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What is the difference between menakutkan and menakuti ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between menakutkan and menakuti ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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@tanguycarpediem
Menakuti (verb) : to cause great fear or nervousness in something (to frighten).
ex.
• Dia menakutiku sepanjang malam.
(He scared me all night)
Menakutkan (Adjective) : feeling fear or anxiety (frightened).
ex.
• Film itu sangat menakutkan.
(The movie is so scary.)
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I'm wondering what really means the circumfix "men-...-i" like... I read it means "do something towards someone", is that right? could you give me any examples? and how different are these two circumfixes "men-...-kan" and "men-...-i"?
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@tanguycarpediem You're right dude, somehow you know it's not applicable in every base form. Despite all that rules, here's another story which functions the same like your question.
-Ia menyakitiku. = He hurts me. (verb)
-Apa yang ia lakukan untukku sangat menyakitkan. = What he does to me is painful. (adj)
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@tanguycarpediem
I can't explain them here so, try to visit these pages :
Kan :
• www.bahasakita.com/about/grammar/suffix/kancaus...
• www.bahasakita.com/about/grammar/suffix/kantran...
"i" vs "kan" :
• www.bahasakita.com/about/grammar/suffix/i-vs-kan/
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@Astrrrid hmm... and, are "sakit" and "menyakitkan" synonyms?
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menyakitkan = men + sakit + kan
men+s normally merges into ny
e.g.
men+ sekolah +kan = menyekolahkan
men+ sembuh +kan = menyembuhkan
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okaaayyyy I think I got it! just one more things, can the prefix "me-" be dropped in such verbs, like, can we say "ia nyakitiku"?
Thanks for your answers! and sorry for asking so much questions.
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@tanguycarpediem sakit and menyakitkan are not synonym. Imagine a snake bit your leg.
My leg hurts = kaki saya sakit.
Gigitan ular itu menyakitkan = that snake's bite is painful.
The snake's bite is what brings pain to your leg. It's the cause.
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@tanguycarpediem In conversation it's often people drop me- and change -kan into -in.
so menyakitkan becomes nyakitin.
But it's not standard. It's considerably "wrong".
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@tanguycarpediem
He hurts me = Ia menyakitiku
if you want to drop the prefix, you should say
"ia nyakiti aku"
ia nyakitiku sounds bit unnatural
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menakuti (adjective)
menakutkan (verb)
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