No. 58 in Indonesian
kembali
"Return" or "you're welcome" (context-dependent).
In a sentence
Saya kembali dari liburan kemarin.
I returned from the vacation yesterday.
'Kembali' is used here to mean 'return' or 'come back' indicating movement back to a previous location.
Tolong kembalikan buku ini ke perpustakaan.
Please return this book to the library.
In this sentence, 'kembalikan' (derived from 'kembali') means 'return' as in giving something back to its original place.
Dia mengucapkan terima kasih, dan saya berkata 'kembali'.
They said 'thank you', and I replied 'you're welcome'.
'Kembali' here is an idiomatic expression used in response to thanks, equivalent to 'you're welcome' in English.
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