Indonesian conversation

45 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/