New daily item from Kuta Bali

G’Day Nick,

Fantastic idea for the daily item!. It will certainly help those wanting to learn a little Bahasa Indo before their sojourn to Bali.

For ‘fixed price’, you will also see signs in some shop windows (or be told) ‘Harga Pas’.

Just thought I would add a little contribution!.

I will make sure we get a new word each day and any comments, tips, linguistic advice is welcome. Makasi, as they say is Bali.

Sama sama Nick!. More than happy to help mate.

“Everyday Indoesian” phrasebook & dictionary by Thomas G. Oey is the very best book for learning bahasa Indonesian. And that’s the truth !

Aloha

Excellent Rick,
Thanks, I will have a look on Friday for that book, as I am going to get my copies of Sekala Niskala, for my birthday in a weeks time….
YIPPEEE!

What is the harga for this platinum ring? Is it mati or mutlak? Yes, I realize it is
berharga, but can you lower your jual by a little bit?

This is a great idea Nick! As a bahasa Indonesia student in the States, I find that learning a new word or two every few days keeps the learning moving forward whenever my schedule is just too jam-packed to do anything else to keep the studying going. Even if it’s slow, it IS progress.

But I also seem to forget words already learned if I don’t USE them often. So we should also come up with a few sentences in which the new word is incorporated. Also mentally trying to think of sentences throughout the day to incorporate that word is helpful. Sentences fully in BI of course are best. Like for harga, a common question when shopping would be: “Berapa harga?” (How much is the price?)

BTW, a great online dictionary (Indo-English) to show all the forms of a BI root word is: http://nlp.aia.bppt.go.id/cgi-bin/search.cgi
Though be aware that it occasionally goes down, like as I was trying to post this comment!

I also maintain an informational website about Indonesia, with a section dedicated to Bahasa Indonesia. Nick, you are welcome to use any of the info from my site for the daily word as well. (Just click on my name and you will go there.)

Selamat belajar! (Happy studying!)

Hi Garbi,

I checked out your website and it’s great!.
When I was studying Bahasa Indo, I used to learn 10 words per day and out of which I would retain 8 which is about the law of averages. Try it!.

Always remember to qualify when purchasing something. Yaitu, ‘Berapa harga ini’ or ‘berapa harga itu’.
Although in heavily tourist places like Bali, I generally just say ‘Berapa’.

Hi Nick !

Harga Pas, you can also say it “Tidak bisa ditawar” deh…

Anita, nice to see you on Baliblog!

Hai Barrie,

Glad you liked my site.

You are correct about identifying what you wish to buy when asking the price. Actually, in the sentence I gave I considered whether or not to make it more grammatically correct by saying, “Berapa harganya?” but decided against confusing someone just starting to learn with the “nya” suffix. If a “bule” in a shop asks “Berapa harga?” and points to what they want, they’ll do just fine, as you noted. Thanks for the clarification!!

I usually just touch the item I want and ask ‘ini berapa harga?’