Selamat siang

Replying to ‘Have a Great Day in Indonesian’

1. “Sama-sama”
2. “Anda juga” (“You’re welcome”). Since you use 2nd singular personal pronoun, you can also use “kamu” instead of “anda”. The sentence will be “kamu juga”.
3. “Oke” or “Ok”
4. Or, you can simply say “Terima kasih” (“Thank you”).

selamat tidur mean good night before you sleep.

Usually between 3pm – 6pm. At this time the sun is not too hot again and the night will come. In English, it is translated also to “Good Afternoon”. “Selamat Malam”.

Indonesian (bahasa Indonesia, [baˈha.sa in.doˈne.sja]) is the official language of Indonesia. It is a standardized variety of Malay, an Austronesian language that has been used as a lingua franca in the multilingual Indonesian archipelago for centuries.

I have been told by my American friends that Indonesian sounds like a train of short syllables uttered in a rapid way, like Chinese language but with fewer nasal sounds and no tones. I’ve also read somewhere that to foreigners we sound staccato-ish. Another friend said to him I sound like somebody hammering a nail.

They can speak Dutch because of Netherland colonization in Indonesia. Most of them don’t teach their offsprings. So, the Dutch speakers in Indonesia decrease by the time. I’m Indonesian and my great-grandmother can speak Dutch because she got to school when Netherland colonized Indonesia.

to “go Dutch” or to have a “Dutch treat” is to eat out with each person paying for their own bill, possibly from a stereotype of Dutch frugality.

Who are the Indos? The Dutch-Indonesian or “Indo” belongs to a unique but somewhat unknown Eurasian diaspora in America. Their historical origins lie in Indonesia, or the Dutch East Indies, as it was known when it was an integral part of the Dutch colonial empire.

The Dutch established a repatriation program which lasted until 1967. Over a 15-year period after the Republic of Indonesia became an independent state, virtually the entire Dutch population, Indische Nederlanders (Dutch Indonesians), estimated at between 250,000 and 300,000, left the former Dutch East Indies.

Over time, English-speaking people used the word Dutch to describe people from both the Netherlands and Germany, and now just the Netherlands today. The word Holland literally meant “wood-land” in Old English and originally referred to people from the northern region of the Netherlands.

The Dutch arrived in Indonesia in 1595 looking for natural resources and a place to take over.

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The Dutch were drawn to Indonesia in the late 1500s by the promise of immense profits in the lucrative spice trade. Cloves, nutmeg and mace – found only on a few volcanic islands in Indonesia – were luxury items in Medieval Europe. They were highly valued for their exotic flavours and perceived medicinal properties.

the Dutch East Indies

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