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First Printing: Jakarta, September 1991

Second Printing: Jakarta, February 1995

Adobe Acrobat version: Ottawa, October 1995.

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Bahasa Indonesia in 7 Days

Michael Bordt and Liswati Seram

Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS .................................................................................................... 1

DAY 1. BEING POLITE..................................................................................................... 3

DAY 2. THE TAXI............................................................................................................... 4

DAY 3. MORE POLITENESS ........................................................................................... 5

DAY 4. NUMBERS.............................................................................................................. 6

DAY 5. SIMPLE SENTENCES ......................................................................................... 7

DAY 6. ASKING QUESTIONS.......................................................................................... 8

DAY 7. LEFTOVERS.......................................................................................................... 9

APPENDIX 1. GUIDE TO PRONUNCIATION ........................................................... 10

RULES ........................................................................................................................... 10

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE ......................................................................................... 11

APPENDIX 2. HOW TO FIND WORDS IN THE DICTIONARY ............................ 13

APPENDIX 3: WORD LIST ............................................................................................ 15

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Bahasa Indonesia in 7 Days

Michael Bordt and Liswati Seram

Bahasa Indonesia in Seven Days

Michael Bordt and Liswati Seram

Face it—whether you are in Indonesia for one week or for 10 years, it is not only polite and useful to

know a little of the language, in many cases, it is outright necessary. If you don't want to be trapped

at the Hotel Borobudur or restricted to traveling with a translator, you need to be able to communi-

cate with that cheerful, friendly, curious populace out there. This booklet provides one approach to

learning a very basic level of the Indonesian language, Bahasa Indonesia , with no strain.

I have yet to encounter a structured, functional approach to learning Bahasa Indonesia . Phrase

books confront the linguistic novice with a barrage of special purpose phrases (“Is the play a com-

edy or a tragedy?”). They are often badly organized into social situations (going to the market, at

customs) where you are likely to have neither the time nor the inclination to be fumbling around

with a silly little phrase book even if you did bring it with you, which is highly improbable. With

these books, you can either memorize several hundred phrases that may or may not have an applica-

tion. Or you can keep the book in your pocket and hope that your fingers are fast enough to find the

phrase for “turn left here” before the taxi takes you completely out of town in a straight line.

Grammar books and dictionaries, although fine for a long-term study of the language, are even

more of a hindrance in taxis and at the supermarket checkout. Language tapes also have their place

in learning to communicate but this approach requires time and effort to achieve practical results.

What is required for the short-term visitor and even for the newly arrived longer-term expatriates

is a list of common, useful and necessary words and phrases grouped into bite-sized quantities so the

most important ones can be learned and used first.

The most useful phrase book I have found is Indonesian Words and Phrases by the American

Women's Association. It provides some very important basic concepts and I recommend it highly

but no one wants to memorize an entire book the first day in a new country. The following lists of

words, organized by day, should help you to get through your first week while you are making plans

for more extensive language training.

Optional words in the following vocabulary tables are provided in square brackets and corre-

evening]; pagi is morning, etc.). Fill-in-the-blank words (...) may be substituted from any handy

phrase book or the word list in Appendix 3..

The appendices include a guide to pronunciation, help with finding words in the dictionary and a

short essential word list.

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Bahasa Indonesia in 7 Days

Michael Bordt and Liswati Seram

Day 1. Being Polite

The first priority in Indo-

nesia, believe it or not, is

being polite. Not getting

the job done, getting to

where you are going or

getting the correct change.

The general wisdom that

even a few polite words

will return much apprecia-

tion is usually true. On the

other hand, unkind or loud

words in any language will

instantly turn you into an

invisible being.

Any conversation

beyond the vocabulary

here assumes that you

know more about the

language than you actually

do. This may put you on

the receiving end of a long

monologue to which you

are expected to nod and make the occasional non-committal response.

Good [morning | day | after-

noon | evening].

Terima kasih. Thank-you.

Ya. Yes. (often means no)

Tidak. No.

Apa kabar? How are you? What’s new?

Baik, dan [Bapak | Ibu]? Fine, and you? (to man |

woman)

I don't speak Indonesian.

(This will be painfully obvi-

ous to any Indonesian, but

it's a polite way to fill in those

awkward moments.)

Selamat [jalan | tinggal]. Good-bye. (to person leaving

| to person staying)

Kembali. You’re welcome.

Silakan[ duduk | masuk]. Please [sit down | come in].

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Vocabulary Day 1.

Selamat [pagi | siang | sore

| malam].

Saya tidak bisa bahasa

Indonesia.

Bahasa Indonesia in 7 Days

Michael Bordt and Liswati Seram

Day 2. The Taxi

By your second day, still

fuzzy with jet-lag, your

employers expect you to at

least show up at the office

to meet a few people. If

you're not here to work, by

now you should be bored

enough with the hotel

facilities (even if it is the

Borobudur) to want to see

a little of the town. The

most effective way of

getting around town is in

the back of a shiny Mer-

cedes with an Eng-

lish-speaking, hard-nosed,

Jakarta-born driver. If you

don't happen to have both

of these handy, flag down

the nearest taxi after you

have memorized the ac-

companying vocabulary.

Street names and ad-

dresses are rarely sufficient

to get you where you are

going in Jakarta unless you

are going to a very well

known building, hotel or

shopping center. Re-

member to learn the local pronunciation of your hotel or street, you may need it to get back home.

Many place and street names are derived from English or other languages, but sometimes they are

not pronounced as you would expect. For example, the “Hotel Orchid” is pronounced Ortchid and

“Golf” usually has two syllables ( Golef ).

The best way of giving directions in a taxi is to mention the neighborhood (Kebayoran Baru,

Blok M, Jalan Thamrin, Kemang, Pondok Indah etc.) and the street. If there are any tricky turns

before you get there, you may want to mention that, too. Don't fall asleep on the ride. Lacking spe-

cific instructions, drivers often take you in circles.

[This | That] [house | building

| street].

Ke mana? Where are you going? (Also

a common polite greeting.)

Saya mau ke ... I am going to ... (pick a

place)

Saya tidak tahu. I don't know. (This will likely

be obvious to the driver but

may encourage him to find

directions elsewhere.)

Di [sini | sana]. [Here | There]. (Not really

useful, but it's something to

say while you're pointing at

the house.)

Kiri, kanan? Left or right? (Drivers often

ask this when approaching a

street they assured you they

grew up on.)

[Berhenti! | Stop!] Stop! (Often necessary)

Salah. Wrong.

Saya mau pulang. I want to go home.

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Vocabulary Day 2.

Ke [kiri | kanan]. To the [left | right].

[terus | lurus] straight ahead.

[Rumah | Gedung | Jalan]

[ini | itu].

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