When to use it
Use it to say where someone works.
The sentence in English — “He works at a hospital.”
"He works at a hospital" adds -s to "work" for "he" and uses "at" for a workplace.
- He
- pronounpersonal pronoun, third person singular
- works
- verbwork · tense: present · person: third · number: singular · the -s marks the third person singular
- at
- prepositionpreposition of place
- a
- determinerindefinite article
- hospital
- nounnoun
The sentence in Indonesian — “Dia bekerja di sebuah rumah sakit.”
"Dia bekerja di sebuah rumah sakit" uses "dia" for both he and she, and the verb "bekerja" never changes. "Rumah sakit" is literally "sick house".
- Dia
- pronoun"he" or "she": Indonesian does not mark gender
- bekerja
- verbkerja · form: ber- + kerja · "work"; the same for every person
- di
- preposition"at, in"
- sebuah
- numeral"a, one" (for things)
- rumah
- noun"house"
- sakit
- adjective"sick"; "rumah sakit" = hospital
English × Indonesian — What changes from one language to the other
English marks the person on the verb (-s) and the gender in the pronoun (he/she); Indonesian marks neither. English "a" is "sebuah", a counting word.
Example conversation
— Kakakmu kerja di mana?
— Where does your brother work?
— Dia bekerja di sebuah rumah sakit.
— He works at a hospital.