In Reply to: Help me say "No thank-you" posted by jewels in perth on Monday, 25. April 2005 at 15:20 Bali Time:
It's not Indonesian, but depending on the pedlar, my secret phrase that I've used everywhere from Bali to Venice beach (but not Turkey, Greece or Italy)to discourage pedlars or all persuasions is:
(phonetics) "signomi dthen omilo helenica" - "I'm sorry I don't speak greek". It confuses the attacker who very quickly decides you are not worth persuing and leaves you alone.
Otherwise jalan jalan saja(just walking) or leihat leihat saja (just looking) or saya ruggi (I'm broke)
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