Place the spare key in the front drawer in Indonesian 🇮🇩

Sentence info.

Letak kunci cadangan di laci meja depan
• Letak – Means “location” or “place”. It tells you where something is.
• kunci – Means “key”.
• cadangan – Means “spare” or “backup”. When combined with kunci, it becomes “spare key”.
• di – A preposition meaning “in” or “at”.
• laci – Means “drawer”.
• meja – Means “table”.
• depan – Means “front”.

Explanation:
In the sentence, the noun “letak” (position/place) is modified by the noun phrase “kunci cadangan” (spare key). The prepositional phrase “di laci meja depan” indicates where the key is placed. Notice that in Indonesian the modifiers for nouns (like “cadangan” and “meja depan”) come after the noun they modify, which is similar to English adjective order in these cases. The compound “laci meja depan” literally strings together the words for “drawer,” “table,” and “front” to form “front drawer” (i.e., the drawer of the front table).

Tips to Remember:
• Remember that adjectives or modifiers usually follow the noun in Indonesian. Here “cadangan” comes after “kunci” instead of before it.
• The preposition “di” always precedes locations, much like “in” or “at” in English.
• Compound nouns (like “laci meja depan”) can be understood by breaking them into parts. Identify “laci” as the core word (drawer) and use “meja depan” to specify which drawer.

Alternate Ways to Say “Place the spare key in the front drawer”:
• Letakkan kunci cadangan di laci meja depan.
• Tempatkan kunci cadangan di laci meja depan.
• Masukkan kunci cadangan ke dalam laci meja depan.

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