Adjectives
Adjectives There are grammatical adjectives in Indonesian. Stative verbs are often used for this purpose as well. Adjectives are always placed after the noun that they modify. Hence, "rumah saya" means "my house", while "saya rumah" means "I am a house". Indonesian Gloss English Hutan hijau forest green (The) green forest. Hutan itu hijau forest that green That/the forest is green. Kəreta yang merah carriage which (is) red. (The) carriage which is red = the red carriage. Kəreta merah carriage red. Red carriage. Dia orang yang terkenal sekali he/she person which be-famous very He/she is a very famous person Orang terkenal person famous. Famous person. Orang ini terkenal sekali person this be-famous very This person is very famous To say that something "is" an adjective, the determiners "itu" and "ini" ("that" and "this") are often used. For example, in the sentence "anjing itu galak...