In Reply to: Balinese lingo?? posted by wanita_cantik on Tuesday, 7. October 2008 at 14:09 Bali Time:
Here is some basic Balinese. Good luck. It's more complicated than Indonesian.
ken ken kabare? = how are you?
becik becik manten = I'm fine
matur suksema = thank you
kal kija? (pronounced "key-joe")= where are you going?
sing kija = I'm not going anywhere
melali gen = I'm just walking
Tiang lakar mulih malu = I'm going home
Sing ada (a-doe) = There isn't any
Nyen? =who
Nyen adane? = What's your name?
Uli dija? = Where are you from?
Tiang uli..... = I'm from.....
Dija ngoyong? = where are you staying?
Sing nawang = I don't know
Aji kuda asiki? = how much is this?
Suba makurenan? = Are you already married?
Tiang suba nganten = I'm aleady married
Nguda? = why?
Ane encen? = which?
suba = already
konden = not yet
sekan? = really?
Pidan? = when? (for something in the past)
Buin pidan? = when? (for something is the future)
Buin pidan mulih? = When are you going home?
Buin aminggu = In one more week
Ken ken carane? = How do you it/this?
nanging = but/however
sujatine = actually
jani = today/right now
ne jani tiang gelem = I'm sick today
bir gede = large beer
buin besik = one more
tiang = I
ragane = you
anak luh = girl
anak luh jegeg = pretty girl
kija san? = where were you earlier?
jaen = tasty
madaar = eat
be siap = chicken
lala = spicy
tiang sing demen lala = I don't like it (food) spicy
megae = work
Jam kuda magae? = What time do you work?
tusing nyidayang = I can't right now
negak = sit down
negak malu = Sit down (will hear this often as an invite to sit and talk)
nyak = want
dot = to wish/desire
pules = sleep
payu = to happen/to take place
sing payu = It didn't happen/take place
ulian = because
ulian tiang gelem, tiang tusing nyidayang madar jani = Because i'm sick I can't eat right now
punyah = drunk
Tiang demenan bir bintang tekan bir bali hai = I prefer Bintang Beer to Bali Hai beer
bayu = energy/strength - Ne jani bayune won = I have no energy today
"nulungin tiang, tiang kasasar jani" = Help me, I'm lost
"ken ken carane majalan ka ubud?" = how do I get to ubud?
"yen ka Ubud, jalan ene encen?" = If to Ubud, which road do I take?"
"tiang lakar ka Ubud, ken ken carane neked?" = I want to go to Ubud, how do I get there?
"tiang ngalih Retro Cafe" = I'm looking for the Retro Cafe