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| Indonesian Survival Phrases Lesson 5. Parting Greetings in Indonesian |
| Today we'll introduce parting greetings. There are two formal phrases and four informal phrases in Indonesian. Let's go over the two formal ones first. |
| Upon parting, if your listener is staying in the area, the expression that is used is Selamat tinggal, which literally means "happy staying." Selamat tinggal. (slow) Selamat tinggal. Let’s break it down by syllable, Se-la-mat ting-gal. Now Let's hear it once again, Selamat tinggal. Let's take a look at the individual words. The first word Selamat means "happy" or "blessed." Let’s break down this word and hear it one more time, Se-la-mat. Selamat. This is followed by tinggal, which in Indonesian is "to stay." Tinggal. (slow)Tinggal. Tinggal. Now let’s hear the entire expression again, Selamat tinggal. |
| On the other hand, if your listener is leaving the area, the expression that is used is Selamat jalan, which literally means "happy going." Selamat jalan. (slow) Selamat jalan. Let’s break it down by syllable Se-la-mat ja-lan. Now let’s hear it once again, Selamat jalan. Let's take a look at the individual words here. The first word Selamat means "happy" or "blessed," as we've said before. Selamat. This is followed by jalan, which in Indonesian is "to leave", "to go." or simply “road”. jalan. (slow) jalan. jalan. Now let’s hear the entire expression again, Selamat jalan. |
| Now let’s take a lot at the informal parting expressions. |
| In Indonesian a more casual way of saying Goodbye, like "bye" in English, is Da-da. Let’s break it down by syllable, da-da. Now let’s hear it once again, da-da. This phrase is used among friends and in other casual situations. |
| If you want to say something like "see you later" in English, there are three ways to do this in Indonesian. |
| The first one is Sampai ketemu, which literally means "Until we happen to meet." Sampai ketemu. (slow) Sampai ketemu. Let’s break it down by syllable, Sam-pai ke-te-mu. Now let’s hear it once again, Sampai ketemu. Let's take a look at the individual words. The first word Sampai means "until." Let’s break down this word and hear it one more time, (slow) sampai. sampai. This is followed by ketemu, which in Indonesian is "happen to meet." ketemu. ke-te-mu, ketemu. Now let’s hear the entire expression again, Sampai ketemu. |
| The second one is Sampai jumpa, which literally means "Until we meet." Sampai jumpa. (slow) Sampai jumpa. Let’s break it down by syllable, Sam-pai jum-pa. Now let’s hear it again, Sampai jumpa. |
| Let's take a look at the individual words here. The first word Sampai means "until," as we've said before. Sampai. This is followed by jumpa, which in Indonesian is "to meet." jumpa. (slow) jumpa. jumpa. Now let’s hear the entire expression again, Sampai jumpa. |
| The last of these is Sampai nanti, which literally means "Until later." Sampai nanti, (slow) Sampai nanti. Let’s break it down by syllable, Sam-pai nan-ti. Now let’s hear it again, Sampai nanti. Let's take a look at the individual words here. The first word Sampai means "until," as we've said before. Sampai. This is followed by nanti, which in Indonesian means "later." nanti (slow) nanti. nanti. Now let’s hear the entire expression again, Sampai nanti. |
| To clarify the usage of these expressions further, in most situations most people use either sampai ketemu or sampai jumpa, since it’s assumed that you and your conversation partner will meet again. Da-da the most informal way of saying “good bye” is most accompanied by waving and sudden rather sing-song tone which goes high-mid. Da-da, da-da. On the other hand, the formal way of saying “good bye” Selamat tinggal and selamat jalan are used in cases where you are pretty confident that it’ll be a while before you meet again. |
| Okay to close out today’s lesson we’d like for you to practice what you’ve just learned. I’ll provide you with the English equivalent of the phrase and you’re responsible for saying the Indonesian phrase out loud or in Indonesian, dengan keras. You’ll have a few seconds before I give you the answer so selamat sukses, that means "good luck!" in Indonesian. |
| All right so here we go! |
| “Good bye.” If your listener’s staying. (Selamat tinggal. (slow) Selamat tinggal. Selamat tinggal.) |
| “Good bye.” If your listener’s leaving. (Selamat jalan. (slow) Selamat jalan. Selamat jalan.) |
| “Bye.” (Da-da. (slow) da-da. da-da.) |
| “Until we happen to meet.” (Sampai ketemu. (slow) Sampai ketemu. Sampai ketemu.) |
| “Until we meet.” (Sampai jumpa. (slow) Sampai jumpa. Sampai jumpa.) |
| “Until later.” (Sampai nanti. (slow) Sampai nanti. Sampai nanti.) |
| All right, that's going to do it for today! |
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