Conversational Bahasa Indonesia translation

[osusanto]

I said in case of emergency people can still use google translate for faster response, no?
Never said it would be the best way to translate english-bahasa or other languages... I never doubt your translating skill, I thought it must be hard to be everyone's english-bahasa translator at all times, so I suggested the google translator to make a your life easier, I guess google translator is not reliable compared to you. Keep up the good work, toodles!

You're right.

I believe you, tjamail, maya, and other Indonesian natives will be willingly to lend a hand in this thread though

Cheers!

[vin.vierge]

Betulllll.....

AMIGOS = Agak Minggir Got Sedikit ??

I thought the mexican resto in kemang lol

[tjamail]

You're right.

I believe you, tjamail, maya, and other Indonesian natives will be willingly to lend a hand in this thread though

Cheers!

osusanto - Your participation and services are also valued here. This is the beauty of the forum where we can all collaborate and help out others.

[tjamail]

I thought the mexican resto in kemang lol

Hahahah... Amigos in Kemang is not even close to Mexican food, but they try!

[SundayMonday]

Hahahah... Amigos in Kemang is not even close to Mexican food, but they try!

true! ever tried Hacienda? I guess that's the only reliable Mexican restaurant left in Jakarta, or maybe I simply haven't discovered more.. they have a live mariachi band (in some particular nights?)

[Angelita]

true! ever tried Hacienda? I guess that's the only reliable Mexican restaurant left in Jakarta, or maybe I simply haven't discovered more.. they have a live mariachi band (in some particular nights?)

Just googled Hacienda... :P Mariachi on Tuesday, Salsa on Wednesday. Very interesting place!

[MadCat]

Risking going a bit overboard, there is absolutely no way to tell someone to "go fuck yourself, you fucking piece of shit wanker" is there? I spent today on the road to Bandung and to be honest, I need to be able to vocally express myself loudly between cars (works fine if both cars have windows open) so I can rid myself of my aggressive tendencies to start practicing PIT maneuvers.

(addendum: I had a discussion with my wife and her friends about this, and in the end they all decided that it's just not possible to really effectively swear in Bahasa Indonesia)

[osusanto]

Risking going a bit overboard, there is absolutely no way to tell someone to "go fuck yourself, you fucking piece of shit wanker" is there? I spent today on the road to Bandung and to be honest, I need to be able to vocally express myself loudly between cars (works fine if both cars have windows open) so I can rid myself of my aggressive tendencies to start practicing PIT maneuvers.

(addendum: I had a discussion with my wife and her friends about this, and in the end they all decided that it's just not possible to really effectively swear in Bahasa Indonesia)

Hmm... swearing in Bahasa Indonesia ya... Here are some words we usually use:

"Bangsat!" (you can scream it baaaangsaaaat! or bangsaaat! or baaaangsat! for different venting) which literally means blood sucker ticks

Indonesian use animal names as swearing words, such as:
Anjing! = Dog
Babi! = Pig
Monyet! = Monkey
Kunyuk! = Monkey (Javanese language)
Asu! = Dog (Javanese language)

We also use demeaning words such as:
bego, goblok, tolol = fool, stupid
gila, sinting = crazy

and other bad words like:
setan! = devil
keparat! = bastard! (litrally means: heathen, infidels, damned person)
tai! = shit

There's one Bahasa Indonesia word that has a root from cantonese word which has a pretty close meaning of the F word, that is Pukimak or Cukimai

I think most of us Indonesian just doesn't construct a sentence when we're swearing. We just curse like Capt Haddock

[tjamail]

true! ever tried Hacienda? I guess that's the only reliable Mexican restaurant left in Jakarta, or maybe I simply haven't discovered more.. they have a live mariachi band (in some particular nights?)

SundayMonday - Hacidenda is pretty much the best so far... chips and salsa are good and you must try the guacamole that is prepared table side!

[tjamail]

Hmm... swearing in Bahasa Indonesia ya...

It amazes me how people tend to learn the the bad words first in any language.