In bahasa Indonesia, suffix -nya has unique functions. It can serve as a third person possessive pronoun ‘dia’, ‘the’, or to relate to the previous subject of conversation. <\/p>\n
1. As a third person pronoun and possessive pronoun, -nya is equivalent to him\/his; her; it\/its; them\/their. Its most common use is in the possessive and object construction. Ibunya dilihatnya di toko Myer.<\/strong> Pak Ali anaknya lima.<\/strong> 2. -nya meaning the shows that the person or thing has either been mentioned before, or is implied in the conversation. 3. -nya as a nominalizer, i.e. it makes nouns of either adjectives or verbs<\/p>\n (i)\tAdjectives mahal\texpensive\tmahalnya\tthe expense Many of the above adjectives could also be turned into nouns by the addition of ke-an. However Example<\/strong>: banyaknya the large number of b)\tber- verbs c)\tme- verbs \tExample: \tMeningkatnya harga beras disebabkan oleh kebijaksanaan pemerintah. \tThe object \u2013 construction di- form can however be turned into a noun with with -nya, despite the d)\tter- verbs e) \tke-an verbs In bahasa Indonesia, suffix -nya has unique functions. It can serve as a third person possessive pronoun ‘dia’, ‘the’, or to relate to the previous subject of conversation. 1. As a third person pronoun and possessive pronoun, -nya is equivalent to him\/his; her; it\/its; them\/their. Its most common use is in the possessive and object…<\/p>\n
\n Example:<\/strong> Mobil ini tidak bisa dipakai karena bannya kempes.
\n This car cannot be used because the tire is flat. <\/p>\n
\n His mother was seen by him in Myer.<\/p>\n
\n Mr Ali has 5 children. (Literally: \u201chis children are 5\u201d)<\/p>\n
\n Example:<\/strong> Kamar mandinya kotor. The bathroom is dirty.<\/p>\n
\n\t\t tinggi\ttall\t tingginya\tthe height
\n\t\t teguh\tfirm\t teguhnya\tthe firmness<\/p>\n
\n the meaning is then often more abstract, or can even be entirely different.<\/p>\n
\n kebanyakan the majority, too much, mostly
\n (ii) Verbs<\/strong>
\n a)\tbase verbs
\n\tExamples: \tturun \tto tall\tturunnya\tthe fall\t<\/p>\n
\n\tExamples: \tberhasil \tto succeed\tberhasilnya\tthe success\t<\/p>\n
\n\tMost me\u2013 verbs are transitive [i.e. take an object] and should be turned into nouns using the pean
\n\tform and not -nya. If however the me\u2013 form is intransitive [no object], -nya should be used to
\n\tchange it into a noun. \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\n\t\tThe increase in the price of rice has been caused by government policy.\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\n\tfact that it is transitive.\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\n\tExamples\tterjadi<\/strong>\tto happen\tterjadinya<\/strong>\tthe happening\t<\/p>\n
\n\tExamples:\tkedengarannya<\/strong>\t\tit sounds\tkelihatannya<\/strong>\tit seems, apparently <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"