Apa/a-pa/, Apo/a-po/ Ape/a-pe/, Ape/a-pax/

The word apae/, Ape/a-pax/ has maybe you have ever heard or even used everyday, that has meaning of what.

“Apa yang kamu lakukan di sini?” What are you doing here?

Meanwhile the word of Apo is not the short a Greek alphabet alpha phi mega J, still in a matter of what, apo has often use for making question for people in some area such as Palembang, Bengkulu, in Sumatera, Indonesia.

“Apo yang kau lakukan di sini?” What are you doing here?

For people in In Jakarta area (Betawi ethnic), and people in the towns such Pangkal Pinang, Sungailiat (southern Sumatera), they often use the word ape /a-ape/ that has still the same meaning as apa.

“Apa yang ka gawe di sini?” What are you doing here?

When we visit the Bangka Belitung province (Babel) and go to central Bangka. They will use the word ape/a-pax/, still as the same meaning as apa.

“Ape yang ka gawe di sini? What are you doing here?

We can see the two ape seems similar, but they are different in pronunciation. Ape/a-pe/ would have the strong /e/sound with our tongue has appeared after our mouth, while the sound /e/ of the last ape/a-pax/  will have our tongue inside our mouth

Written by,

Mirna Marini Damayanti

Contributor to Bahasa Budaya Organization

Lingua Internacional

Jakarta Indonesia

Word's order - The adjectives

Sentence's structure based on a logic that goes with the order of the words. It is one of the challenge in learning new languages because it dictates the meaning.

In the previous article we talk about structure which could be seen as series of part of speech which a simple sentence would be :

Noun(subject) predicate noun(object)

In qualifying the noun for instance where we add adjective to the noun, the order could significanly change the meaning. Observe:

Green light
And
Light green

Notice the adjective was stated before the noun.

In bahasa indonesia the order is reverse:

Green light
Lampu hijau

We state the adjective after the noun. So...

New book would be buku baru
Clean shirt would be kemeja bersih
Nice car would be mobil bagus.

Written by,

Paulius Setiawan

Contributor to Bahasa Budaya Organization

Lingua Internacional

Jakarta Indonesia