When to use it
Use it before paying in a shop, a taxi or a restaurant.
The sentence in English: “Can I pay in cash or only by card?”
"Can I pay in cash or only by card?" uses "in" for cash and "by" for card.
- Can
- auxiliary verbcan · tense: present · modal verb of ability or permission; it opens the question
- I
- pronounpersonal pronoun, always written with a capital letter
- pay
- verbpay · form: base form (infinitive without "to") · main verb after "can"
- in
- prepositionpreposition
- cash
- noununcountable noun; money in notes and coins
- or
- coordinating conjunctioncoordinating conjunction
- only
- adverbadverb
- by
- prepositionpreposition
- card
- nounnoun; a bank card
The sentence in Indonesian: “Apakah saya bisa membayar tunai atau hanya dengan kartu?”
"Apakah saya bisa membayar tunai atau hanya dengan kartu?" uses the single word "tunai" for cash and "dengan kartu" (with card).
- Apakah
- particleopens a yes/no question
- saya
- pronoun"I"
- bisa
- auxiliary verbbisa · form: root · "can"
- membayar
- verbbayar · form: mem- + bayar · "pay"
- tunai
- adverb"in cash"
- atau
- coordinating conjunction"or"
- hanya
- adverb"only"
- dengan
- preposition"with, by"
- kartu
- noun"card"
What changes from one language to the other: English × Indonesian
English needs "in cash"; Indonesian just "tunai". English pays "by" card; Indonesian pays "dengan" (with) card.
Example conversation
— Apakah saya bisa membayar tunai atau hanya dengan kartu?
— Can I pay in cash or only by card?
— Keduanya bisa.
— Both are fine.