Bahasa's Common Symbols

symbols in bahasa indonesia

Symbols in Bahasa Indonesia?

This is the basic thing you shoulda know before we start. Please try to memorize it J

Symbol	Word in English	Word in Bahasa
.	Full stop/period	Titik
,	comma	Koma
?	Question mark	Tanda tanya
!	Exclamation mark	Tanda seru
:	Colon	Titik dua
;	Semi-colon	Titik koma
-	Hyphen (dash)	Strip
&	Ampersand	Dan
/	Virgule (forward slash)	Atau
@	At	At
#	Hash	Tanda pagar
‘	Apostrophe	Tanda petik
“	Question mark	Tanda kutip
*	Asterisk	Bintang
()	Left/right parentheses	Tanda kurung
…	Dots/ellipsis	Titik-titik

Here, I’ll be explain the function of that common symbol above :

1.      Tanda titik (.)

There are three general fungtion for this symbol :

First, to end some sentence that not really a question or exclamation.  Second, you can put ‘titik’ at the end of abbreviation of an academic title, position, or a nickname. Third, Use it for an abreviation of a word or phrase that populer.

Example :

Menggunakan tanda baca dengan benar agar tidak terjadi kesalah pahaman.

Dr. Adit senang mengobati orang sakit.

Kutipan menarik itu diambil dari hlm. 5 dan 8.

2.      Tanda Koma (,)

Tanda koma, used for :

-        Separated something when you want to describe one by one. For example :

Studio tersebut tersedia berupa gitar, drum dan bass.

-       Separated the ‘induk kalimat’ (main sentence) and ‘anak kalimat’ (the additional sentence). For example :

Apabila keliru memilih bidang spesialisasi, usaha tidak dapat melaju.

-     Separated the ‘tanda kutip’ (direct sentence) and explanation part of the sentences.  For example : “Jangan buang sampah sembarangan,” kata Rudi.

3.      Tanda Seru (!)

How to use ‘tanda seru’ ? It’s very easy actually. If you want to make an expression, order, comand, or sincerity, use the ‘tanda seru’ in the end of your sentences. For example:

Jangan letakan benda itu di depan saya !  

              

4.      Tanda Titik Koma (;)

Here are The function of tanda titik koma :

-        Seperated the part of sentences that same or equal. For example :

Hari makin sore; kami belum selesai juga.

-        Seperated the equal sentences in one phrase  as the replacement of connects word.  For example :

Desi sibuk bernyanyi; ibu sibuk bekerja di dapur; adik bermain bola.

The function a little bit similar with tanda koma, right? J

5.      Tanda Titik Dua (:)

How to use Tanda Titik Dua ? Here we are.

             Use tanda titik dua , In the end of some sentence, and you want to write some kind of series or detail. In case you are writing kind of drama storyboard, I bet you’ll use tanda titik dua often!

Contoh :

-        Fakultas Ekonomi UNPAD Bandung memiliki tiga jurusan: Akuntansi, Managemen, dan Ilmu Ekonomi.

-        Project By: Alland Project

Penulis: Indra Lesmana

Editor: Wicak

-        Budi: “Siap, Pak.”

6.      Tanda Hubung (-)

We use tanda hubung  when we want to connected the repeated word. You know, Indonesia famous with the repeated word, such as ; anak-anak (children), ibu-ibu (the group of mothers) , tanda-tanda, hari-hari and the other of repeated word.  I’ll put into the sentence : anak-anak kelaparan di negara Afrika akibat globalisasi.

Other case, we use the tanda hubung when indonesia original word meet the western loanwords. For example :  Barang-barang di-packing Siti dengan rapih.

7.      Tanda Tanya (?)

Use Tanda tanya in the end of your question.  For example : 

Siapa Presiden Indonesia saat ini?

8.      Tanda Kurung ( )

We use ‘tanda kurung’ mostly when we want to explain something in detail when we writing. For example :  

Jumlah barang yang diminta pada berbagai tingkat harga disebut demand (permintaan).

9.      Tanda Petik (“ ”)

Tanda petik – use it when you want to write some dialogue or quotes, For example :

Pasal 36 UUD 1945 berbunyi, “Bahasa negara adalah Bahasa Indonesia.”

10.   Tanda Petik Tunggal (‘..’)

Tanda Petik tunggal , we use it when you want to make the readers know that part is a translation or another language, or kind of explanation. Such as :

 “Dia bilang padaku ‘jangan kau ganggu dia’, seketika itu aku ingin mengingatkannya kembali.” Ujar Andi. 

11.    Tanda Garis Miring (/)

How to use Tanda garis miring? 

Well, tanda garis miring (/) we use it when we want to make short the definition of OR, PER, or number in the code of letter. For example :

Modem itu memiliki kecepatan sampai 7,2 Mb / s.

12.    Tanda Penyingkat (Apostrof) (‘)

We use Apostrof , when we want to make sure, that you know we are make short some kind of the word. For example :

Budi bertugas sebagai pembaca pembukaan UUD ‘45. (it’s should be written 1945)

               Waaaah, such a long explanation isn’t it? However, hope it works!
And don't forget to see this catchy article about telling number in Bahasa Indonesia
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