- Some handy words or phrases in Bahasa Indonesia are:
Chemist/Pharmacy - Apotik [ah-pot-ik]
Excuse me - Permisi [per-mi-see]
Expensive - Mahal [mah-hahl]
Good morning - Selamat pagi [se-lah-maht par-ghee]
Good afternoon - Selamat siang [se-la-maht see-ahng]
Good evening - Selamat sore [se-la-mutt sore-ray]
Good night (at night) - Selamat malam [se-la-mutt mah-lahm]
Good night (before going to bed) - Selamat tidur [se-la-mutt ti-dur]
How much/many - Berapa [ber-ra-pa]
I want to go... - Saya mau pergi ke [sigh-yer mow (as in cow) purr-ghee ker]
I want ..... - Saya mau [sigh-yer mow]
I don’t want... - Saya tidak mau [sigh-yah ti-duck mow]
No - Tidak [ti-duck]
No, thank you - Tidak, terima kasih [ti-duck, ter-ri-mah car-see]
Please (when asking for help/bargaining) - Tolong [toh-long]
Thank You - Terima Kasih [ter-ree-mar car-see]
Two people - Dua orang [do-u or-rung]
Where is ... - Di mana [dee mah-nah]
You’re welcome - Kembali [kem-bali]
Numbers:
1 - Satu [sah-too]
2 - Dua [doo-u (as in gun]
3- Tiga [ti-gah]
4- Empat [em-putt]
5- Lima [lee-mar]
6- Enam [er-num]
7- Tujuh [too-joo]
8- Delapan [del ah-pahn]
9- Sembilan [sem-bi-lahn] -
10 - Sepuluh [se poo-loo]
The following site is great as it also includes pronunciations.
http://www.seasite.niu.edu/indonesian...
The above is very handy useful Indonesian phrases.
In stead of editing, I would just like to add the following and should be there any corrections made, I seek Jade's kind permission and for the benefit of all TA forum users and members, Please do bear with me.
Firstly, as in all languages, we must understand the grammar. For the Bahasa Indonesia (i.e. Indonesian language):-
adjectives always follow the noun, e.g. beautiful car - mobil (or motor) cantek .
Word order is usually subject-verb-object (e.g. Saya(I) mau(want) makan(to eat) nasi(rice) - means I want to eat nice; and the personal pronoun goes after the noun (motor saya is "my car")
Respect is shown when addressing, so the custom is to address an older man as "bapak" or "pak" and an older woman as "ibu" or "bu" and for younger woman- :"Nona"
As most visitors will be in Bali for eating and shopping, below are some key words for food and drink and shopping.
Before that, though Jade has given the manner of the pronounciation, let go back to the days when we learnt our ABC and its pronounciation, so for the Indonesian language:
a as in father
e as in sofa(short) or leg (long)
i as in see or pit (closed syllable) or see (open syllable)
o as in over
u as in book or food
ai as in like
au as in cow
c as in chair
g as in get
j as in jump
ng as in sing
ny as in canyon
w as in wish
Food and Drink
fork- garpu
spoon- sendok
knife- pisau
cup - cangkir
plate- piring
glass -gelas
restaurant - restoran, rumah makan
food - makanan
drink- minuman
breakfast - makan pagi ; lunch - makan siang; dinner - makan malam
(at this point : above Jade's greetings is expounded: good day - selamat siang, good afternoon- selamat sore; good evening/night: selamt malam)
boiled water - air putih, air matang
iced water - air es
tea - teh ; coffee - kopi
milk - susu ; rice - nasi
noddles - mie, bihun, bakmie,
fish - ikan,
prawn - udang
vegetables- sayur
fruit- buah
egg- telur
sugar- gula
salt- garam
black pepper - merica, lada
chilli pepper- cabe, lombok
And below are key words when shopping, some words may have been listed by Jade as above:
shop - toko
How much is it? Berapa? /berapa harganya?
fixed price - harga pas
cheap - murah ; expensive - mahal
price - harga
to buy - membeli
money changer - penukar uang
change(of money) -uang kembali
money -uang
And finally, for directions and transport
toilet - kamar
office -kantor (so, e.g. post office - kantor pos)
tourist office - kantor pariwisata (you may come across the word- wisata, very often in your office, so you know now what the word stands for)
Jade mentioned correctly that pharmacy are called apotik, but some pharmacy have also adopted the word "farma" as in Bali Farma in Denpasar or Farmasari in Sanur.
I want to go to ..saya mau ke
car - mobil, motor
motorcycle - sepeda motor
pedicab - becak ( so do not get confused if someone ask if you want a pedicab, and you think it is a taxi and you get a trishaw)
petrol station - pomp bensin
stop here - berhenti disine, stop disini (berhenti disini)
left - kiri, right- kanan ; near - dekat; far- jauh; from : dari ; to - ke
(so , let start using the above, saya mau ke Ubud, berapa jauh dari Kuta - I want to go to Ubud, how far is it from Kuta)
embassy - kedutaan besar
