Day 6. Asking Questions
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You can learn words much faster if you make use of the 190 million eager and willing bahasa Indonesia teachers at your disposal. Finding out the word for "shoe" is a lot easier than more abstract concepts such as "good" and "evil" but at this stage you are still trying to become functional. Learn five more useful nouns and five more verbs from a reliable phrase book, dictionary, or the word lists in the Appendix. You should be at the stage now where you can teach someone a little English. Try it! |
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The words in the following table are similar in both English and bahasa Indonesia. They may not be the most precise pronunciation and spelling but they will be understood by most people.
Similar Words in Both Languages
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airport |
apple |
athlete |
baby |
baggage |
bank |
bar |
beer |
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bell |
bottle |
bus |
camera |
cashier |
cassette |
cherry |
chocolate |
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Coca-cola |
coffee |
coin |
computer |
consultant |
deoderant |
diskette |
doctor |
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donut |
dry cleaning |
electricity |
film |
football |
glass |
guitar |
hamburger |
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hello |
ice |
ice cream |
kilometer |
kiosk |
mall |
massage |
meter |
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monument |
museum |
music |
number |
office |
OK |
oven |
paper clip |
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pen |
pencil |
pension |
photo |
photocopy |
pizza |
police |
radio |
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restaurant |
roast beef |
salad |
same |
school |
sex |
shopping |
staple |
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steak |
stop |
stop |
strawberry |
supermarket |
taxi |
tea |
telephone |
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tennis |
ticket |
to park |
toilet |
TV |
university |
video |
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