instead of " tidak " counted it wrong?

[blakekimmj]

Bukan is for nagating nouns and such. Tidak is for negating verbs, adjectives and such.