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Verbs
Traditionally, a verb is defined as a ‘doing word’ or an ‘action word’. While this
definition may be applicable to many verbs, it is inaccurate for some others,
because verbs can also refer to states or conditions. The verb berhenti (stop)
in Indonesian, for example, means ‘to be in a stationary position’, so there is
no action as such.
In Indonesian, we need to distinguish between intransitive and transitive
verbs, according to whether the verb requires only one or more than one
noun to accompany it to made sense when we use it in a sentence.
Intransitive Verbs
• An intransitive verb is a verb that needs only one noun (or noun phrase) to
accompany it in a sentence. We refer to this noun (phrase) as the subject.
Duduk (sit) and berlari (run) are examples of intransitive verbs.
• In these cases, we treat the verb and the following word as constituting one
activity. In the previous examples, the words gitar, tangan and roda are
considered as part of the verbs bermain, bertepuk and bersepatu respectively.