Mandarin Chinese
Greetings and Expressions
你今天好吗 你最近好吗 最近 (zui jin): recently 好 or 不好
Negation and Possibility
没 (mei): no 不过 (bu guo): however 但是 (dan shi): but 也许, 没准, 可能, 应该: maybe, perhaps, possibly, should 或许: perhaps 不可能: impossible 不应该: shouldn’t
Verbs and Actions
讨论 (tao lun): discuss 买 (mai3): buy 卖 (mai4): sell 吃 (chi): eat
Sentence Structures
我不会吃辣的食物 / 我不会吃辣的菜 我要买那个美丽的东西 我把饭吃了 饭被我吃了 (the rice was eaten by me) 我把饭吃了 (I made the rice eaten by me)
Cultural Terms
中国人, 华人, 华裔
Bahasa Indonesia
Expressions and Phrases
kurang ajar: impolite (lit. less educated) kurang sopan: impolite
Verbs with -kan suffix
berikan: give ambilkan: take tanyakan: ask kirimkan: send
Verbs with ber- prefix
berbagi: share (bagi: share, give out) bernyanyi: to sing berbahasa: to speak (a language) belajar: to study
Sentence Examples
Dia bernyanyi dengan baik (He/she sings/sang well) saya berbahasa inggris (I speak English) saya mengajar dia bahasa mandarin (I teach him/her Mandarin) saya ajar dia bahasa mandarin (I teach him/her Mandarin - informal)
Other Words and Phrases
nyanyi: sing (verb) ajar: teach (basic word) mengajar: teach (verb) hajar: beat kurang: less lebih: more
Sentence Structures
Berikan ini kepadanya (Give this to him/her) Saya sudah memberikan itu kepadanya (I have given that to him/her) ambilkan barang itu (take that item) tolong ambilkan barang itu (please take that item) tolong tanyakan kepada manager toko (please ask the shop manager) tolong kirim(kan) kepadaku (please send to me)