The document discusses question words in the Indonesian language. It provides: 1) A definition of question words as words used to ask for more information within a sentence. 2) A list of 18 common question words in Indonesian along with their English translations, including what, when, where, who, whom, whose, how, how many, how much. 3) A table that gives examples of how each question word is used, what type of information it seeks (person, thing, activity, identity, time, etc.), and translations in English. The document aims to explain question words in Indonesian and how they are used to seek different types of information, such as people,

1. Question Word
Category: Education
Date/moth/year: 27/01/13
Author: Mr. Aviv
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A. Questions Word
Pengertian
Question word adalah Pertanyaan yang di gunakan untuk menanyakan
informasi yang lebih dalam suatu kalimat.
B. Kinds of Question word
a. What n. How
b. What time o. How many
c. What + be + like p. How much
d. What + Noun q. How long
e. What + does/do look like r. How far
f. What+ auxiliary + do + s. How old
v1 t. How fast
g. Whom u. How tall
h. Who v. How high
i. Whose w. How deep
j. When x. How often
k. Where
l. Which
m. Why
Tables of Question Word
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2. Table
Question word Example Answer Usage/kegunaan
Digunakan utk
Who is writing a Mr. aviv is writing
Who ( siapa ) menanyakan
letter? a letter.
subject ( person )
Whom did you Menanyakan
Whom ( siapa ) I saw Mr.aviv
see? object ( person )
What made you His rudeness made Menanyakan
angry? me angry subject ( thing)
What ( apa )
Menanyakan
What do you see I see a cat
object ( thing )
What do you do I do my homework
What are you I am doing my
doing homework Menanyakan
I did my aktivitas
What ( aktivitas ) What did you do
homework
I will do my
What will you do
homework
What is your Menanyakan
My name is aviv
name? Identitas/ nama
Menanyakan
What time is it? It is 2 o’clock pm
What time waktu/jam
(jam berapa) What time did you I bought a book at
buy a book? 3 0’clock
Menanyakan
What + noun It is an English
What book is it? spesifik/tipe
book
benda
What + be + like She is kind and
What is she like? Gambaran umum
Bagaiman friendly
What + look like What does she She has long hair
Gambaran fisik
Seperti apa look like and tall
When When did you go I went to market Menanyakan
Kapan to market? at 3 0’clock waktu
Where is your I live at sarbini
Where Menayakan
address? street no 35
Dimana tempat
Where will you go? I will go to school
Whose book is Menanyakan
Whose This is mine
this? kepemilikan
Milik siapa
Whose is this? This is mine
Which book do I like book the Menanyakan
you like? book one pilihan
Which
Which do you
Yang mana
want, apple or I like an orange
orange?
Why Why is sinta Because she is Menanyakan alas
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3. Kenapa absent? sick an
Why do you love Because you are
me? attentive
How do you go to I go to school by
Menayakan cara
How school? bus
Bagaimana How does she She drives
drive? carefully
Menanyakan
How many How many books
I have 2 books jumlah (bisa di
Berapa banyak do you have
hitung)
How much How much sugar Jumlah tidak bisa
I buy a lot of sugar
Berapa banyak do you buy? di hiung
Menanyakan
How long How long has he He has been here
durasi
Berapa lama been here? for five month
waktu/lamanya
How far is it
How far
kebumen from It is 78 km Menanyakan jarak
Seberapa jauh
here?
How old are you? I am 23 years old Menyakan usia
How old
How old is your
Berapa umur/usia He is 50 years old
father?
How fast How fast does an It flies 900 km per Menyakan
Seberapa cepat aero plane fly? hours kecepatan
How tall Menanyakan
How tall are you? I am 170 cm
Berapa tinggi tinggi ( orang )
How high How high is that That is 200 Menyakan tinggi
Seberapa tinngi building? meters (bangnan)
How deep How deep is the Menanyakan
It’s 9 meters
Seberapa dalam river? kedalaman
How often do you
How often I go to school six Menanyakan
go to school in a
Seberapa sering timen in a week keseringan
week?
Exercises question word
Buatlah pertanyaan-pertanyaan dari kalimat berikut ini. Kata di dalam kurung
adalah jawaban dari pertanyaan anda.
1. I need ( five dollars)
> How much money do you have?
Answer: five dollars ( jumlah benda tidak bisa dihitung menggunakan kata
Tanya “How much)
2. Robert was born (in panama)
Question: ___________________
3. I go out to eat ( at least once a week)
Question: ___________________
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4. 4. I’m waiting for ( Maria )
Answer: __________________
5. ( my sister ) answered the phone
Answer: __________________
6. I called ( Benjamin )
Answer: __________________
7. (Benjamin) calls me
Answer: __________________
8. The boy has ( a ball ) in his pocket
Answer: ___________________
9. These are ( Jim’s) book and papers
Answer: ___________________
10.They have ( four ) children
Answer: ___________________
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