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.



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Pengen, ngasih, bilang, kata(nya), ngomong, gede.

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.













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