No. 882 in Indonesian
tanya
"Question" or "ask."
In a sentence
Dia bertanya kepada gurunya tentang pelajaran.
He asked his teacher about the lesson.
Here, 'tanya' is used as part of the verb 'bertanya', which means 'to ask' in Indonesian, indicating a question directed to someone.
Saya punya sebuah tanya yang penting.
I have an important question.
In this example, 'tanya' is used as a noun meaning 'question', representing an inquiry or problem.
Jangan tanya hal yang sama lagi.
Do not ask the same thing again.
Here, 'tanya' is part of an imperative expression, where the form 'tanya' is directly used to instruct not to ask.
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