When to use it
Use it when someone comes looking for people who have moved away.
“They don't live here anymore.” · The sentence in English
"They don't live here anymore" uses "do" + "not" for the negative; "anymore" says it stopped.
- They
- pronounpersonal pronoun, third person plural
- do
- auxiliary verbdo · tense: present · auxiliary that makes the negative with "n't"
- n't
- particleshort form of "not"
- live
- verblive · form: base form (infinitive without "to") · after "do" the verb keeps its base form
- here
- adverbadverb of place
- anymore
- adverbadverb; used with a negative to say something stopped
“Mereka sudah tidak tinggal di sini lagi.” · The sentence in Indonesian
"Mereka sudah tidak tinggal di sini lagi" puts "tidak" before the verb and "lagi" at the end; "sudah" adds the idea that the change has happened.
- Mereka
- pronoun"they"
- sudah
- adverb"already"; with "tidak… lagi" it means something has stopped
- tidak
- particlenegation: "not"
- tinggal
- verbtinggal · form: root · "live, stay"
- di
- preposition"at, in"
- sini
- pronoun"here"; "di sini" = here
- lagi
- adverbwith "tidak": "anymore"
What changes from one language to the other · English × Indonesian
English needs the helper "do"; Indonesian just puts "tidak" before the verb. English "not… anymore" matches "tidak… lagi", and Indonesian adds "sudah" to stress the change.
Example conversation
— Apakah penghuni lama masih tinggal di sini?
— Do the old residents still live here?
— Tidak, mereka sudah tidak tinggal di sini lagi.
— No, they don't live here anymore.