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Lesson 2

-Introducing yourself - 

     Kenalkan, ini teman saya...

     Kenalkan means something like "let me introduce" in Indonesian. You may hear this word a lot when you people speaking and especially if they just met.

      Text

Ketut: Halo Pak Tom, Selamat siang.

Tom: Hai, Ketut, Selamat siang.

Ketut: Kenalkan, ini teman saya Komang.

Tom: Halo Komang, Senang bertemu dengan Anda.

Komang:  Halo Tom, Saya senang bertemu dengan Anda saja.

   Vocabulary

ini = this

teman = friend

kenalkan = let me introduce...

Saya  = I  or  me, my

ini teman saya = this is my friend 

bertemu  = meet

dengan = with

Anda = you or your

senang = happy, glad

Senang bertemu dengan Anda = nice to meet you

saja = just

 

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Balinese Names

In Bali there is special naming system which different than most of the world. For instance they do not use a surname or family name . In fact there is also no first name. There are four names only. Yes only 4. Which means first, second, third and fourth child. This is based on Hinduism's caste system. Balinese people are Hindu but they are not really following caste system as it is in India. But the names comes from Sanskrit or Hindi languages. 

Balinese Names

I and Ni means like Mr. and Mrs. in English

1. First born child       Wayan - Putu, Gede, Ni Luh, Iluh, Luh,
2. Second born child  Made  - Kadek, Adek, Ade, Nengah,
3. Third born child      Komang - Nyoman, Man, Mang,
4. Forth born child      Ketut   - Tut,

What if you have fifth kid? They just return to Wayan again and if sixth become Made again and so on. The other name is in fact peoples real name next to this names. It is not a family name. For example I Made Surita. Surita is the real name but they call each other mostly with these four birth order names. So if you call the person Surita even their relatives can not know who you talking about sometimes.

Also there are some other names based on caste or regional  things or pointing their elder relatives hero, king, priest, noble, important person etc.. Such as Gusti, Dewa, Dwi, Bagus Ayu, Agung....

How to learn bahasa indonesia

In Indonesia official language is bahasa indonesia. There are also local other languages like balinese, sumbanese, etc. All of the country almost all people know this language. So if you are living in Indonesia better you learn Bahasa and if possible learn other one depends on where you living in too. It will help you a lot for communication or business.

Best way is to go to courses and best one will be university in my opinion. You can find books too. As it is a bali related site i suggest you to apply to Udayana University. I will write some more here too. Try to show some tricks how to learn quickly.

Let me put some words as starting

Lesson 1
 - Simple greetings -

Vocabulary 

Hello or Hi          =  Halo or Hai (Almost same in Indonesian )
Welcome              =  Selamat Datang
Good Morning    =  Selamat Pagi
Good Day             = Selamat Siang
Good Afternoon  =  Selamat Sore
Good Evening      = Selamat Malam
How are you ?     = Apa Kabar ?
Fine                      = Baik
Pak                       = Mr. 

Text

 

Ketut: Hello Pak Tom . Selamat Malam.

Tom : Hi, Pak Ketut. Apa Kabar?

Ketut: Baik.



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