Practising Colloquial Indonesian sentences
Let's practise some of the CJI features from Sneddon's textbook 'Colloquial Jakartan Indonesian'.
Read the textbook extracts below and the complete following exercises to consolidate our understanding.
Gimana, kenapa, pas, waktu, ngapain.
Let's look at some expressions that uses Gimana, kenapa, pas, waktu, ngapain.
| Gimana? | How did it go? |
| Gimana kabarnya? | What have you been doing? |
| Gimana aja? | How have you been? |
| Gimana sih? | How is it actually? |
| Gimana sih maksudnya? | What do you/does he/she actually mean? |
| (Jadinya) Gimana dong? | So what should we do? (Asking) |
| Gimana ya? | What should we do? (Thinking) |
| Kenapa sih? | What's the matter? |
| Nggak kenapa-napa. | Nothing's the matter. |
| Kenapa ya begitu? | Why is it like that? |
| Semoga nggak kenapa-napa. | Hopefully nothing's wrong. |
| Jangan sampe kenapa-napa. | Be sure nothing goes wrong. |
| Nanti kalo udah pas di pasar... | When you're at the market... |
| Inget nggak waktu kita di... | Do you remember when we were at... |
| Ngapain #1 | Melakukan apa |
| Ngapain #2 | Untuk apa |
| Ngapain aja? | What have you been doing? |
| Ngapain ke sana? | What are we going there for? |
| Lagi ngapain? | What are you doing? |
| Nggak ada apa-apa kan? | There's nothing wrong right? |
| Kamu nggak diapa-apain kan? | They didn't do any thing to you right? |
