Indonesian Words and Phrases

Hello	selamat siang	sla-mat see-yang
How are you?	Bagaimana kabarnya?	ba-gay-ma-na ka-bar-nya
Good, thanks.	Baik, terima kasih	baik, treema kasee
Goodbye	Sampai nanti	sampay nantee
Please	Silakan	seelakan
Thank you	Terima kasih	treema kasee
You're Welcome	kembali	kumbalee
Yes	Ya	ya
No	Tidak	teedaq
book	buku	bookoo
water	air	air (ire)
pencil	pénsil	penseel
pen	péna	pena
door	pintu	peentoo
dog	anjing	anjeeng
cat	kucing	koocheeng
coffee	kopi	kopee
tea	teh	te
milk	susu	soosoo
sugar	gula	goola
lemon	jeruk nipis	jurook neepees
coffee with milk	kopi pakai susu	kopee pakay soosoo
tea with lemon	teh pakai jeruk nipis	te pakay jurook neepees
email	pos listrik	pos leestreek

Indonesian is always pronounced on the next to the last syllable. E is always unstressed, except when it has an accent like this:é. Thus, the number 4, spelled empat is pronounced umpat.
K at the end of a word has a slight catch to it, almost silent, and it's written as q in the pronunciation column.



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