When to use it
Use it to ask for directions.
The sentence in English (“How do you get to the central station from here?”)
"How do you get to the central station from here?" uses a general "you" and "get to".
- How
- adverbquestion word asking about the way or manner
- do
- auxiliary verbdo · tense: present · auxiliary that makes the question
- you
- pronounpersonal pronoun used for people in general
- get
- verbget · form: base form (infinitive without "to") · "get to" means "arrive at"
- to
- prepositionpreposition of direction; "get to" means "arrive at"
- the
- determinerdefinite article
- central
- adjectiveadjective
- station
- nounnoun
- from
- prepositionpreposition
- here
- adverbadverb of place
The sentence in Indonesian (“Bagaimana cara menuju stasiun pusat dari sini?”)
"Bagaimana cara menuju stasiun pusat dari sini?" needs no subject: "bagaimana cara" asks for the way.
- Bagaimana
- adverb"how"
- cara
- noun"way"; "bagaimana cara" = how do you
- menuju
- verbtuju · form: men- + tuju · "head to, go to"
- stasiun
- noun"station"
- pusat
- noun"centre"; "stasiun pusat" = central station
- dari
- preposition"from"
- sini
- pronoun"here"
What changes from one language to the other (English × Indonesian)
English needs a subject ("you") and "do"; Indonesian needs neither. "Get to" becomes "menuju".
Example conversation
— Bagaimana cara menuju stasiun pusat dari sini?
— How do you get to the central station from here?
— Naik MRT, dua stasiun saja.
— Take the metro, it's just two stops.