- Some handy words or phrases in Bahasa Indonesia are:
Chemist/Pharmacy - Apotik [ah-pot-ik]
Some pharmacies have also adopted the word "farma" as in Bali Farma in Denpasar or Farmasari in Sanur.
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 pronunciation.
http://www.seasite.niu.edu/indonesian...
Grammar Points: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.
More info on pronunciation:
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
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:
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
embassy - kedutaan besar
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
e.g. I want to go to Ubud, how far is it from Kuta? - Saya mau ke Ubud, berapa jauh dari Kuta -