tempo dulu
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[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- tempo doeloe (pre-1947)
Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˌtempo ˈdulu/ [ˌt̪em.po ˈdu.lu]
- Rhymes: -ulu
- Syllabification: tem‧po du‧lu
Prepositional phrase
[edit]- (colloquial) The (relative) past, referring to former times; back in the day
- Synonyms: dahulu kala, zaman dulu, zaman dahulu
- 2009 December 13, Yulia Sapthiani, Ilham Khoiri, Lusiana Indriasari, “Cibubur Tempo Dulu, Sejuk dan Sepi”, in Kompas[1]:
- Apa yang diingat banyak orang saat ditanya seperti apa Cibubur tempo dulu? Jawabannya hampir serupa: banyak sawah, empang, pepohonan, berudara sejuk, sekaligus sepi dan menyeramkan.
- What do many people remember, if they were asked how Cibubur was like back in the day? The answers were almost the same: lots of rice fields, ponds, trees, and breezes – but quiet and eerie.
Descendants
[edit]- → Dutch: tempo doeloe
Further reading
[edit]- “tempo dulu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.