33 Examples of Major Sentences in Indonesian
Previously, we already know which sentences are included in types of major sentences. The sentences include: S-P major sentences, S-P-O major sentences, and sentence major S-P-O-K. The three types of sentences both contain subject (S) and predicate (P) elements in them. It's just that, in the second and last two types of major sentences, there are several additional sentence elements in them, namely objects (O) and adverbs (K).
Especially for this article, each of the three types of major sentences will be shown several examples. The examples can be seen as follows!
A. Example of S-P Kalimat Major Sentences
- Pak Haji is fishing. (S: Pak Haji, P: fishing)
- Mr. Mahmud is giving a speech. (S: Mr. Mahmud, P: while giving a speech)
- The children were having fun cycling. (S: the kids, P: they're having fun cycling)
- Mrs. Ningsih is cooking. (S: Mrs. Ningsih, P: is cooking)
- Agus is studying. (S: Agus, P: currently studying)
- Rose is reading. (S: Rose, P: reading)
- The little boy was crying. (S: the little boy, P: cry)
- The leaves flew. (S: the leaves, P: fly)
- Mr. Hamdan is resting. (S: Mr. Burhan, F: resting)
- The birds shouted. (S: the birds, P: shouted)
- Mr. Usman is selling. (S: Mr. Usman, P: in the middle of selling)
B. Example of S-P-O Major Sentences
- Ani is eating a bowl of meatballs. (S: Ani, P: eating: O: a bowl of meatballs)
- The cat had stolen a piece of salted fish. (S: the cat, P: has stolen, O: a piece of salted fish)
- Mother is making sponge cake. (S: mom, P: making, O: sponge cake)
- Grandma is sewing a coat. (S: grandmother, P: sewing, O: coat)
- Lukman is doing his schoolwork. (S: Lukman, P: working on, O: schoolwork)
- The farmers are harvesting their rice. (S: farmers, P: harvesting, O: their rice)
- The children were catching eels. (S: the children, P: catching up, O; eel)
- Mrs. Dianty is sauteing vegetables. (S: Mrs. Dianty, P: sauteing, O: vegetables)
- Bintang bought a novel. (S: Star, P: buy, O: a novel)
- Pak Karman has sold his house. (S: Pak Karman, P: has sold, O: his house)
- My sister bought an electric guitar. (S: brother, P: bought, O: an electric guitar)
C. Example of S-P-O-K. Major Sentences
- Mother cooks vegetables in the kitchen. (S: mother, P: cooking, O: vegetables, K: in the kitchen)
- Rahmi does schoolwork in the study room. (S: Rahmi, P: doing, O: schoolwork, K: in the study room)
- Andini returns the book to the library. (S: Andini, P: return, O: books, K: to the library)
- Anas bought a pencil at the grocery store. (S: Anas, P: buy, O: pencil, K; at that grocery store)
- Uncle brings gifts from Pontianak. (S: Uncle, P: bring, O: souvenir, K; from Pontianak)
- Rika washes the dishes in the kitchen. (S: Rika, P: washing, O: dishes, K: in the kitchen)
- dad reading newspaper on the veranda of the house. (S: father, P: reading, O: newspaper, K: on the veranda of the house)
- Maya brings lunch from home. (S: Maya, P: bring, O: supplies, K: from home)
- Bimo sent a letter to that address. (S: Bimo, P: send, O: letter, K: to that address)
- Milla takes her sick sister to Farhan's doctor. (S: Milla, P: bring, O: his sick sister, K: to doctor Farhan)
- Sinta hangs her clothes in the attic of the house. (S: Sinta, P: drying, O: her clothes, K: in the attic of the house)
These are some examples of the types of major sentences in. languageIndonesia. If the reader wants to add reference about sentences, the reader can open the following articles, namely: minor sentence and major sentence; complete sentences with elements of S, P, O, K; example of interrogative sentence what and who; example sentence acronym kalimat; example sentence definition; example of classification sentence; as well as articles examples of verb and noun singular sentences.