Hallo! Welcome to my blog!
i'm so confuse about what should i post here! hahaha LOL.
well, then i think i'm gonna tell you about my country.
especially the language.
BAHASA INDONESIA. (Indonesian Language).
I took this from wikipedia.com
INDONESIAN LANGUAGE (BAHASA INDONESIA)
Most Indonesians, aside from speaking the national language, are often fluent in another
regional language (examples include
Javanese,
Sundanese and
Madurese) which are commonly used at home and within the local community. Most formal education, as well as nearly all national media and other forms of communication, are conducted in Indonesian. In
East Timor, which was an Indonesian province from 1975 to 1999, Indonesian is recognised by the constitution as one of the two working languages (the other being
English), alongside the official languages of
Tetum and
Portuguese.
The Indonesian name for the language is Bahasa Indonesia (literally "the language of Indonesia"). This term is occasionally found in English. Indonesian is sometimes called "Bahasa" by English speakers, though this literally just means "language".
Speakers and geographic distribution
Map of where Indonesian is predominantly spoken. Dark blue: as a majority language. Light blue: as a minority language.
Indonesian has 22,800,000
first language speakers in Indonesia, with a total of 23,187,680 speakers worldwide, with most other speakers coming from the Netherlands, the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore and the United States. Around 140,000,000 speakers use it as a
second language[2] alongside their
local mother tongue. It is used extensively as a first language by Indonesians in urban areas, and as a second language by those residing in more rural parts of Indonesia.
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Alright, that's a short introduction of Bahasa Indonesia, and let's focus on how to speak Indonesian language (bahasa Indonesia) <actually this is what i want to post here>.
Let's learn it from the basic.
I'll tell you what is it in english for making you easier to understand what i post :).
I'll put those words in english on left, in bahasa Indonesia on the right side.
Let's start!
GREETINGS - SALAM
Halo!/Hi! - Hai !
How are you ? ------> Apa Kabar?
Nice to meet you! / Glad to meet you -----> Senang bertemu denganmu!
Good morning -----> Selamat pagi
Good afternoon -----> selamat siang
good evening -----> Selamat malam
good night -----> selamat malam (say this if we wanna go to bed)
Bye/see you -----> Sampai jumpa
see you tomorrow -----> sampai jumpa besok
see you again -----> sampai jumpa lagi
INTRODUCE OURSELF
What is your name? -----> Siapa namamu?/Siapa nama anda?
My name is ..... -----> Nama saya .... / namaku ..................
i am 17 years old -----> umurku 17 tahun (I'll post what are numbers in bahasa indonesia)
I live on ..... -----> Aku tinggal di ....
I was born on ........-----> Aku lahir pada tanggal........
I was born in ....... -----> Aku lahir di ...........
My hobbies are ......... -----> hobiku adalah......... (plural)
OKay i think it's enough for this part, we'll meet again later! sampai jumpa :)