mengerti

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Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mə.ŋərˈti/
  • Hyphenation: mê‧ngêr‧ti

Verb

mengerti

  1. active of erti
    Saya tidak mengerti kata itu.[1]I can't understand that word.

References

Malay

Etymology

Affixation of meng- +‎ erti.

Pronunciation

Verb

mengerti (Jawi spelling مڠرتي, 3rd person passive dimengerti)

  1. to understand
    Synonym: faham
    Saya tidak mengerti mesej sebalik puisi ini.
    I don't understand the message behind this poem.

Usage notes

  • This word is an irregular verb whereby mengerti is the word stem for the third person passive form of this word, not erti, thereby forming third person passive dimengerti, not *dierti.

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