Selamat jalan

A group of people are talking and someone decides to leave, he or she says 'Selamat tinggal" to everyone who is staying behind, and those people say 'Selamat jalan' to the person who is leaving.

Selamat tinggal 'Goodbye' (said to the persons staying behind, not leaving)

Selamat jalan 'Goodbye' (said to the persons leaving, not staying behind)

We already studied Selamat with nouns (times of the day) to make greetings, like Selamat pagi 'Good morning' and Selamat with verbs to make greetings, like Selamat datang 'Welcome'.  Now e have two more greetings with verbs:

Selamat tinggal and Selamat jalan.

Tinggal means 'stay behind, or stay at, live at'

Jalan means 'travel, walk'

Before people say their goodbyes, sometimes there is a discussion about where everyone is going. Some might ask:

Nak pergi ke mana?  Where are [you] going? Where will [you] go?'

Nak marks intention, so it can mean 'want to' or 'wanna/will'.

Pergi 'go'

Ke mana means 'to where'

So, ke = 'to, towards' and mana = 'where, which'

For example:

Shannon: Nellese nak pergi ke mana?

Nellese: Saya nak pergi ke Chicago.

Shannon: Saya nak pergi ke Freeport; Denard nak pergi ke Chicago.

Nellese: Selamat jalan.

Shannon: Selamat jalan.


[Both say say Selamat jalan because both are going somewhere.]


Please note that you can ask people questions without using a pronoun or name: Nak pergi ke mana?  'Wanna go to where' (Literally), but because you are talking to that person he or she understands you asking him/her.  It's like in English when you can drop pronouns when you are talking or texting someone: 'Wanna get something to eat?' 'Wanna go to Chicago with me?'

We have learned three question words:

Siapa 'Who'

Apa 'What'

Ke Mana 'To where?'

Siapa

Siapa nama? 'Who are you? (What is your name?)

Siapa nak pergi ke Chicago? 'Who wants to go to Chicago'.

Apa

Ini apa? 'What's this.'

Mana 

Dia nak pergi ke mana? 'So, she wants to go where?'



 We have learned some words:

meja 'table'

kerusi 'chair'

kasut 'shoe'


 

We also used words like:


Januari 'January'
 
Mac 'March'

Mei 'May'
 
Julai 'July'

Ogos 'August'

September 'September'