Intransitive Sentences in Indonesian with Examples

YOGYAKARTA - An intransitive sentence is a sentence that does not have an object, and is marked by a verbal predicate with the prefix men- or ber-, as well as verbs that do not have prefixes including active verbs.

You can find out the type of intransitive sentence by looking at the characteristics below:

Quoted from the book Indonesian Syntax compiled by Wini and Sulistyawati, intransitive sentences only require two elements, namely the subject and predicate. However, this sentence can also be given an element of description and/or complement.

The patterns that can be used in intransitive sentences are S - P, S - P -Complement, S - P - Complement, and S - P - Complement - Complement.

The relationship between the subject and predicate in intransitive verbs, the verbscan be divided into active and passive verbs, reflexive verbs, and reciprocalverbs.

The predicate in an intransitive sentence is related to the verbal clause,e.g. transitive, intransitive, or copular verbs.

So that you can better understand and be able to make your own sentences, below are a number of examples of intransitive sentences.

That's a review of the meaning of intransitive sentences and examples. Visit VOI.id for other interesting information.