How to form the plural in Indonesian

How to form the plural in Indo­nesian

You want to learn how to use the plural in Indonesian? You've come to the right place! Scroll down and see the short Indonesian lessons complete with useful examples. Apples, houses, books... we'll teach you everything you need to know about the plural in Indonesian.

Indo­nesian nouns - plural

The plural is used, in general, to talk about more than one object. Examples in English would be 'dogs', 'cats', 'houses' and 'children'. The plural in Indonesian is generally formed by means of duplication.

Examples

pria-pria
men
pintu-pintu
doors
kursi-kursi
chairs
buku-buku
books
rumah-rumah
houses
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Indonesian is spoken in Indonesia by about 200 million people. If you are planning on doing some travelling, learning Indonesian would be a great way to make the most of your trip.

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Step 5 : The plural in Indo­nesian

The plural is important in Indonesian when you need to talk about more than one thing. Using the nouns pustaka, kursi and pintu (book, chair, door) which you learned in Step 3, learn the plural of each of these words by heart. The plural forms are buku-buku, kursi-kursi and pintu-pintu. Now learn how to use each of these Indonesian plural nouns with the definite article. The nouns together with the definite article are buku-buku, kursi-kursi and pintu-pintu (the books, the chairs, the doors). You can scroll to the top of this page to see a short lesson about the Indonesian plural including useful examples. After you've learned the plural of pustaka, kursi and pintu, you can move on to Step 6 (Indonesian demonstrative pronouns).

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