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Indonesian easy conversation

Many people can speak English in Jakarta, but it is not same with West Kalimantan. Our area, Kapuas Hulu also doesn't have human resouces to develop tourism yet. So you might encounter some language problem in West Kalimantan.

1. Pronunciation

Indonesian pronunciation is not so unique, just you can take care to say "r", "c", and "e" exclude top of word. Indonesian "r" should be rolled as like Italian. "ci", "co" is pronounced same as "chi", "cho" of English, and "e" should be pronounced with the sound between English "e" and "u".
"i" is pronounced [i] anytime, not [ai]. "a" also is pronounced [A] anytime, not [ae] or [e]. Each other letters also have 1 sound.

2. Salute

Selamat pagi (Good morning, 05:00-09:00)

Selamat siang (Hello, 09:00-16:00)

Selamat sore (Good afternoon, 16:00-18:00)

Selamat malam (Good evening, 18:00-05:00)

Permisi (excuse me)

Maaf (sorry)

Terima kasih (Thank you)

3. Where is?

Permisi, dimana ada Sanjaya hotel?

(Excuse me, where is the Sanjaya hotel?)

Dimana saya bisa naik bis?

(Where can I get the bus?)

4. Order

Saya mau makan ayam.

(I want to eat chicken.)

Adakah kamar kosong?

(Is there a empty room?)

Berapa?

(How mach?)

Tidak bisa kasih murah?

(Cannot discount?)

5. When?

Kapan bis ini berankat?

(When does this bus depart?)

Jam berapakah saya harus check out?

(When I have to check out?)

6. What is it?

Apa itu?

(What is it?)

Apa harga itu?

(What is it the price of?)