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.
Let's look at some expressions that uses Pengen, ngasih, bilang, kata(nya), ngomong, gede.
Lagi pengen... | Feel like (having)... |
Nggak kepengen | Don't want to |
Pengen tau | Want to know |
Pengen tau aja lu! | Telling someone they are being nosey |
Pengennya... | PRO wants... |
Pengennya sih... | What PRO actually wants... |
Kasih tau | To tell/inform |
Kasih lihat dong! | Show me! |
Ngasih | Memberi |
Ngasih makan | To feed |
Kasihan | Poor thing |
Bilang | To say/tell |
Gue bilang juga apa! | What did I say! |
Kan udah dibilangin kalau... | PRO been told that... |
Bisa dibilang kalau... | It can be said that... |
Kata PRO... | PRO says... |
Apa katanya? | What did PRO say? |
Katanya sih... | They say... |
Ngatain | To pay out/insult |
Dikatain | To be called something/named |
Ngomong | Bicara |
Ngomongin | To talk about something/somebody |
Ngomongin apa sih? | What (topic) are you talking about? |
Ngomong apa sih? | What are you on about? |
Ngomong-ngomong... | By the way... |
Omongan tentang | Discussion about... |
Orang gede | Important/wealthy person |
Udah gede! | PRO has grown! |
Gajinya gede | Big salary |
Gedein musiknya | Turn the music up |
Cowok gue lulusan UI. | My boyfriend graduated from UI. |