When to use it
Use it before going shopping on a Sunday.
The sentence in English — “Is the supermarket open on Sundays?”
"Is the supermarket open on Sundays?" uses "to be" + the adjective "open"; "on Sundays" means every Sunday.
- Is
- verbbe · tense: present · person: third · number: singular · form of "to be"; it moves to the front to make the question
- the
- determinerdefinite article
- supermarket
- nounnoun
- open
- adjectiveadjective; in English a shop "is open"
- on
- prepositionpreposition used with days of the week
- Sundays
- nounplural noun; days of the week take a capital letter
The sentence in Indonesian — “Apakah supermarket itu buka pada hari Minggu?”
"Apakah supermarket itu buka pada hari Minggu?" uses the verb "buka" (open) directly and "pada hari Minggu" (on the day Sunday).
- Apakah
- particleopens a yes/no question
- supermarket
- noun"supermarket", a loanword
- itu
- determiner"that, the"
- buka
- verbbuka · form: root · "open"; a shop "buka" (opens)
- pada
- preposition"on" (time)
- hari
- noun"day"
- Minggu
- proper noun"Sunday"; also "week" in lowercase
English × Indonesian — What changes from one language to the other
English says a shop "is open"; Indonesian says it "buka". English uses the plural "Sundays"; Indonesian says "hari Minggu" and the meaning comes from context.
Example conversation
— Apakah supermarket itu buka pada hari Minggu?
— Is the supermarket open on Sundays?
— Buka, tapi tutup lebih awal.
— Yes, but it closes earlier.