When to use it
Use it at a bank, a money changer (money changer) or a hotel reception.
The sentence in English: “Can I exchange money here?”
"Can I exchange money here?" moves "can" before "I" to make the question, and "exchange" follows without "to".
- Can
- auxiliary verbcan · tense: present · modal verb of ability or permission; it opens the question
- I
- pronounpersonal pronoun, always written with a capital letter
- exchange
- verbexchange · form: base form (infinitive without "to") · main verb after "can"
- money
- noununcountable noun
- here
- adverbadverb of place
The sentence in Indonesian: “Apakah saya bisa menukar uang di sini?”
"Apakah saya bisa menukar uang di sini?" adds "apakah" and keeps the normal order.
- Apakah
- particleopens a yes/no question
- saya
- pronoun"I"
- bisa
- auxiliary verbbisa · form: root · "can"
- menukar
- verbtukar · form: men- + tukar · "exchange"
- uang
- noun"money"
- di
- preposition"at"
- sini
- pronoun"here"
What changes from one language to the other: English × Indonesian
English changes the order; Indonesian adds "apakah". "Menukar" comes from "tukar" (swap) with the prefix men-.
Example conversation
— Apakah saya bisa menukar uang di sini?
— Can I exchange money here?
— Bisa, kami perlu paspor Anda.
— Yes, we need your passport.