Greetings and Leave Takings In Indonesia - If you want to go to Indonesia, but you haven't known about how to greet and leave take to indonesian people. Below I give you some sentences of greeting and leave taking in Indonesia:
| No |
Formal Greeting |
Response |
Times |
| 1 |
Selamat Pagi! (Good Morning!) |
Nod/Selamat Pagi! |
5 am - 11 am |
| 2 |
Selamat siang! |
Nod/Selamat siang! |
11 am - 3 pm |
| 3 |
Selamat sore! (Good afternoon!) |
Nod/Selamat sore! |
3 pm - 6 pm |
| 4 |
Selamat malam! (Good evening!) |
Nod/Selamat malam! |
6 pm - 12 pm |
| 5 |
Apa kabar? (How are you?) |
Baik! (fine) |
All times |
| No |
In Formal Greeting |
Response |
Times |
| 1 |
Hi! |
Hi! |
All times |
| 2 |
Hi, Bagaimana kabarnya? |
Baik! |
All times |
| No |
Leave Taking |
Response |
| 1 |
Sampai jumpa. (See you.) |
Ya. (Yes.) |
| 2 |
Sampai jumpa besok. (See you tomorrow.) |
Ya. (Yes.) |
| 3 |
Selamat tinggal. (Good bye.) |
Ya, Berhati - hatilah (Yes, Take care) |
| 4 |
Maaf, Saya harus pergi sekarang. (Sorry, I have to go now.) |
Ya, Tidak apa - apa. (Yes, No problem) |
OK, You can to use some sentences of
greetings and leave takings in Indonesia above, use them based the times. Thank you.
