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Rough guide to Bahasa Indonesia for Malaysian

This is a very rough guide for Malaysian to speak and understand some of the Bahasa Indonesia slang as use in their everyday life. While it is true that Bahasa Malaysia and Bahasa Indonesia share many similarity, to understand some of their lingo would definite help to foster better relationship with our neighbouring country mates... (and to better understand the many Indonesia drama and movie now showing on local tv station and cineplex)

This is an on-going work as I am also still learning the language. Feel free to comment, add and correct and I will update this guide as frequent as I can.

-dong = Malaysian -lah
(eg. Bagi dong = Bagi lah)

-sih = to raise a question
(eg. Kenapa sih?)

-yukkk = Malaysian -jom, let's go, let's do it
(eg. sms aja yukkk)

Bisa = Boleh
(Indonesia Bisa = Malaysia Boleh)

Ngak or Enggak = No, Tidak

Gapapa (short for Ngak apa apa) = Takpe

Makasih = Terima kasih

Gimana = How, Bagaimana

Ngapain = Why

Cewek = Girl

Cowok = Boy

Siang = Afternoon
(eg. Selamat Siang = Good afternoon)

Sore = Evening
(eg. Selamat Sore = Good evening)

Gue = Aku

Lho/loe = Kamu

KTP = Kartu Tanda Penduduk, Indonesian NRIC

Indonesian has a different way of pronouncing the alphabet. Instead of the British/American way of saying ABC, the alphabet is pronounce as it is sound in Bahasa. eg. a is 'ah' (as in apa), b is 'bay' (as in babi), c is 'say' etc...

This is a photo of me, taken at the Juanda Airport, Surabaya.