In Reply to: translation posted by keren on Monday, 3. March 2014 at 20:41 Bali Time:
Bagus refers to objects, If someone says 'Apa kabar' = 'How are you?
you say baik (sounds like bike) i.e. 'fine' or reply 'baik baik saja dan kamu?' which means 'Fine, how are you?'
When describing people stick to 'ganteng' for handsome and cantik (pronounced chan-teek) for pretty.