Bahasa Indonesia
Verbs and Actions
membuat: to make saya sedang membuat website (I am making a website) membangun: to build membangun rumah (build a house) dipelajari: to be learned (di + belajar + i) menggunakan: to use meminum: to drink saya minum air / saya meminum air (I drink water) mandi: to bathe (not memandi) memandikan: to bathe (someone/something) saya memandikan anjing saya (I bathe my dog)
Question Words
apa: what website apa itu? (what website is that?) apakah: does/is (question marker) apakah itu menggunakan bahasa inggris dan mandarin? (does it also use English and Mandarin?)
Pronouns
saya: I lo / lu / loe: you (informal)
Other Words and Phrases
tentang: about bahasa: language alat: tool guna: use (incorrect form: saya guna alat ini) correct form: saya menggunakan alat ini
Grammar Notes
me + basic word = verb me + milik + i = memiliki (to own, have) me + baca = membaca (to read) me + bangun = membangun (to build) me + buka = membuka (to open)
Mandarin Chinese
Time and Schedule
开会 (kāi huì): to have a meeting 今天四点 (jīntiān sì diǎn): today at 4 o’clock 在网上 (zài wǎngshàng): online
Numbers
四 (sì): 4 十 (shí): 10
Verbs and Actions
要 (yào): need to / will 完 (wán): finished 看完书 (kàn wán shū): after reading a book 跑完步 (pǎo wán bù): after running 吃完(饭) (chī wán fàn): after eating (meal)
Places
超市 (chāoshì): supermarket 超 (chāo): short for 超级 (chāojí), super 市 (shì): short for 市场 (shìchǎng), market 便利店 (biànlì diàn): convenience store 便利 (biànlì): convenience 店 (diàn): store
Other Words and Phrases
之后 (zhīhòu): after 亚马逊 (yà mǎ xùn): Amazon
Sentence Examples
今天四点，我要和学生开会 (I will have a meeting with students at 4 o’clock today) 你开完会 (之后)，做什么？ (What will you do after the meeting?) Bahasa apa yang dipelajari di sana? (What language is learned there?) Apakah itu menggunakan bahasa inggris dan mandarin? (Does it use English and Mandarin?)