People & Food

As i mentioned in the previous post that for this session that we will discuss about people and food in Indonesian, because without knowing this one impossible we can start conversation with other people, either in manners of etiquette or with other person who is younger or older than us. 

People 

Talking about this one it has a lot of meaning that is supposed to some signification.

For example: 

People, Society, Colony, Rate, Clan, Part, Ethnic Group, Folk, Populace, Nation, Humanity, Humankind, Kind and many others.

It is also called People.

But, For this session we will talk about People in generally.

People - Orang-orang (more than one or plural), some people said peoples 'orang-orang'

Person - Orang (singular)

A person - Seseorang (look!, se-seorang)

The example of sentences:

A large number of people attended the concert (Banyak orang menghadiri konser itu)

(banyak orang or sejumlah besar orang)

A - sebuah  

Large - besar (it means besar or big) // small (kecil)

A large - sejumlah or we can say it more than one (many or banyak)

A few - sedikit
Some - beberapa

How many people did you interview? (Berapa banyak orang yang telah kamu wawancarai?)

How - Bagaimana 

How many - Berapa banyak

How much - Berapa banyak 

Did - telah 

Telah (already finished or you did something)

You - Kamu (we have talked about this one in our first post)

Interview - Wawancara 

About People;

We are going to start from the oldest to the youngest. OKAY!

Ancestor - Nenek Moyang (we say Nenek moyang for Ancestor or Forefather)

Grandfather - Kakek

Grandmother - Nenek

Father - Ayah /Bapak 

              (My Dad is my hero), Ayahku adalah Pahlawanku

              (My book - Bukuku), (Myself -Diriku)

Mother - Ibu /Mama

Uncle - Paman 

Aunt - Tante (hmm just remember the francais of Aunt)..similar to bahasa TANTE

Younger /Elder brother - Adik /Kakak Laki-laki 

              (younger - lebih mudah)

              (Laki-laki, Man)

              (Men, Para lelaki or para laki-laki) plural

We often say that a brother is seorang abang 

Younger /Elder sister -  Adik /Kakak Perempuan

              (older brother - Abang /kakak lebih tua)

              (sister is kakak)

              (Girl /woman /women - Gadis /Wanita /Para wanita)
A sister is seorang kakak
Sibling - saudara

But, in daily conversation we do not talk too difficult or to complicated). Generally, we say if she is a girl (enough to say wanita or perempuan)

Girl /Gadis. Usually, refers to under 18 years old or someone who is not married yet

             Female /woman /feminine, Wanita

             Women - Para wanita 

Cousin - Sepupu 

for female and male just use Perempuan and Laki-Laki

Child - Anak

Children- Anak-anak

Kids - Anak-Anak 

A Girl - Anak Perempuan

A boy - Anak Laki-laki

Baby/infant/babe - Bayi 
Nephew - keponakan laki - laki
Niece - keponakan perempuan
Parents - orangtua

Family (Keluarga)

My family (keluargaku) more formally Keluargaku 

My families (Keluarga-keluargaku or Keluarga-Keluarga Saya or Keluarga-Keluarga aku)

             

Anyway, no like another languages especially European, female and female make it differents also for singular and plural) stroke and stress.. full of magical haha

(mon livre/mes livres), tu manges/je mange, Jo como/Tu comes), and etc..but artistic hehe

for the conclusion. (Untuk kesimpulannya)

People-Orang

Family-Keluarga

Children (Anak-anak)

Food 

Breakfast - sarapan pagi /makan pagi

Lunch - makan siang

Dinner - makan malam

Basically, the staple food of Indonesia is rice.

Rice - nasi

Fish - ikan

Vegetable - sayur

Fish - ikan

Salted fish - ikan asin

Hilsa fish - ikan hilsa

Snapper - ikan kakap

Mackerel - ikan kembung

Pompano - ikan kuwe

Tuna - ikan tongkol

Sardine - ikan sardin

Pomfret fish - ikan bawal 

Tilapia - ikan mujair /nila

Groper - ikan kerapu 

There are many types of fish, but above i wrote down which is usually consumed

Vegetables - sayuran

The fruit vegetables - sayuran buah

Big chili - cabai besar

Cayenne - cabai rawit

Pea/kapri - kacang kapri

Winged - kecipir

Tomato - tomat

Bean - buncis

Long beans - kacang panjang

Cucumber - mentimun

Eggplant - terong

and many others

The vegetable leave - sayuran daun

Kale - kangkung

Spinach - bayam

Leek - daun bawang

Basil - kemangi

Celery - seledri

Cabbage - kubis

Lettuce - salada

The vegetable flowers - sayuran bunga

Cole/cabbage - kol

Broccoli - brokoli

The vegetable bulbs - sayuran umbi

Carrot - wortel

Potato - kentang

Red onion - bawang merah

White onion - bawang putih

Ginger - jahe

Galingele /kencur - kencur

Turmeric - kunyit

Galangal - lengkuas

Lemongrass - serai

Bay leaf - daun salam

and others

Meat - Daging

Sandwich - sandwich

Soup - sup

Strawberry - stroberi

Water - air

Onion - bawang

Pan - roti

Wine - anggur

Milk - susu

Beer - bir

Coffee - kopi

Tea - teh

Meal - makanan

Salt - garam

Sugar - gula

Cake - kue

Oil - minyak

Lemon - jeruk nipis

Chocolate - cokelat