sulitnya

Sulitnya is Indonesian for a specific notion of difficulty, formed from the adjective sulit with the suffix -nya. It functions as a nominalized form that refers to the level or quality of something being difficult, and it can be used in both spoken and written language. Semantically, sulitnya can mean “how difficult it is” or “the degree of difficulty,” and it can serve as a subject, object, or complement in a sentence.

In usage, sulitnya often introduces a general or emphasized statement about challenges. For example, in a sentence like “Sulitnya memahami materi pelajaran membuat siswa bingung,” sulitnya is the subject referring to the difficulty of understanding the material. The construction is flexible and can appear with different verbs or adjectives to describe a process, task, or situation. The phrase also occurs in the common expression “salah satu kesulitannya,” which introduces a specific challenge, with kesulitan being the more formal noun for “difficulty.”

Compared with kesulitan, which is the formal noun for difficulty, sulitnya carries a slightly more subjective or emphatic nuance and is common in everyday speech and narrative prose. It often foregrounds the speaker’s or the situation’s burden rather than maintaining a purely neutral tone.

Related forms include sulit (adjective) and kesulitan (formal noun). Both convey the concept of difficulty, but they differ in tone and register. Sulitnya is useful for highlighting a particular difficulty in a concise, emphatic way, while kesulitan is preferred in formal writing and precise descriptions of obstacles.