Sign up for premium, and you can play other user's audio/video answers. “Ada makan?” “Do you have food?” >> the translation for meal/food is “makanan” while “makan” means to eat. In Indonesia English is like third language beside their local and national language. New Guinea and its adjacent islands, possibly including the island of Halmahera, sit on the Sahul Shelf, which is a northwestern extension of the Australian continental mass; the shelf is bounded to the northeast by a series of oceanic troughs and to the northwest by troughs, a chain of coral reefs, and a series of submarine ridges. Classical Greek has the word kamara (καμάρα) for “arched chamber” in the 5th century BCE, almost 1000 years before Arabic – Latin would much more likely have taken camera from the Greek than from the Arabic, and Arabic also borrows many words from Greek. How are you (apa kabar) is not in Indonesian daily conversation. Harga – price Sakit – hurt/sick would be good inclusions in a list of 30. interesting. example plz is called “Subuh”. Mount Agung volcano overlooking rice paddies in northeastern Bali, Indonesia. Missing Indo a lot right now…, Hello as promised, your post is now included in our “world First Weekly Wander” which is now live on Our Blog. Useful article. so awesome that you put it so simply and it’s relevant. Only the user who asked this question will see who disagreed with this answer. It’s ‘ada makanan’ (n) not ‘ada makan’ (v) and makan pagi can be both nouns and verbs. This also can open the door to make acquintance to someone we never meet before and start a conversation. It shares a border with Malaysia in the northern part of Borneo and with Papua New Guinea in the centre of New Guinea. Ha, that’s a very good point! Mount Bromo, an active volcano in eastern Java, Indonesia. We will teach you: How to say Hello! Bali / Popular / Travel Advice / Travel Lifestyle, The Unspeakable Horror of Chinese Bathrooms, 20 Words to Get You (Almost) Anywhere in Indonesia, Powered by  - Designed with the Hueman theme, http://travelswithanineyearold.com/2010/08/26/turtle-island-indonesia-pulau-derawan-turtles-sea-turtles-sangalaki-manta-rays/, http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/10/19/eliminating-english-primary-school-and-its-discontents.html. Hi Deborah, Thank you for asking. Yes – many times. These factors have created a highly diverse environment and society that sometimes seem united only by susceptibility to seismic and volcanic activity, close proximity to the sea, and a moist, tropical climate. Nobody spoke English so we got a crappy dictionary and muddled through. But, it’s a good greeting if you want to. ), “Selamat malam“: good evening. Thanks, Keith! thanks. bagaiman kabar anda (formal), How do you say this in English (US)? thank you for do so much effort in indonesian words. I’d add just that tidak is usually pronounced like tida or tida’ (with a glottal stop) and in Java-Bali and some other parts people say ‘nga’ instead of tidak. You can say it with, “Joni (this is people name), apa kabar?” or “Pa kabar, Joni?”. Links are good, because they send your reader over to my blog to read my work; taking the content just sends readers to your blog where they could be reading my content on mine. I love the innocence of it. If you want to move it up a level, the best Indonesian-English dictionary I know of is published by Tuttle, and you can get it in Periplus. I am indonesian people. Ada makan is a kind of slang question. Mungkin, jika aku berbahasa inggris, tentunya aku akan banyak salah. Interesting list of 20 words and good discussion- all very useful! Perfect timing Theodora! Add the times of day to make formal greetings: “Selamat pagi”: “Good morning.” “Selamat siang“: “Good day.” “Selamat malam“: “Good evening”. There is also religious roots to the language from islam ie. Then, you can say, “Hi, apa kabar nih?” You also can learn common greetings in Indonesian to enrich your greetings variation. Hey Tracie! You can ask how are you in Indonesian only: In the end, that’s the way you talk in Indonesian. Blog ini sudah lama, tapi aku belum berbahasa Indonesia…. [Tolong, es teh manis satu!] Theodora, this is fantastic. As an Indonesian, i just want to help, nothing else. Thank you, though! Selamat. 留学したい気はあるが、自分の英語能力に自信がない, How do you say this in English (US)? あなたは夢中になると時間を忘れちゃうよね. My Indonesian is terrible, though. [Tolong! I do agree with needing belum and mau. The former Portuguese territory of East Timor (Timor-Leste) was incorporated into Indonesia in 1976. Thank you! The island of Borneo and the island arc that includes Sumatra, Java, Bali, and the Lesser Sunda chain sit on the Sunda Shelf, a southward extension of the continental mass of Asia.

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