How to say "called" in Indonesian?
How do I say "called", for example
"He called me a lazy person"?
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Dia menyebut saya sebagai pemalas.
Dia menyebut saya orang malas.
Dia bilang gue malas. (informal, for youngster)
P.S. menyebut / memanggil is the same meaning for this sentence.
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Hallo Pak, just to give an additional comments here, that the word "call" in that sentence is "memanggil" so in your sentence, you can say:
"Dia memanggil saya pemalas" -> He called me a lazy person.
there are some elements that I could explain to you,
1. The word "Dia" in English means He/She. We do not have the exact third person pronoun based on gender.
2. The word "To call" in other context could also means "Menelepon" as in calling someone over the phone.
3. The word "Pemalas" is actually taken from the word "malas" (Adj) and we sometimes add the prefix Pe- to some adjectives or verbs so it sounds like adding -er in english verb, For instance:
a. To play (Main) -> Player (Pemain)
b. To murder (bunuh) -> Murderer (Pembunuh)
c. Lazy (Malas) -> Lazy person (Pemalas)
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Memanggil.
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Usually we use "memanggil"
He called me a lazy person
Dia memanggil saya pemalas / dia memanggil saya orang malas
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