No. 599 in Indonesian
mencoba
To try.
In a sentence
Saya mencoba memasak makanan baru hari ini.
I tried cooking new food today.
The word 'mencoba' in this sentence means 'tried' and indicates an attempt to do something new, specifically cooking a new dish.
Kita harus mencoba strategi yang berbeda untuk menyelesaikan masalah ini.
We must try a different strategy to solve this problem.
Here, 'mencoba' means 'try' and reflects making an attempt to apply a different method or strategy.
Apakah kamu ingin mencoba bermain piano?
Do you want to try playing the piano?
In this sentence, 'mencoba' is used as 'try' implying the action of attempting to play an instrument, in this case, the piano.
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