GREETINGS IN INDONESIAN LANGUAGE

Greetings 

When you LEARN INDONESIAN LANGUAGE you will learn greetings. Greetings  usually start with the word selamat as you can see from the

following examples:

Selamat pagi – Good morning

Selamat siang- Good afternoon

Selamat malam- Good evening

Selamat tidur- Good night (before sleeping)

There are also:

Selamat tinggal – Good bye

Selamat datang – Welcome

Selamat Idul Fitri – Happy Idul Fitri

Selamat ulang tahun – Happy birthday

Selamat makan- Happy eating

Selamat jalan- Farewell

or just ” Selamat” – Congratulation

But Bahasa Indonesia has also some other greetings without the word “selamat”. For

instance:

Semoga beruntung / berhasil – Good luck

Semoga anda lulus ujian – Hopefully you pass the exam

Practice

Practice reading the word selamat

PERCAKAPAN – CONVERSATION

A: Apa kabar Kent?

B: Baik. Kamu sendiri bagaimana?

A: Seperti biasa. Besok aku akan ujian Bahasa. Doakan aku yah.

B: OK. John, Semoga beruntung.

Translation:

A: How are you Kent?

B: Fine. How about you?

A: Just like usual. Tomorrow I will have Bahasa exam. Wish me luck, OK?

B: OK, John. Good luck.