When to use it
Use it at a ticket office. For a return ticket, ask for "pulang pergi".
The sentence in English — “I would like a one-way ticket to Naples.”
"I would like a one-way ticket to Naples" uses "would like", a polite "want".
- I
- pronounpersonal pronoun, always written with a capital letter
- would
- auxiliary verbwill · form: conditional · with "like" it makes a polite request
- like
- verblike · form: base form (infinitive without "to") · "would like" means "want", said politely
- a
- determinerindefinite article
- one-way
- adjectivecompound adjective; a ticket only for going, not for coming back
- ticket
- nounnoun
- to
- prepositionpreposition of direction
- Naples
- proper nounproper noun; the English name of Napoli
The sentence in Indonesian — “Saya ingin membeli tiket sekali jalan ke Napoli.”
"Saya ingin membeli tiket sekali jalan ke Napoli" says "want to buy"; "sekali jalan" means one trip.
- Saya
- pronoun"I"
- ingin
- auxiliary verbingin · form: root · "want, would like"
- membeli
- verbbeli · form: mem- + beli · "buy"
- tiket
- noun"ticket"
- sekali
- adverb"once"; "sekali jalan" = one-way
- jalan
- noun"way, trip"
- ke
- preposition"to"
- Napoli
- proper nounNaples, the Italian name of the city
English × Indonesian — What changes from one language to the other
English asks for the ticket with "would like"; Indonesian adds the verb "membeli" (buy). English uses the English city name, Naples; Indonesian keeps Napoli.
Example conversation
— Saya ingin membeli tiket sekali jalan ke Napoli.
— I would like a one-way ticket to Naples.
— Kelas satu atau kelas dua?
— First or second class?