Indefinite Pronouns (Jan 19, 2017)

Question 1

Indefinite Pronouns

someone & something

Answer 1

These indicate that a person or thing is being spoken about without a particular person or thing being identified.

Question 2

someone

Answer 2

seseorang

Question 3

something

Answer 3

sesuatu

Question 4

everything

Answer 4

segala sesuatu

refers to all the things being discussed without them being named individually

Question 5

Corresponding to English indefinite pronouns beginning with “any” are forms consisting of a question word followed by “saja”.

Answer 5

The interrogative “mana” follows a locative preposition or a noun.

Question 6

anyone

Answer 6

siapa saja
siapa pun
barang siapa

Question 7

anything

Answer 7

apa saja
apa pun
barang apa

Question 8

(at/to/from) anywhere

Answer 8

di/ke/dari mana saja

Question 9

any

Answer 9

mana saja

Question 10

any time

Answer 10

kapan saja

Question 11

any amount

Answer 11

berapa saja

Question 12

All the above interrogatives except “kapan” & “berapa” can be followed by “pun” instead of “saja”.

Answer 12

anything = apa pun
anyone = siapa pun
anywhere = di mana pun

Question 13

If the indefinite pronoun occurs in a ‘noun phrase’ following a negated predicate then a form with ‘saja’ or ‘pun’ is more likely to occur.

Answer 13

They didn’t give any information at all

Mereka tidak memberi informasi apa pun

Question 14

whatever

Answer 14

apa saja

Question 15

Alternative to ‘siapa saja’ and ‘apa saja’, though more formal, are the forms ‘barang siapa’ (anyone) and ‘barang apa’ (anything).
This only occur as subject of a clause and are frequently followed by a relatived clause

Answer 15

barang siapa (anyone)
barang apa (anything)

Question 16

anyone

Answer 16

Barang siapa

Question 17

anything

Answer 17

barang apa

Question 18

Reduplicated forms of ‘siapa, apa , mana have the same meanings as the forms using ‘pun’ but follow a negated predicate (reduplicated ‘mana’ can also follow a positive predicate

Answer 18

• I didn’t meet anyone (Saya tidak bertemu dengan siapa-siapa)
• He doesn’t know anything ( Dia tidak tahu apa-apa)
• I didn’t go anywhere ( Saya tidak pergi ke mana-mana)

Question 19

No one

Answer 19

Tidak seorangpun

Question 20

Nothing

Answer 20

Tidak satupun

Tidak ada satupun

Question 21

whoever

Answer 21

siapa saja

siapa pun

Question 22

wherever

Answer 22

kapan saja

kapan pun