kehilangan tempat tinggal dan tempat belajar

English translation: lost their home and school

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Indonesian term or phrase:kehilangan tempat tinggal dan tempat belajar
English translation:lost their home and school
Entered by: Vincentius Mariatmo

05:46 Aug 27, 2008
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Indonesian term or phrase: kehilangan tempat tinggal dan tempat belajar
ribuan anak kehilangan tempat tinggal dan tempat belajar... I translated it into "losing their domiciles and schools", any other ideas?
Ihsanihsan
Indonesia
Local time: 20:03
lost their home and school
Explanation:
Your answer is good enough, but I suggest using "lost" better than "losing" since "losing" is a process, wheter "lost" is a status ^^

I give you my alternative answer ^^

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Note added at 19 mins (2008-08-27 06:05:34 GMT)
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Regarding your last note :
so, it's suppossed to be school without s (plural), right? -> That's true ^^
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Vincentius Mariatmo
Local time: 20:03
Grading comment
simple and most helpful, thank you.
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Summary of answers provided
4abandoned from their home and school
Hikmat Gumilar
4lost their home and school
Vincentius Mariatmo
4(are) deprived of (their) homes and schools
Regi2006
4without home and school
John Gare (X)


  

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abandoned from their home and school


Explanation:
Children were abandoned from their home and school

Hikmat Gumilar
Indonesia
Local time: 20:03
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Native speaker of: Native in IndonesianIndonesian, Native in SundaneseSundanese
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lost their home and school


Explanation:
Your answer is good enough, but I suggest using "lost" better than "losing" since "losing" is a process, wheter "lost" is a status ^^

I give you my alternative answer ^^

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Note added at 19 mins (2008-08-27 06:05:34 GMT)
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Regarding your last note :
so, it's suppossed to be school without s (plural), right? -> That's true ^^

Vincentius Mariatmo
Local time: 20:03
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Indonesian
PRO pts in category: 28
Grading comment
simple and most helpful, thank you.
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Asker: so, it's suppossed to be school without s (plural), right?

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(are) deprived of (their) homes and schools


Explanation:
HTH

Regi2006
Indonesia
Local time: 20:03
Native speaker of: Native in IndonesianIndonesian
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without home and school


Explanation:
are (find themselves) without home and school

John Gare (X)
Local time: 00:03
Native speaker of: English
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