Indonesian vocabulary
Indonesian greetings
16 curated greetings words at A1 / A2 / B1 levels. Pronunciation, example sentence, and teacher's notes on the trickier ones.
- halo, hello /HAH-loh/
- selamat pagi, good morning /seh-LAH-maht PAH-gee/
- selamat siang, good afternoon /seh-LAH-maht see-AHNG/
- selamat sore, good evening /seh-LAH-maht SOH-reh/
- selamat malam, good night /seh-LAH-maht MAH-lahm/
- terima kasih, thank you /teh-REE-mah KAH-see/
- sama-sama, you're welcome /SAH-mah SAH-mah/
- maaf, sorry /MAH-ahf/
- permisi, excuse me (to pass) /pehr-MEE-see/
- tolong, please /TOH-lohng/
- apa kabar, how are you /AH-pah KAH-bar/
- sampai jumpa, see you later /SAHM-pai JOOM-pah/
- selamat tinggal, goodbye (when leaving) /seh-LAH-maht teeng-GAHL/
- nama saya, my name is /NAH-mah SAH-yah/
- saya dari, I am from /SAH-yah DAH-ree/
- senang bertemu Anda, nice to meet you /seh-NAHNG behr-TEH-moo AHN-dah/