Cultural Post 5

[Bowman Rains]

I have come to understand when to use “bukan” and “tidak” correctly.  These words are used to show negation.  Tidak is used to negate verbal predicates that are composed of verbs, adjectives, or prepositional phrases.  Bukan is used to negate nominal phrases.  When deciding which word to use, the person who responds must understand what is being asked in order to properly respond.  I have learned how to do this by looking at sentences that have both nominal and verbal predicates and practice negating each predicate.  It has really helped to break up sentences and look at it in sections.