Sunday, October 11, 2015

An Indonesian possessive pronoun



An Indonesian possessive pronoun

Here are possessive pronouns in bahasa Indonesia. Ku, mu, mereka, nya. 
ku
My
mu
Your
Mereka
Their
Kita
Our
nya
His, her, its

We use (ku) to say  (my)
We use (mu) to say (your)

We use (mereka) to say (their)
We use (kita) to say (our)
We use (nya) to say (his, her and its)
The use is as follows;
1.      –ku
-ku is my in English, we use –ku to say like my book, my broom, my hands, my farm, etc.
Bajuku                                    my dress
Ibuku                          my mother
Rumahku                   my house
Ayahku                       my father
Anakku                      my child

2.      -mu     
-mu is your in English, we use it to say something like alamatmu, hp mu, minumanmu. Etc.
Rumahmu                  your house
Adikmu                       your young brother
Saudaramu                your brother
Komputermu             your computer
Lagumu                      your song
           
3.      – mereka
-their is mereka in English, we use it to say nama mereka, hp mereka, seragam mereka .. etc.
Examples,
Teman mereka          their friend
Paman mereka         their uncle
Anak mereka                        their child
Kantor mereka         their office
Guru mereka             their teacher
4.      –kita
-kita = our, we use it like we want to say mobil kita, bibi kita and so on. See the following examples,
Mobil kita                  our car
Kucing kita                our cat
Perusahaan kita      our factory
Presiden kita                        our president
Majalah kita              our magazine
5.      -nya                
His, her, and its = –nya in bahasa Indonesia. We use –nya to say bukunya, novelnya, keluarganya and so forth, see the following examples..
Keluarganya             his family
Mejanya                     her table
Seragamnya              his uniform
Kakinya                      its feet
Badannya                  her body
That’s all my explanataion about Indonesian possessive pronoun. Thanks and see you again.....


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