Here are the contents of the Itty Bitty Indonesian Course: Introduction to Indonesian Lesson One - Basics Lesson Two - More Basics Lesson Three - Still More Basics Lesson Four - A Few More Basics Lesson Five - Nouns

Before beginning to study Indonesian, there are a few things you should know. 1. Speaking Indonesian perfectly is next to impossible. 2. Speaking Indonesian well enough is next to unavoidable. 3. Verbs, nouns, particles, etc. all run together in Indonesian. If you’ve got words for your subject, verb and object, put them in that order. The odds are in your favor that you’ll create a

Water – air Meat – daging Bread – roti Coffee – kopi Tea – te (With) milk – (Dengan) susu Room – kamar Bed – tempat tidur (place of sleeping) (With) bathroom – (Dengan) kamar mandi (room of bathing) Table – meja Chair – kursi Desk – meja tulis (table of writing) Person – orang Place – tempat Thing – susuatu House – rumah Car – mobil City – kota Cat – kucing Dog –

Hello – Selamat siang Goodbye – Saya pergi dulu Excuse me – Permisi I am American – Saya orang Amerika I am British – Saya orang Inggris How much is it? – Berapa harganya? Please write it – Tolong tulis Thank you – Terima kasih Credit card – kartu kredit I like it – Saya suka ini I don’t like it – Saya tidak suka ini Good – Baik Come – Silakan datang Look – Silakan

Hello – Selamat siang How are you? – Apa khabar? Fine – Baik Are you happy? – Apa Anda gembira? I am happy – Saya gembira I am not happy – Saya tidak gembira Are you sad? – Apa Anda sedih? I am sad – Saya sedih I am not sad – Saya tidak sedih Are you tired? – Apa Anda ngantuk? I am tired – Saya ngantuk I am not tired – Saya tidak ngantuk One, two, three – satu, dua,

Hello – Selamat siang Goodbye – Saya pergi dulu Excuse me – Permisi Please – Minta Thank you – Terima kasih You’re welcome – Kembali Do you understand? – Anda mengerti? I understand – Saya mengerti I don’t understand – Saya tidak mengerti What is this? – Apa ini? What’s your name? – Siapa nama Anda? My name is… – Nama saya… Are you happy? – Apa Anda gembira? I am happy –

Hello – Selamat siang (Good day) Goodbye – Saya pergi dulu (I must be going) Excuse me – Permisi I’m sorry – Maaf How are you? – Apa khabar? (What’s the news?) (It’s) good – Baik Please – Minta Thank you – Terima kasih (give love) You’re welcome – Kembali (return) Where is…? – … di mana? (at where?) Bus station – Terminal bis Where is the bus station? – Terminal bis di

rice / nasi / bigás / laiki bread / roti / tinapay / palaoa avocado / alpokat / abokádo / * mango / mangga / manggá / manakó banana / pisang / saging / mai'a * Our resources for Hawaiian are limited. When we don't immediately come across a vocabulary item for the language, we're assuming the English will do. Notice how Hawaiian says ma-na-kó for "mango" to avoid putting two consonants

English / Indonesian / Tagalog / Hawaiian red / merah / pulá / mea blue / biru / asúl / polú or uli-uli* green / hijau / luntian (berde) / 'óma'o* yellow / kuning / diláw / melemele black / hitam / itím / 'ele'ele white / putih / putî / ke'oke'o Indonesian, Tagalog and Hawaiian didn't distinguish the color "blue" except under Western influence. Biru and Polú are probably

English / Indonesian / Tagalog / Hawaiian beef / (daging) sapi / karnéng-baka / 'i'o pipi goat / (daging) kambing / karnéng-kambing / 'i'o kao pork / (daging) babi / karnéng-baboy / 'i'o pua'a *daging/karnéng/'i'o = meat (of) chicken / ayam / manók / 'i'o moa fish / ikan / isdâ / i'a Hawaiian pipi is a very bad attempt to say "beef." So says Schütz' in All About Hawaiian (U of