Negation There are four negative words: bukan, tidak, belum and jangan . Bukan Bukan negates a noun; that is, it is used if the predicate centre contains a noun or noun phrase, example: Dia bukan guru. – She is not a teacher. Bukan can replace tidak . As such it is emphatic, implying that a contradictory statement could follow, example: Dia bukan bodoh . – She is not stupid. The contradiction can be expressed, for instance, as a clause beginning with melainkan (but rather), example: Dia bukan bodoh melainkan malas saja. – He’s not stupid but just lazy. A number of prepositions, including karena(because), untuk(for), seperti(like), can be negated by either bukan or tidak. Examples: Ini bukan/tidak untuk kamu. – These are not for you. Penyakitnya bukan/tidak karena itu. – His illness is not because of that. Ini bukan/tidak seperti desa kita. – This isn’t like our village. Tidak Tida...
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Negation There are four negative words: bukan, tidak, belum and jangan . Bukan Bukan negates a noun; that is, it is used if the predicate centre contains a noun or noun phrase, example: Dia bukan guru. – She is not a teacher. Bukan can replace tidak . As such it is emphatic, implying that a contradictory statement could follow, example: Dia bukan bodoh . – She is not stupid. The contradiction can be expressed, for instance, as a clause beginning with melainkan (but rather), example: Dia bukan bodoh melainkan malas saja. – He’s not stupid but just lazy. A number of prepositions, including karena(because), untuk(for), seperti(like), can be negated by either bukan or tidak. Examples: Ini bukan/tidak untuk kamu. – These are not for you. Penyakitnya bukan/tidak karena itu. – His illness is not because of that. Ini bukan/tidak seperti desa kita. – This isn’t l...