Learn about the numerals up to one hundred, as well as time designations
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Jason:Hi everyone. Jason here! Welcome back to IndonesianPod101.com. This is Absolute Beginner Season 1, Lesson 20 - Can you Say Your Age in Indonesian? |
| Fira:Hello everyone! I'm Fira. |
| Jason:In this lesson, we’re going to learn larger numbers in Indonesian. |
| Fira:The conversation takes place at a restaurant in Yogya. It’s between Edi and his friend Budi and Dewi. They are at Budi’s birthday party. They speak informal Indonesian. |
| Jason:Okay, let’s listen to the conversation. |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Jason:In Indonesian, it’s fine to ask someone’s age even you’re meeting them for the first time, right? |
| Fira:That’s right. It’s one of the popular conversation topics. So don’t be surprised when someone asks your age even though you just met them. |
| Jason:But when you calculate your age, you should be careful which calendar you need to follow. |
| Fira:Right. In most cases, people follow the Gregorian calendar. However, in Java, they follow the Islamic calendar. |
| Jason:Right, their population is mostly Muslim, so you should also be careful when you look up someone else’s birthday. |
| Fira:And also in Java and Bali, they have a special calendar system, which is called Wuku or Pawukon. These both come from the root wuku, which refers to a week of seven days. |
| Jason:And in this system, there are only thirty weeks following the lunar cycle, so there are only 210 days in a year. |
| Fira:Right. They use this calendar system for determining when they are going to have ceremonies, so please remember this if you make plans to visit Java or Bali. |
| Jason:Okay, we will. Now on to the vocab. |
| KEY VOCAB AND PHRASES |
| Jason:Let's have a closer look at the usage for some of the words and phrases from this lesson. |
| Fira:In this lesson, we’re going to learn about the time divisions beyond the hour – for example, days, weeks, months, and years. |
| Jason:Okay. First let’s start with days. Fira, how do we say “day’ in Indonesian? |
| Fira:Hari. (slow) Ha-ri. |
| Jason:It means ‘day’. And in the dialogue, we had a phrase that incorporated hari. What was that? |
| Fira:It was hari ini. (slow) Ha-ri i-ni. |
| Jason:It means ‘today’. |
| Fira:Ini means ‘this’ so literally it means ‘this day’. |
| Jason:Okay, then how can you say ‘week’ in Indonesian? |
| Fira:Minggu. (slow) Ming-gu. |
| Jason:And what about ‘a month’? |
| Fira:Bulan. (slow) Bu-lan. |
| Jason:It also means ‘moon’, because in the lunar calendar, a month is following the lunar cycle. Okay, so what about ‘year’? |
| Fira:It’s tahun. (slow) Ta-hun. And one more thing. It is spelled T-A-H-U-N. But when you pronounce this word, the h is not really pronounced. |
| Jason:Fira, can you pronounce the word again? |
| Fira:Tahun. (slow) Ta-hun. Tahun. Did everyone hear that? The h is silent. |
| Jason:That’s a good tip. Okay, let’s take a look at the grammar point. |
| GRAMMAR POINT |
| Jason:In this lesson, we’re going to learn more numbers in Indonesian. |
| Fira:We learned up to 12 in Lesson 9. |
| Jason:Could you read from one to 12, number by number, please Fira? |
| Fira:Sure. Here we go. Satu. Dua. Tiga. Empat. Lima. Enam. Tujuh. Delapan. Sembilan. Sepuluh. Sebelas. Duabelas. |
| Jason:Okay. what’s the word for eleven again? |
| Fira:It’s Sebelas. Se- is a prefix which means ‘one’, while belas is the root we use for numbers between 10 and 20. |
| Jason:Right. To read the numbers after 10, all we have to do is to change the prefix that goes in front of belas. |
| Fira:In the same way, you can read the next number – duabelas – which means ‘twelve’. Dua means ‘two’, and this comes before belas. |
| Jason:Ok and how do we continue with ‘thirteen’? |
| Fira:‘Thirteen’ is tigabelas. (slow) Ti-ga-be-las. Ti-ga means ‘three, and after that, you can simply add the word belas. |
| Jason:It’s very simple. So let’s count up one by one. I’m going to read the English meaning first, then Fira will read the Indonesian numbers. |
| Jason:Fourteen |
| Fira:Empatbelas. (slow) Em-pat-be-las. |
| Fifteen |
| Limabelas. (slow) Li-ma-be-las. |
| Sixteen |
| Enambelas. (slow) E-nam-be-las. |
| Seventeen |
| tujuhbelas (slow) tujuhbelas |
| Eighteen |
| delapanbelas (slow) delapanbelas |
| Ninteen |
| sembilanbelas (slow) sembilanbelas |
| Jason:And finally, “twenty” is |
| Fira:duapuluh. (slow) Du-a-pu-luh. |
| Jason:Okay, Fira. It seems like twenty doesn’t have the word for ten in it. |
| Fira:That’s right. Let’s break it down. “Twenty” is Duapuluh in Indonesian. Dua means ‘two’ – and puluh is the root meaning ‘ten’. So literally Dua-puluh means ‘Two tens’. |
| Jason:Okay, so we have ‘Twenty’ now. Then how do you say ‘Twenty one’? |
| Fira:It’s very simple. You can just say Duapuluh satu. (slow) Du-a pu-luh sa-tu. After the word duapuluh you can simply add the word satu meaning ‘one’ |
| Jason:Yes, all you have to do is to add the numbers from one to nine after the multiple of ten. Then how do you say “thirty” in Indonesian? |
| Fira:“Thirty” – which is three tens – is simply tigapuluh. (slow) Ti-ga-pu-luh. “Three tens”. |
| Jason:Okay, I think we can easily make some other numbers now that we know this. Let’s count from 40. I’ll read the English translation first, then Fira will give the Indonesian numbers. |
| Forty |
| empatpuluh (slow) empatpuluh |
| Fifty |
| limapuluh (slow) limapuluh |
| Sixty |
| enampuluh (slow) enampuluh |
| Seventy |
| tujuhpuluh (slow) tujuhpuluh |
| Eighty |
| delapanpuluh (slow) delapanpuluh |
| Ninety |
| sembilanpuluh (slow) sembilanpuluh |
| Jason:Okay, then what about “one hundred?” |
| Fira:It’s seratus. (slow) seratus. |
| Jason:I think that’s enough numbers for now. And listeners, it’s time for Quiz! Fira is going to give you the number in Indonesian. You’ll get 5 seconds to think about the answer. Are you ready? Here we go. |
| Fira:Tigapuluh lima (5 sec) |
| Jason:‘Thirty Five’. And next? |
| Fira:Tujuhpuluh sembilan. (5 sec). |
| Jason:‘Seventy Nine’. Okay, just one more. |
| Fira:Delapanpuluh dua. (5 sec.) |
| Jason:‘Eighty Two’. |
| Fira:If you’re not sure how to read Indonesian numbers, feel free to leave us a comment at IndonesianPod101.com |
Outro |
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| Jason:Okay. That’s it for this lesson. |
| Fira:Thank you for listening everyone. |
| Jason:See you next time! |
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