| Words |
Meaning |
Formal Equivalent |
| bakal |
marker of future time |
akan |
| banget |
very |
sekali |
| bareng |
together |
bersama |
| biar |
so that, in order that |
supaya |
| bikin |
to make |
membuat |
| bilang |
say |
berkata |
| bokap |
father |
ayah |
| buat |
for |
untuk |
| cewek |
young woman |
perempuan muda |
| cowok |
guy |
lelaki |
| cuma (or cuman) |
only |
hanya |
| duit |
money |
uang |
| en |
and |
dan |
| entar |
later, going to |
nanti |
| gampang |
easy |
mudah |
| gede |
big |
besar |
| gue (or gua) |
I |
saya |
| kasih |
give |
beri |
| kayak |
like, similar |
seperti |
| kita |
we (exclusive) |
kami |
| lagi |
marker of action-in-progress |
sedang |
| lu (or elu, lo, elo) |
you |
kamu |
| mending (an) |
better |
lebih baik |
| nggak (or enggak, gak) |
no, not |
tidak |
| ngomong |
talk |
berbicara |
| nyokap |
mother |
ibu |
| pas |
when (in past) |
ketika |
| pintar/pinter |
clever, good at |
pandai |
| pengen (or pingin) |
want, wish |
ingin |
| sama |
multi-purpose preposition |
pada, dengan, oleh, etc |
| susah |
difficult |
sukar |
• gue (or gua) is the most common word used among young Jakartans to say “I/me” in relaxed situations (although some prefer e.g. aku).
• elu (or elo, lu, lo) is the most common word they used to address each other in relaxed situations (although some prefer e.g. kamu).
| Shortened Words |
Meaning |
Full Form |
| tapi |
but |
tetapi |
| emang |
indeed, certainly |
memang |
| gimana |
how |
bagaimana |
| gini |
like this |
begini |
| gitu |
like that |
begitu |
| kali |
maybe, perhaps |
barangkali |
| makasih |
thanks |
terima kasih |
| ni |
this |
ini |
| tu |
that |
itu |
