bakalan
adv
LanguageIndonesian (Indonesia)
Meaning- will
- Used to indicate that something is going to happen in the future. It is a very common informal marker for the future tense.
Nanti malam bakalan hujan.
It will rain tonight.
Part of speechadv
Usage noteThis is an informal alternative to the formal future marker akan.
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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.