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When is capitalization used?




                    1.   At the beginning of a sentence.

                         The first letter of a sentence must be capitalized, so capital

                         letters always start an Indonesian sentence.
                                    “ ku pergi jalan jalan di Pantai Parangtritis”
                                     A
                    2.   Personal names.
                         Personal names, including nicknames, should be capitalized.

                                                         F
                            “Halo, namaku  atrick  iskhas  aranta. Namamu siapa?”
                                                P
                                                                   M
                    3.   Religious names.
                         The first letter of a religious name should be capitalized.
                                                            K
                                                          “ atolik”
                                                          “ risten”
                                                            K
                                                          “ uddha”
                                                           B
                    4.   Nationalities, ethnicities, and languages.

                         Capital letters are used as the first letter in the names of
                         nationalities, ethnicities, and languages.

                                                    “ ahasa  ndonesia”
                                                     B
                                                               I
                                                         S
                                                        “ uku  awa”
                                                                J
                    5.   National and International Days
                         The  first  letter  of  national  and  international  days  is
                         capitalized.

                                                          A
                                                    “17  gustus 1945”
                                                                N
                                                          H
                                                        “ ari  atal”
                                                                      F
                                                                 I
                                                          R
                                                    H
                                                   “ ari  aya  dul  itri”
                    6.   Place names
                         The first letter of place names is capitalized.
                                       “Aku sedang berada di  alan  alioboro”
                                                                    J
                                                                           M
                                                                         Y
                                        “Temanku sedang di  ugu  ogyakarta”
                                                                  T
                                                                                    B
                                  “Aku sekarang sedang berada di  isma  ahasa”
                                                                           W






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