Time

Bulan Month Hari Day
Januari January Senin Monday hari ini today
Februari February Selasa Tuesday kemarin yesterday
Maret March Rabu Wednesday besok tomorrow
April April Kamis Thursday kemarin dulu the day before yesterday
Mei May Jumat Friday sehari sebelumnya the day before yesterday
Juni June Sabtu Saturday lusa the day after tomorrow
Juli July Minggu Sunday minggu depan next week
Agustus August minggu lalu last week
September September akhir minggu weekend
Oktober October bulan month
November November tahun year
Desember December abad century
tanggal date

Telling The Time

10.00 jam sepuluh ten o’clock
10.15 jam sepuluh seperempat
jam sepuluh lima belas
jam sepuluh lewat seperempat
jam sepuluh lewat lima belasmenit
ten fifteen
fifteen minutes past ten
10.30 jam setengah sebelas
jam sepuluh tigapuluh
jam sepuluh lewat tigapuluhmenit
ten thirty
thirty minutes past ten
10.45 jam sepuluh empat lima
jam sepuluh lewat empat puluh lima menit
jam sebelas kurang lima belas menit
ten forty five
forty five minutes past ten
fifteen minutes to eleven
fifteen to eleven
lima belas detik fifteen detik
lima belas menit fifteen minutes
lima jam five hours
setengah jam half an hour

Read also “Asking For What You Want In Indonesian” written by Dr. Timothy Hassall, Lecturer in Indonesian, Australian National University, Canberra.

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