{"id":1621,"date":"2018-09-10T03:35:06","date_gmt":"2018-09-10T03:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lingo-apps.com\/?p=1621"},"modified":"2021-12-30T07:22:18","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T07:22:18","slug":"kami-vs-kita","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lingo-apps.com\/fr\/kami-vs-kita\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding the Difference between ‘Kami’ and ‘Kita’ in Indonesian"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Kami,<\/a>
The Concept of ‘We’ in Indonesian<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There are two concepts of \u201cwe\/us\/our\/ours\u201d in Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian). Although all of them (from subject pronouns to possessive adjectives) are defined as \u201ckami<\/em>\u201d and \u201ckita<\/em>\u201d, the usage of both words is totally different.<\/p>\n

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\u201cKami<\/em>\u201d is used when \u2018the person(s) you are talking to\u2019 is (are) not included.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Putri tinggal di sebelah rumahku. Kami<\/strong> adalah tetangga.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/em>Putri lives beside my house. We<\/strong> are neighbours.<\/p>\n

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On the other hand, \u201ckita<\/em>\u201d includes \u2018the person(s) you are talking to\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/em>Besok ketemu di Stasiun Gambir jam 6 pagi ya. <\/em>Kita<\/em><\/strong> akan perg<\/em>i ke Bandung dengan kereta.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/em>Let\u2019s meet at the Gambir Station at 6 am tomorrow. We<\/strong> will go to Bandung by train.<\/p>\n

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Under some circumstances, it is more recommendable to choose \u201ckita<\/em>\u201d over \u201ckami<\/em>\u201d to avoid being viewed as an egoistic\/selfish person.<\/p>\n

The same pattern can be found in other languages. For instance, Mandarin has \u201c\u54b1\u4eec\u201d<\/em> (z\u00e1n men<\/em>: we, including you) and \u201c\u6211\u4eec\u201d (w<\/em>\u01d2<\/em> men<\/em>: we, excluding you), while Tagalog has \u201ckami<\/em>\u201d (we, including you) and \u201ctayo<\/em>\u201d (we, excluding you).<\/p>\n

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