Indonesian conversation

46 curated conversation words at A1 / A2 / B1 levels. Pronunciation, example sentence, and teacher's notes on the trickier ones.

• setuju, to agree /seh-TOO-joo/
• sependapat, of the same opinion /seh-pehn-DAH-paht/
• menurut saya, in my opinion /meh-NOO-root SAH-yah/
• menurut, according to /meh-NOO-root/
• saya rasa, I feel/think /SAH-yah RAH-sah/
• saya pikir, I think /SAH-yah PEE-keer/
• sebenarnya, actually /seh-beh-NAHR-nyah/
• sebetulnya, actually (variant) /seh-beh-TOOL-nyah/
• ternyata, turns out /tehr-NYAH-tah/
• kayaknya, seems like /KAI-yahk-nyah/
• sepertinya, it seems /seh-pehr-TEE-nyah/
• benar, correct /beh-NAHR/
• salah, wrong /SAH-lah/
• tepat, exact /teh-PAHT/
• kurang lebih, more or less /KOO-rahng LEH-beeh/
• ya kan?, right? isn't it? /yah kahn/
• tentu saja, of course /TEHN-too SAH-jah/
• oleh karena itu, therefore /OH-leh kah-REH-nah EE-too/
• meskipun, although /mehs-KEE-poon/
• walaupun, although (variant) /wah-lou-POON/
• kecuali, except /keh-CHOO-ah-lee/
• selain, besides /seh-LAH-een/
• misalnya, for example /mee-SAHL-nyah/
• tentang, about /tehn-TAHNG/
• mengenai, concerning /meh-ngeh-NAI/
• ayo, come on /AH-yoh/
• mari, let's (formal) /MAH-ree/
• yuk, come on (very casual) /YOOK/
• bagaimana kalau, how about /bah-gai-MAH-nah KAH-lou/
• sebaiknya, it's better to /seh-BAI-knyah/
• harus, must /HAH-roos/
• perlu, need to /PEHR-loo/
• mesti, must (casual) /MEHS-tee/
• wajib, obligatory /WAH-jeeb/
• boleh, may /BOH-leh/
• coba, try (imperative) /CHOH-bah/
• kalau begitu, in that case /KAH-lou beh-GEE-too/
• ngomong-ngomong, by the way /ngoh-MOHNG ngoh-MOHNG/
• omong-omong, by the way (variant) /OH-mohng OH-mohng/
• bukan begitu, not like that /BOO-kahn beh-GEE-too/
• masalahnya, the thing is /mah-SAH-lah-nyah/
• sebagai contoh, for example /seh-bah-GAI CHOHN-toh/
• tolong bicara pelan-pelan, please speak slowly /TOH-lohng bee-CHAH-rah peh-LAHN peh-LAHN/
• saya tidak mengerti, I don't understand /SAH-yah TEE-dahk meh-NGEHR-tee/
• bisa pakai bahasa Inggris?, can you speak English? /BEE-sah PAH-kai bah-HAH-sah EENG-grees/
• tidak apa-apa, it's nothing / it's fine /TEE-dahk AH-pah AH-pah/