When to use it
Use it when looking for a cooking class or talking about your hobbies.
The sentence in English (“I want to learn to cook traditional dishes.”)
"I want to learn to cook traditional dishes" links the verbs with "to": want to learn, learn to cook.
- I
- pronounpersonal pronoun, always written with a capital letter
- want
- verbwant · tense: present · person: first · number: singular · followed by "to" + verb
- to
- particleinfinitive marker before the verb
- learn
- verblearn · form: base form (infinitive without "to") · after "to"
- to
- particleinfinitive marker before the verb
- cook
- verbcook · form: base form (infinitive without "to") · after "to"
- traditional
- adjectiveadjective
- dishes
- nounplural noun; prepared food
The sentence in Indonesian (“Saya ingin belajar memasak hidangan tradisional.”)
"Saya ingin belajar memasak hidangan tradisional" puts the verbs one after another with no linking word.
- Saya
- pronoun"I"
- ingin
- auxiliary verbingin · form: root · "want"
- belajar
- verbajar · form: bel- + ajar · "learn, study"
- memasak
- verbmasak · form: me- + masak · "cook"
- hidangan
- noun"dish, meal"
- tradisional
- adjective"traditional", after the noun
What changes from one language to the other (English × Indonesian)
English needs "to" between verbs; Indonesian just lines them up. English puts "traditional" before the noun; Indonesian puts it after.
Example conversation
— Saya ingin belajar memasak hidangan tradisional.
— I want to learn to cook traditional dishes.
— Ada kelas memasak di sini setiap Sabtu.
— There's a cooking class here every Saturday.