✅ BASICS
- 👍 Yes: Ya (yah)
- 👎 No: Ora (OH-rah)
- 🙏 Please: Tolong (TOH-long)
- 😊 Thank you: Matur nuwun (MAH‑toor noo-WOON)
- 🤗 You’re welcome: Sami‑sami (SAH‑mee SAH‑mee)
- 😬 Sorry: Nyuwun pangapunten (nyoo‑woon pahng‑AH‑poonten)
- 🙋 Excuse me: Nyuwun sewu (nyoo‑woon SEH‑woo)
👋 GREETINGS
- 👋 Hi / Hello: Halo (HAH‑loh)
- 👋 Bye: Daaah (daa‑ah)
- 🌞 Good morning: Sugeng enjing (soo‑GENG EN‑jing)
- 🌙 Good night: Sugeng dangu (soo‑GENG DAHN‑goo)
❓ QUESTIONS
- ❓ What is it?: Iki apa? (EE‑kee AH‑pah?)
- 👤 Who?: Sapa? (SAH‑pah?)
- 🕒 When?: Kapan? (KAH‑pahn?)
- 📍 Where?: Ngendi? (NGEN‑dee?)
- 🛠️ How?: Kepiye? (KE‑pee‑yeh?)
- 🤔 Why?: Napa? (NAH‑pah?)
- 🤷 I don’t know: Aku ora ngerti (AH‑koo OH‑rah NGAYR‑tee)
- 😕 I don’t understand: Aku ora paham (AH‑koo OH‑rah PAH‑ham)
- 🔁 Again: Maneh (MAH‑neh)
- 🙋♂️ Can I…?: Aku isa…? (AH‑koo EE‑sah…?)
🍎 WHAT?
- 🌟 Good: Apik (AH‑peek)
- 👎 Bad: Ala (AH‑lah)
- 😋 Yummy: Enak! (EH‑nak!)
- 🤢 Yucky: Ora enak! (OH‑rah EH‑nak!)
- 🧸 I like it: Aku seneng (AH‑koo SEH‑neng)
- 💔 I don’t like it: Aku ora seneng (AH‑koo OH‑rah SEH‑neng)
- 💧 Water: Banyu (BAH‑nyoo)
- 🍝 Food: Pangan (PAH‑ngahn)
- 👉 This: Iki (EE‑kee)
- 👉 That: Kuwi (KOO‑wee)
🧍♂️ WHO?
- 🧒 My name is: Jenengku… (JEH‑neng‑koo…)
- 🗣️ What’s your name?: Jenengmu sapa? (JEH‑neng‑moo SAH‑pah?)
- 🙋 I am: Aku… (AH‑koo…)
- 👉 You are: Kowé… (KOH‑weh…)
😀 FEELINGS
- 😃 I’m happy: Aku seneng (AH‑koo SEH‑neng)
- 😢 I’m sad: Aku sedhih (AH‑koo SEH‑dheeh)
- 😴 I’m tired: Aku kesel (AH‑koo KEH‑sel)
- 😡 I’m mad: Aku nesu (AH‑koo NEH‑soo)
- 🤕 I’m hurt: Aku lara (AH‑koo LAH‑rah)
- 🫤 I don’t feel good: Aku ora apik (AH‑koo OH‑rah AH‑peek)
- 🥰 I love you: Aku tresna kowe (AH‑koo TRES‑nah KOH‑weh)
- 🍽️ I’m hungry: Aku luwe (AH‑koo LOO‑weh)
- 🥤 I’m thirsty: Aku ngelak (AH‑koo Ngeh‑LAHK)
⏰ WHEN?
- 📅 Today: Dina iki (DEE‑nah EE‑kee)
- 📆 Tomorrow: Sesok (SE‑soke)
- 🕰️ Yesterday: Wingi (WING‑ee)
- 🌅 Morning: Enjing (EN‑jing)
- 🌌 Night: Bengi (BEN‑gee)
- ⏳ Now: Saiki (SAH‑ee‑kee)
- 🔜 Later: Mengko (MENG‑koh)
📍 WHERE?
- 🔜 Right: Tengen (TEN‑gen)
- 🔙 Left: Kiwo (KEY‑woh)
- ⬆️ Straight: Maju (MAH‑joo)
- ⬅️ Front: Ngarep (NGAH‑rep)
- ➡️ Behind: Mburi (MBOO‑ree)
- ⬆️ Top / above: Ndhuwur (ndhuh-WOOR)
- ⬇️ Bottom / below: Ngisor (NGEES‑or)
- 🏠 Inside: Nang njero (nahng NJEH‑roh)
- 🌳 Outside: Nang njaba (nahng NJAH‑bah)
- 🚪 Entrance / in: Lebet (LEH‑bet)
- 🏃♀️ Exit / out: Metu (MEH‑too)
🔢 HOW MUCH?
- 💵 How much?: Piras? (PEE‑rahz?)
- 😮 Too much: Kakehan! (kah‑KEE‑han!)
- 👌 A little: Sakepel (sah‑KEH‑pehl)
- 1️⃣ One: Siji (SEE‑jee)
- 2️⃣ Two: Loro (LOH‑roh)
- 3️⃣ Three: Telu (TEH‑loo)
- 4️⃣ Four: Papat (PAH‑paht)
- 5️⃣ Five: Lima (LEE‑mah)
- 6️⃣ Six: Enem (EH‑nem)
- 7️⃣ Seven: Pitu (PEE‑too)
- 8️⃣ Eight: Wolu (WOH‑loo)
- 9️⃣ Nine: Sanga (SAH‑ngah)
- 🔟 Ten: Sepuluh (SEH‑poo‑looh)
- 💯 One hundred: Satus (SAH‑toos)
🧠 WHY?
- 🤔 Because: Amarga (ah‑MAR‑gah)
- 🧩 So…: Dadi… (DAH‑dee…)
- 👀 If…: Yen… (YEN…)
- 🆚 But: Nanging… (NAH‑nin…)
- 🔄 Or: Utawa… (oo‑TAH‑wah…)
- ➕ And: Lan (lahn)
💬 ACTIONS
- 🤲 I need: Aku butuh (AH‑koo BOO‑tooh)
- 🙋♀️ I want: Aku pengin (AH‑koo PEN‑geein)
- 🙌 I give: Aku menehi (AH‑koo MEN‑gee‑ee)
- 🤝 I help: Aku mbantu (AH‑koo Mbahn‑too)
- 🙋 I ask: Aku takon (AH‑koo TAH‑kon)
- 🗣️ I say: Aku kandha (AH‑koo KAHN‑da)
- 👂 I listen: Aku rungok (AH‑koo ROO‑ngok)
- 👀 I see: Aku weruh (AH‑koo WEH‑rooh)
- 🦶 I go: Aku mulih (AH‑koo MOO‑leeh)
- 🍽️ I eat: Aku mangan (AH‑koo MAHN‑gan)
- 🥤 I drink: Aku ngombe (AH‑koo NGOHM‑beh)
- 🛌 I sleep: Aku turu (AH‑koo TOO‑roo)
🔊 IMPORTANT WORDS
- 🆘 Help!: Tulung! (TOO‑loong!)
- 🔇 Quiet!: Meneng! (meh‑NEHNG!)
- 🛑 Stop!: Mandheg! (MAHN‑dehg!)
- 👀 Look!: Delengen! (deh‑LEN‑gen!)
- 🥱 Calm down: Sabar ya! (SAH‑bar yah!)
- 👏 Come here: Mlebu mari! (meh‑LEH‑boo MAH‑ree!)
- ⏳ Wait: Enteni! (EHN‑teh‑nee!)
- 🌟 Good job!: Apik tenan! (AH‑peek TEH‑nahn!)
- 🤝 Let’s go!: Ayo mlaku! (AH‑yoh MLAH‑koo!)