Saturday, May 30, 2015

Learning Indonesian

During our time here, we have been attempting to learn some of the language.  Indonesia has over 700 indigenous languages, such as Balinese and Javanese, but the national language is Bahasa Indonesia.  Important phrases we all know are good morning, (selamat pagi),good day/early afternoon  (selamat siang), good later afternoon (selamat sore), good evening (selamat malam), Maaf (I'm sorry), and terimah kasi (thank you).  We are slowly working on learning to order meals, count, and ask simple questions. ("Apa" is "what", and we can all count satu, dua, tiga, from people taking photos!!) 

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