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.
Colloquial Indonesian speech acts, idioms & collocations
| Tau nggak? | Did you know? |
| Tau gak sih! | Did you know/would you believe it! |
| Percaya nggak sih | Would you believe it |
| Gini ya | Like this okay |
| Gini loh | Like this/this is how it is |
| Gitu | That's how it is |
| Gitu loh | That's how it is |
| ...gitu? | ...like that? |
| Gitu dong! | That's the way! |
| Gitu baru bagus! | Now that's good! (Used comparatively) |
| Bisa gitu | It can be like that |
| Bisa nggak sih? | Can it be done ot not? |
| Jangan digituin! | Don't do it like that! |
| Pake digituin segala!? | Why does it have to be done like that!? |
| Katanya sih gitu | That's what he/she said |
| Diginiin | Do it this way |
| Yang beginian | Ones like this |
| Gitu-gitu doang | It's nothing special |
| Udah gitu... | And then... |
| Kayaknya sih | It seems like |
| Kayak apa sih? | What is it like? |
| Kayak lu nggak tau aja | As if you don't know |
| Terus | Then |
| Terus, terus? | And then? |
| Terus gimana dong? | So what to do now? |
| Terusin aja | Just keep going |
| Diterusin aja | Just continue |
| Keterusan | Gone too far |
| Seterusnya | Following that/after that |
| Generasi penerus | Next generation |
| Ding (deng) | Discourse particle, used for correcting oneself |
| Eh nggak deng | Sorry not like that/that's not true |
| Lewat sini deng | Sorry it's this way actually |
