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Aug 26 2011

Posted by jocelyn on Monday, August 29, 2011,

We already looked at one of the words for 'please'. Sila duduk refers to 'Please sit'.  Next, we also learned another phrase Sila berdiri 'Please stand up.'

Sila is the word that means please, when the speaker thinks that the action suggested will be of benefit to the person he/she is addressing.

Sila duduk 'Please sit [you will be more comfortable]'

Sila berdiri 'Please stand [you have been sitting too long, you need to change your posture and be refreshed.]'

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Sila makan 'Pleas...


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Aug 23 2011

Posted by jocelyn on Wednesday, August 24, 2011,

Selamat pagi  'Good morning'

Selamat tengah hari 'Good day'

Selamat petang 'Good afternoon'

Selamat malam 'Good night'

Once again we see selamat interacting with other words, in this case times of the day. Pagi is morning, malam is night, petang is afternoon (maybe 3-7PM), tengah hari is middle [of the] day = noontime.

These four greetings are the typical way to start a conversation, in much the same way conversations can begin in the US with Good morning.


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