INDONESIAN LANGUAGE (BAHASA INDONESIA)

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)

Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia) is the official language of Indonesia. It is a standardized register of Malay, an Austronesian language which has been used as a lingua franca in the Indonesian archipelago for centuries.

Indonesia is the fourth most populous nation in the world. Of its large population, the number of people who speak Indonesian fluently is fast approaching 100%, making Indonesian, and thus Malay, one of the most widely spoken languages in the world.^[1]

Most Indonesians, aside from speaking the national language, are often fluent in another regional language (examples includeJavanese, 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.

The VOA and BBC use Indonesian as their standard for broadcasting in Malay.^[3][4] Indonesian is 80% cognate with Malaysian.^[2] In Australia, Indonesian is one of three Asian target languages, together with Japanese and Mandarin, taught in some of schools as part of the Languages Other Than English programme.^[5]

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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 :)