"Exercise and healthy food are important to keep our body healthy."

Translation: Olahraga dan makanan sehat itu penting agar badan kita sehat.

[fkeizer]

Wondering wether itu is needed here and what the exact rules are.

[Brian260733]

I have NEVER heard a rule cited that adequately explains when and how to use "itu", neither from this course's handbook nor other users. I'm guessing it's one of those things you just have memorize instance by instance over years.

[EsaRintala1]

Exercise and healthy food are important to keep our body healthy.
Olahraga dan makanan sehat itu penting agar badan kita sehat.
Olahraga dan makanan sehat penting agar badan kita sehat.
Sentence without "itu" was also accepted 28.6.2021 on Firefox.
I thought it does not need "itu" and tried.
Exact rules, those would be nice. Are there any?

[bruce_reed]

Where is the 'keep' in the proposed solution?

[Aleksandro_RU]

Why is "itu" needed

[KamoSaru]

"itu" here is used as "is" in English. Sometimes "itu" is used like that.

[Aleksandro_RU]

Can it be without "itu"?

[kuyaC]

Is "itu" really needed here? I think not.

[CorSleutel2701]

Agar implies so that. So the sentence should be: so that our body is healthy.

[CorSleutel2701]

Why latihan for excersise is wrong