"Bukan" expresses negation word for a noun, and it also has a role for question tag in Indonesian language
For example :
- Itu bukan rumah saya ( That's not my house )
- Pak dito bukan orang yang saya cari ( Mr.dito is not what we're looking for )
- Yang menjatuhkan kertas itu bukan dia ( The one who dropped that paper is not her/him )
- Bukan saya, yang suka film itu ( it's not me that like that movie )
- Itukah buku Haruka ? Bukan, itu buku saya ( Is that Haruka's book ? No, That's my book )
- Anda mau ke kantor ? Bukan ke situ, saya mau ke sana ( Do you want to go to office ? Not there, i want to go there )
For example :
- Pak Dito pergi ke Jepang , bukan ? ( Mr. Dito wants to go to Japan, doesn't he ? )
- Guruku akan mengajar di sekolah itu, bukan ? ( My teacher will teach at that school, won't he ? )
- Kamu mau mengatakan sesuatu, bukan ? ( You want to say something, don't you ? )
2. Not, no = Tidak, Nggak, Tak
"Tidak, Nggak, Tak" expresses negation word for modals ( except "sudah") verb and adjective
For example :
- Susu ini tidak panas ( This milk is not hot )
- Saya nggak sakit ( I'm not sick )
- Dia tidak pergi ( he doesn't go )
- Mereka tidak mengatakan kata itu ( They don't say that word )
- Pensil itu tak ada di tempatnya ( That pencil is not at its place )
- Mereka tidak bisa berbuat sesuatu ( They can't do something )
- Dia tak boleh seperti ini ( He can't be like this )
- Saya tidak akan ke sana ( I won't go there )
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