Activities

Hobinya = hobbies
Apa hobinya? = What hobbies?

Playing computer = main komputer
Playing the guitar = main gitar
Playing soccer = main sepak bola
Playing basketball = main bola basket
Playing tennis = main tenis
Playing the piano = main piano
Flying a kite = main layang-layang
Playing a congklak = main congklak

Reading the newspaper = membaca surat kabar (membaca = read, surat kabar = newspaper)
Listening to music = medengarkan musik (medengarkan = listen, musik = music)
Drinking tea = minum teh (minum = drink, teh = tea)
Studying = belajar
Cooking = memasak
Washing the car = mencuci mobil
Sewing = menjahit

So therefore...

My hobbies are playing the guitar and piano = Hobi saya main gitar dan piano (dan = and)
His/her hobbies are cooking and playing the computer = Hobinya memasak dan main komputer

If sedang is an action word (-ing) in progress in a written form, and lagi indicates an action word (-ing) in progress in a spoken form....:

I am [currently] sewing = Saya sedang menjahit is the written form, and lagi menjahit is the spoken form

What are you doing, Natasha? - lagi apa, Natasha?

Age, weight, height

AGE
How old are you? - Berapa umur anda? (berapa = how many (when dealing with numbers), umur = age)
How old is your mother? - Berapa umur ibu anda?

I am 20 years old - Umur saya dua puluh tahun. (dua puluh = 20, tahun = yr)
She/he is 53 years old - Umurnya lima puluh tiga tahun. (umur = his/her age, lima puluh tiga = 53)
My grandfather is 70 years old - Umur kakak saya tujuh puluh tahun. (literally: age grandfather mine seventy yrs)

WEIGHT
Weight = berat badan (short form = berat)
kilograms = kilogram, kg

How much do you weigh? = Berapa berat anda?
How much does your older brother weigh? = Berapa berat kakek laki-laki anda?

I weigh 50 kilograms = Berat saya lima puluh kilogram.
My little sister weighs 35 kilograms = Berat adik perempuan tiga puluh lima kg.
S/He weighs 69 kg = Beratnya enam puluh sembilan kg.

HEIGHT
Height = tinggi badan (short form = tinggi)
Centimetres = sentimeter, sm

How tall are you? = Berapa tinggi anda?
How tall is your mother? = Berapa tinggi ibu anda?

I am 152cm tall = Tinggi saya seratus lima puluh sentimeter.
My mother is 148cm tall = Tinggi ibu saya seratus empat puluh delapan sm.
S/he is 164cm tall = Tingginya seratus enam puluh empat sm.

Numbers in Indonesian

How many ____?? (Berapa _____?)

1 - satu
2 - dua
3 - tiga
4 - empat
5 - lima
6 - enam
7 - tujuh
8 - delapan
9 - sembilan
10 - sepuluh

11 - sebelas
12 - dua belas
13 - tiga belas
14 - empat belas

20 - dua puluh
30 - tiga puluh
47 - empat puluh tujuh
99 - sembilan puluh sembilan

100 - seratus
136 - seratus tiga puluh enam
200 - dua ratus
300 - tiga ratus
999 - sembilan ratus sembilan puluh sembilan

Family tree (silsilah keluarga)

Grandfather - Kakek
Grandmother - Nenek
Father - Bapak
Mother - Ibu
Older brother - Kakak laki-laki
Older sister - Kakak perempuan
Me - saya
Little brother - Adik laki-laki
Little sister - Adik perempuan

Other chapter 1 new words/phrases

Kenalkan - Let me introduce...
Nama saya - my name is ____. eg Kenalkan, nama saya Rob. (saya = I/Me, nama = name)

Where are you from? - Anda dari mana? (anda = you, dari = from, mana = where)
I am from Perth - Saya berasal dari Perth. (berasal dari is the formal way of saying "from".)

Ini - this. Itu - that.

Itu siapa? - Who's that? (siapa = who)
Ini adik saya - This is my little sibling.
Rob adik saya - My younger sibling is Rob. (adik = younger sibling. to indicate that Rob is a male, use "adik laki laki". to indicate its a girl, use "adik perempuan")

I used to live in Java island - "Dulu, saya tinggal di pulau Jawa". (Dulu = previously, tinggal = live, di = in/at, pulau = island, Jawa = Java)
I currently live in Medan - "Sekerang, saya tinggal di Kota Medan". (Sekerang = currently, Kota Medan = city of Medan. Kota does not need to be present.)
I just moved to Indonesia - "Saya baru pindah ke Indonesia" (baru = just, moved = pindah, ke = to)

Dia - he/she
She is an Australian - "Dia orang Australia" (orang = person)

Come over to my place? - Mampir ke rumah, yuk? (mampir = visit, rumah = house, yuk = used when inviting another to do something)
Bapak dan Ibu ada di rumah - Father and Mother are at home. (Bapak = dad, dan = and, ibu = mother)
Would you like a drink? - Mau minum? (Mau = want, minum = drink)
Thank you - Terima Kasih
You're welcome - Kembali

abjad - alphabet
benar - true false - salah
Pak - Mr, Sir or father. eg Pak Jones = Mr Jones.
Bu - Mrs, Ms, Madam or mother. eg Bu Linda - Mrs Linda
Aduh! - wow!
boleh - Ok, thanks, I'd like that, can, allow

Selamat pagi - good morning (from morning-11am)

Selamat siang - good midday (from 11am-3pm)

Selamat sore - good late afternoon (from 3pm-6pm)

Selamat malam - good night (from 6pm onwards)

To say "Welcome!" it's Selamat Datang

Selamat tidur - good night! ZZzz....

The Alphabet

This is probably the hardest thing to remember (in an English speakers mind) - how to pronounce the alphabet!

A - ah
B - be (pronounced beh)
C - che
D - de (pronounced deh)
E - e (pronounced eh)
F - ef
G - ge (pronounced g (for gate) eh)
H - ha
I - ee
J - je
K - ka
L - el
M - em
N - en
O - oh
P - pe (think "pear", without the r)
Q - key
R - air-r
S - ess
T - te
U - oo
V - ve
W - we (pronounced weh)
X - eks
Y - ye (pronounced yeh)
Z - zet

To ask someone how do you spell Angie, spell it "ah en ge ee eh" :)
(btw, asking "how do you spell ____" is "bagaimana ejaannya?" (pronounced ba-guy-ma-na eja-anya)