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What are these verbs in Javanese (Ngoko)
Membeli
Memakai
Menerima
Pergi
Meningkat
Mengumumkan
Mengajarkan
Mencegah
Belajar
Memastikan
Menyerang
Menyapu
Menghafal
Melupakan
Meminum
Membutuhkan
Memberikan
Memegang
Menilai
Merendahkan
also what are the prefixes/suffixes used in Javanese in order to make the meaning different?
example:
Terbuat
Membuat
Memperbuat
Berbuat
Buatan
Perbuatan
What are these verbs in Javanese (Ngoko)
Membeli
Memakai
Menerima
Pergi
Meningkat
Mengumumkan
Mengajarkan
Mencegah
Belajar
Memastikan
Menyerang
Menyapu
Menghafal
Melupakan
Meminum
Membutuhkan
Memberikan
Memegang
Menilai
Merendahkan
also what are the prefixes/suffixes used in Javanese in order to make the meaning different?
example:
Terbuat
Membuat
Memperbuat
Berbuat
Buatan
Perbuatan
Membeli
Memakai
Menerima
Pergi
Meningkat
Mengumumkan
Mengajarkan
Mencegah
Belajar
Memastikan
Menyerang
Menyapu
Menghafal
Melupakan
Meminum
Membutuhkan
Memberikan
Memegang
Menilai
Merendahkan
also what are the prefixes/suffixes used in Javanese in order to make the meaning different?
example:
Terbuat
Membuat
Memperbuat
Berbuat
Buatan
Perbuatan
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Membeli = Tuku
Memakai = Nganggo
Menerima = Nrima
Pergi = Lunga
Meningkat = Ningkat
Mengumumkan = Woro-woro / Ngumumna
Mengajarkan = Ngajarna / Ngajari
Mencegah = Nyegah
Belajar = Sinau
Memastikan = Mastikna
Menyerang = Nyerang
Menyapu = Nyapu
Menghafal = Ngapalna
Melupakan = Lali / Klalen / Klalen karo
Meminum = Ngombe
Membutuhkan = Butuh
Memberikan = Meweh
Memegang = Nyekel / Ngemek
Menilai = Ngenilai
Merendahkan = Ngrendahna / Ngenyek
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Terbuat = Digawe kading / kading
Dibuat-buat = Digawe-gawe (pretending)
Membuat = Gawe / Nggawe
Berbuat = Nglakokna
Buatan = Gawean
Perbuatan = Kelakuan
*We use "membuat" or "dibuat-buat" instead of "memperbuat"
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- English (US)
Membeli = Tuku
Memakai = Nganggo
Menerima = Nrima
Pergi = Lunga
Meningkat = Ningkat
Mengumumkan = Woro-woro / Ngumumna
Mengajarkan = Ngajarna / Ngajari
Mencegah = Nyegah
Belajar = Sinau
Memastikan = Mastikna
Menyerang = Nyerang
Menyapu = Nyapu
Menghafal = Ngapalna
Melupakan = Lali / Klalen / Klalen karo
Meminum = Ngombe
Membutuhkan = Butuh
Memberikan = Meweh
Memegang = Nyekel / Ngemek
Menilai = Ngenilai
Merendahkan = Ngrendahna / Ngenyek
ーーーーーーーー
Terbuat = Digawe kading / kading
Dibuat-buat = Digawe-gawe (pretending)
Membuat = Gawe / Nggawe
Berbuat = Nglakokna
Buatan = Gawean
Perbuatan = Kelakuan
*We use "membuat" or "dibuat-buat" instead of "memperbuat"
Highly-rated answerer
- English (US)
- Filipino Near fluent
- Indonesian
- English (US)
@Zerkion the Javanese language has a very rich system of affixation that allows for a great deal of flexibility and expressiveness in communication. However, there are also so many exceptions making it extremely hard to explain. If I were you, I'm just gonna stick with its real life application by practicing sentences that you actually use, instead of dwelling on the grammatical rules that often don't work.
Are you having a hard time translating Ngoko sentences? just post the sentences that you haven't understood here, then I'll be happy to help 😎
If I can't, I'll ask & text my mother LOL
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- Indonesian
- English (US)
And also @marisa_lisa ☺️
*hope I can tag her, idk whether this works or not.
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- English (US)
- Filipino Near fluent
@yudhanto_cuki oh i see, well for now i'm not struggling at making sentences yet, maybe one day i will so i will just ask here. now i just wanna learn vocabulary because it's hard to find resources on the internet. anyways thank you for answering my question.

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