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Makan meaning in English

makan means to eat in Indonesian. Pronounced MAH-kahn.

Hear makan

Example sentence

Saya makan nasi goreng.
I eat fried rice.

How makan is used

'Saya makan nasi' is perfectly good everyday Indonesian. The longer form 'memakan' sounds stiff outside writing.

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makan in real dialogue

These lines show how the word is used naturally inside complete Indonesian conversations:

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