An Indonesian active and passive sentence

An Idonesian active and passive sentence

Bahasa Indonesia has active and passive sentence. Here I am going to tell you how to make active and passive sentence.

1.       Active sentence

And Indonesian active sentence can be made by adding me- (prefix me-)

We use me- before verb (kata kerja), see the following examples...

Makan            memakan      kucing memakan ikan        cat eats fish

Minum            meminum      saya meminum air               I drink water

Lihat               melihat           kamu melihat unta              you see camel          

Tanam            menanam      ibu menanam padi               mother plants rice

Baca               membaca       ayah membaca komik        father reads comic

2.      Passive sentence

An Indonesian passive sentence can be made by adding di- (prefix di-)

We use di- before verb (kata kerja), see the following examples....

Makan            dimakan        ikan dimakan kucing          fish is eaten by cat

Minum            diminum        air  diminum saya                water is drunk by me

Lihat               dilihat             unta dilihat kamu                camel is seen by you           

Tanam            ditanam         padi ditanam ibu                  rice is planted by mother

Baca               dibaca            komik dibaca ayah              comic is read by father

I can conclude that, the main difference between indonesian active and passive sentence is the use of prefix me- and di-. In active sentence we use me- like memakan, meminum, melihat, membaca. But in passive sentence we use prefix di- like diminum,dimakan,dibaca,ditanam.

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