Jika in English

jika means if (formal) in Indonesian. Pronounced JEE-kah.

Example

Jika hujan, saya di rumah.
If it rains, I stay home.

Usage

The formal 'if'. In everyday speech people say 'kalau'; you will mostly meet jika in writing.

Related words in "grammar"

• di, at
• ke, to (direction)
• dari, from
• dengan, with
• untuk, for
• dan, and

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