Showing posts with label Greeting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Greeting. Show all posts

Thursday, May 8, 2008

Greeting in Bahasa Indonesia part 2

in bahasa indonesia we also have various ways of greeting someone. look at the following example:

To say 'Good morning everybody' we say 'Selamat pagi semuanya' or 'Selamat pagi hadirin sekalian'

To say 'Good morning ladies and gentlemen' we say 'Selamat pagi bapak-bapak dan ibu-ibu sekalian'

Kosa kata
Vocabularies

Semuanya = all
hadirin = audience or crowds
bapak-bapak = gentlemen
ibu-ibu = ladies
sekalian = all, or also means at once

Greeting in Bahasa Indonesia

Daftar ekspresi salam dalam bahasa Indonesia
( list of greeting expressions in Indonesian)

1. Selamat pagi = good morning
2. selamat siang = good afternoon
3. selamat malam = good evening

The expression "good night" is a little bit different , so in bahasa indonesia we say 'selamat tidur' and we just say it before sleep not when we part in the evening or end a meeting. we say 'selamat malam' to open and to end a meeting or when we greet someone in the evening.