"He suddenly appears."

Translation: Dia tiba-tiba muncul.

[dwOxHTZv]

Or, dia muncul tiba-tiba?

[nataliamane]

Same question

[Evericho]

Because..
He = dia (laki-laki)
Sudden = tiba-tiba
Suddenly = dengan tiba-tiba (but usually we can skip "dengan" and just say "tiba-tiba")
Appear(s) = muncul, nampak (both are literally correct but in a conversation like this somehow it sounds weird if you use "nampak").

As for the sequence :
- in the text book ~> you usually have to follow the order as you translate the English word one by one
- in the conversation though, you can shift them with each other and all are correct.

Dia tiba-tiba muncul = He/She suddenly appears
Dia muncul tiba-tiba = He/She appears suddenly
Tiba-tiba dia muncul = Suddenly, he/she appears

[BenJones9]

Or, tiba-tiba dia muncul?

[MargaretBarry]

tampak is also correct

[wanderdugg]

Kenapa kalimat ini menggunakan "muncul", bukan "memuncul"?

[Evericho]

I don't really know why but maybe in Indonesian we don't use "memuncul" because it sounds weird (?), it is not even considered as a word.
From basic verb "muncul", we can only derive it to :
- memunculkan > used in the active sentence.. the meaning is "to bring out / pop up"
- dimunculkan > used in the passive sentence.. to say that something doesn't appear just by itself. I mean, someone/something makes it appears..

Example :
- Finally, my favorite character appears = Akhirnya, tokoh favoritku muncul.
- Finally, the author decided to bring out my favorite character = Akhirnya, penulis memutuskan untuk memunculkan tokoh favoritku.
- Finally, after waiting for so long, my favorite character has appeared = Akhirnya, setelah menunggu sekian lama, tokoh favoritku muncul.
- Finally, after waiting for so long, my favorite character has been introduced by the author = Akhirnya, setelah menunggu sekian lama, tokoh favoritku dimunculkan/diperkenalkan oleh penulis.