Indonesian:Verbs
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Indonesian verbs do not conjugate by tense, like in English. For example, English has different forms for "ate" (past tense) and "eat" (present tense), while Indonesian uses "makan" for both past and present. Similar to Chinese, when it is important to specify time, Indonesian adds additional words that clarify the time, such as "sudah" (already), "masih" (still), and "akan" (will).
Examples:
- Saya tidur. I sleep.
Saya telah tidur. I slept or have slept.
Saya sudah tidur. I slept or have slept.
Saya akan tidur. I will sleep.
Saya sedang tidur. I am sleeping.
Saya tidur kemarin. I slept yesterday.
Kemarin, saya tidur. Yesterday, I slept.
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