The key to master Indonesian is to learn as many words as possible. For the first timer but are already dying to visit the country, I would suggest as everyone suggests, that you need to learn survival phrases to get by. I can assure that the word “BERAPA” falls into that category as you can generate the sentence using the word that will cover various contexts. The Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language or simply known as KBBI (Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia) defines BERAPA as a question word used to ask number that represents the amount, size, value, price, unit, time. And so, without further ado, let’s see the following examples! Asking price:When asking about the price, you could say: ‘BERAPA + HARGA (PRICE) + NOUN?” Berapa harga buku ini? how much does this book cost? Harga means price, so it literally means “ how much is the price of this book? Berapa harganya? How much does it cost? It’s more common to say this way as the seller and the buyer have shared knowledge about the items being transacted. The bound form –nya refers to non-human, either animate or inanimate noun. So it liteally means “ how much is its price?” Asking about quantity:Berapa tas yang kamu punya? ( how many bags do you have), however it is literally translated into “ how many bags that you have?) Berapa (noun) + yang + SUBJEK + VERBA? Berapa kopi yang kamu minum? (How many cups of coffee do you drink?) Berapa buku yang kamu beli? (How many books do you buy?) Asking about time:When asking about time, pay attention to the word order!
Jam berapa? ( what time is it?) Berapa jam? ( how many hours?) Can you add some more examples? :)
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