Group Classifiers

1. Group Classifiers Year 10 LOTE studies 2010 By Mrs Dux

2. SE - one • Group classifiers – are used most nouns when you want to indicate the number of items; for example when saying things like ‘ a seller’ or ‘three sellers’, you would need to use the group classifier for people (orang). When saying ‘one seller’ (or anything), you add the prefix se- to the group classifier, not the noun. That is, we would say seorangpenjualmobil. • There are three commonly used group classifiers;

3. Orang - Group classifiers for people; Duaorangpenjualmobil

4. Ekor- Group classifier for animals Seekoranjing Duaekorkucing Tigaekorburung

5. Buah- Group classifiers for most solid objects Sebuahtas Duabuahapel Tigabuahsepeda motor

6. Potong – ‘a slice’ or ‘ a piece cut from a whole’. Sepotongkuecoklat Sepotongkain

7. Helai – ‘ a sheet of something’ Sehelaikertas Sehelaibajukaos

8. Liter – means litre for liquids SatuliterCocacola Duapuluhliterbensin Tigaratusliter air

9. Bungkus – literally ‘ a wrap’ Satubungkushumburgur Lima bungkusnasi

10. PekerjaanRumah- Homework Design a poster and write sentences of any group classifiers Due Friday the 5th Feb 2010

11. Resources: Keren Book 1&2 • LOTE resources from SMR • Astrid Dux Wiki 2010 • Kenalilah Indonesia 2 Year 9&10