I need help with Indonesian language !?

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1. Elliot says:

   November 20, 2009 at 8:13 pm

   ‘Ber’ is a prefix used with intransitive verbs, which are verbs without objects.

   ‘Ter’ is another verb prefix, which can indicate that an action was performed accidentally (such as ‘terjatuh’ meaning ‘to fall’).

   ‘Me’ is a prefix used for transitive verbs, which are verbs with objects. The exact form of this prefix differs depending on the first letter of the base word. In your example, it becomes ‘men’ because jaga starts with a j.

   ‘Kan’ is a suffix which has a few different meanings. It’s usually used with the ‘me’ prefix. When added to an adjective, it usually makes a verb relating to that adjective. For example bersih (an adjective meaning clean) becomes membersihkan which means ‘to make something clean’.
   It can also be used to indicate that an action is being performed for someone else. For example, membeli (to buy) becomes membelikan, which still means ‘to buy’ but implies that the person is buying something for someone else.
2. lucky_1179 says:

   November 20, 2009 at 8:13 pm

   Well, the don’t have any meanings
   They just used as a helper, such as work out, find out, fill in, write down in english

   ber tanya means to ask
   tersenyum means to smile
   menjaga means to keep
   tinggal kan means to leave

   meski pun, walau pun (pun in here means nothing, just as a helper)

   they used for verbs only

   i know it is confusing how to mix and match them, just as confusing as how to mix and match verbs n helper words in english (work + out—> why not work up, lift up —> why not lift out)

   but buy keep practising u’ll soon can differ how to use them
3. Krishna says:

   November 20, 2009 at 8:13 pm

   helo. bahasa indonesia and bahasa are the same except in pronunciation and in some nouns as in american english and british english.

   the words ber, ter, kan are used as verbs.
   eg makan means eat. bermakan means eating.
   main means play. mainkan means been played.

   ter is usually used to denote as an act of accident or delibrately.
   eg jatuh means fall. terjatuh means fell accidentally.

   curi means steal. tercuri means soembody ahs stolen it.