Indefinite Pronouns - Summary (someone; something; etc)

Question 0

someone

Answer 0

seseorang

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

something

Answer 2

sesuatu

Question 3

I’ll ask someone to pick them up.

Answer 3

Saya akan meminta seseorang menjemput mereka.

Question 4

He ate something

Answer 4

Dia makan sesuatu.

Question 5

everything

Answer 5

segala sesuatu

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

Question 6

He discussed everything

Answer 6

Dia membicarakan segala sesuatu.

Question 7

There is something which isn’t good

Answer 7

Ada sesuatu yang kurang baik.

Question 8

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

Answer 8

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

Question 9

anyone

Answer 9

siapa saja

Question 10

anything

Answer 10

apa saja

Question 11

(at/to/from) anywhere

Answer 11

di/ke/dari mana saja

Question 12

any

Answer 12

mana saja

Question 13

any time

Answer 13

kapan saja

Question 14

any amount

Answer 14

berapa saja

Question 15

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

Answer 15

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

Question 16

The forms ‘apa pun/ apa saja and mana pun / mana saja’ occur in a noun phrase after a negated predicate instead of the reduplicated forms

Answer 16

• They didn’t give any information at all
  (Mereka tidak memberi informasi apa pun).
• We didn’t visit any village at all
  (Kami tidak berkunjung ke desa mana saja)

Question 17

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 17

They didn’t give any information at all

Mereka tidak memberi informasi apa pun

Question 18

whatever

Answer 18

apa saja

Question 19

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 19

barang siapa (anyone)
barang apa (anything)

Question 20

anyone

Answer 20

Barang siapa

Question 21

anything

Answer 21

barang apa

Question 22

Anyone who is guilty must be punished.

Answer 22

Barang siapa yang bersalah harus dihukum

Question 23

Anything she said was always true

Answer 23

Barang apa yang diceritakannya selalu benar

Question 24

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 24

- 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 25

I didn't meet anyone

Answer 25

Saya tidak bertemu dengan siapa-siapa

Question 26

He doesn't know anything

Answer 26

Dia tidak tahu apa-apa

Question 27

I didn't go anywhere

Answer 27

Saya tidak pergi ke mana-mana

Question 28

If siapa-siapa and 'apa-apa' occur as predicates they are negated by "bukan".

Answer 28

In natural resources Taiwan is nothing compared with Indonesia (Dalam sumber alam Taiwan bukan apa-apa dibandingkan dengan Indonesia).

Question 29

The reduplicated form (di/ke/dari) mana-mana can alos occur after a positive predicate, meaning '(at/to/from) everywhere'.

Answer 29

The refugees came from everywhere | Pengungsi itu datang dari mana-mana

Question 30

No one

Answer 30

Tidak seorangpun

Question 31

Nothing

Answer 31

Tidak satupun

Question 32

I don't know anyone here

Answer 32

Saya tidak mengenal siapa-siapa di sini