We learned about Pake _____ Segala ____, which can mean 2 things:

1. Melakukan sesuatu yang ga perlu. Ngapain kamu pake tuksedo segala? Kita kan cuma ke kafe. Ngapain kamu pake ngomong bahasa Inggris segala? Kita kan orang Indonesia.

“Aduh, pake repot-repot segala.” → What you say to pretend a friend shouldn't have brought that much to a party.

2. On top of something, something else happens. Udah lagi stres mau pindahan, pake sakit segala tangannya. Udah ujan, pake jatoh dari motor segala.

Another special session to record words learned during a night out with Dina's friends. So much Jakarta Selatan slang!

Special session for words learned during my stay in Indonesia, December 2021.

We studied how daripada can be used within sentences to mean "rather than":

• Mendingan lu makan dulu deh, daripada ntar kelaperan!
• Tidur cepet malem ini, daripada besok ga bangun!
• Beli makanan sekarang, daripada ntar kemaleman ga ada yang buka restorannya.

We learned the difference between "duh" and "dih". While they look and sound similar, they express different things:

• "Duh" is used when you want to complain
• "Dih" is used when you want to show disapproval

Examples using "Dih":

• “Dih, kok lu pake baju kayak gitu sih? Jelek, tau!”
• “Dih, udah tau mau makan di restoran mahal, malah ga bawa duit!”
• “Dih, hotel mahal, AC-nya rusak!”

One can also use a variation of "dih": "idih" to express disgust:

• “Idih, berantakan banget kamar lu.”
• “Idih, ada laler tuh di nasi goreng lu.”

Examples using "duh":

• “Duh, gua udah baju lagi nih. Makanya gua pake yang ini-ini aja.”
• “Duh, laper banget gue. Belom makan dari kemaren.”

We also learned about "atuh", a discourse particle that Sundanese people use to replace "dong".

We also learned about "ada ada aja", an expression that's used to talk about something ridiculous.

Misalnya ada SMS penipuan, isinya “SELAMAT! Anda mendapatkan hadiah Rp125 juta dari Shoppee.”

“Hadeh... ada-ada aja ya SMS penipuan.” Then we learned about "Open BO", used by prostitutes to describe that they are open for booking.

• "Open BO Rp500,000."
• _"_Ngapain lu senyum-senyum sendiri? Abis dapet open BO lu ya?"

Then we learned about "Noh", another discourse particle used to describe something that's far away, in opposition to "nih" used when pointing at something that's right here.

We learned about the expression "Belom rejeki", which could be translated as "Not my time".

Ekspresi yang sering kita pake untuk ngasih tau kalo ada yang hilang atau harapan yang ga jadi nyata, terus kita mau “let go” dengan bilang gini.

Another option is to say "Belom jodoh" (jodoh means "match"). It can be used when you didn't get something you wanted, like a meeting with a friend or a job.

We learned about "anak senja", a term used to describe indie kids — built as a combination of "senja", a poetic way to describe the evening (like "sore").

i. We studied the subtle difference between "sambung" and "lanjut" — while they both mean "to continue", lanjut implies something is already over and we want to continue/renew the process. While sambung implies an interruption of a process that we want to continue.

• Duh, tali charger hape gua putus. Gimana cara sambunginnya?
• Gua mau lanjut ngegambar lagi ya. Belom selesai.

ii. We also reviewed the famous kenapa kenapa , which expresses a problem or getting in trouble.

• “Eh, lu jangan pulang malem-malem. Ntar kenapa-kenapa lagi.”

We learned about the expression: "Lu mah kayak gitu" which you use when people don't do what you want them to. For example:

Viona asks Théo to buy Nasi Goreng, but he tells her to buy it herself. Then she can go back to Théo and say "Oh lu mah gitu!" — there's no direct translation in English. It expresses disappointment, and surprise. Kind of equates to "Why are you like this?"

We also studied "mana.... lagi", which means "on top of that".

For example, you go to a restaurant that's not good. And on top of that, it's expensive.

Then you can say "Mana mahal lagi!" (To stress that "On top of that it's expensive!")

And we learned the expression "bawaannya" which kind of means "as a result...", implying a direct personal consequence:

For example:

“Aduh, ujan terus di sini. Bawaannya pengen tidur mulu.” “Panas banget di sini, bawaannya pengen mandi tiap 5 menit.” “Gila, gua laper banget. Bawaannya pengen marah.” “Gila, mahal banget ya hidup di London. Bawaannya pengen jual diri.”

We learned the expression "Bukan sembarang", which means "not any...". Contoh:

• Make up itu bukan sembarang make up! → That make up isn't just any make up!
•  Bukan Untuk Sembarang Hati → Not for any heart

We also learned about "tikung". Literally "to corner". When used with people, it means "taking someone from someone". Contoh:

• "Pacarku ditikung teman"!→ A friend took my boyfriend!

We learned about the expression "Mana mungkin": how is it possible to ...

Examples:

• Mana nyaman sih, lagi berak didengerin orang?!
• Mana (mungkin) enak sih makan ga pake sambel?!
• Mana bagus sih hotel ga ada kamar mandinya?
• Mana nyaman sih naek kapal dari prancis ke irlandia 19 jam ga ada kasur?!

We also studied how "Mana" can be used to say "On top of that" — insisting on something:

• Aku pergi ke restoran baru di Canggu, kita pesen kepiting 500gr. Dikirain bisa dimakan berdua, ternyata kepitingnya kecil. Jadinya masih laper, deh! Mana mahal banget lagi harganya!
• Mana uang itu uang terakhir saya yang dibawa kabur.

We’re still watching the first episode of imperfect, the series. Today we learned about some “slang” chinese ways of describing specific prices:

• Gopek = Rp500
• Goceng = Rp5,000
• Goban = Rp50,000
• Ceceng = Rp1,000
• Ceban = Rp10,000
• Cepek ceng = Rp100,000

Looking at those examples, it seems like “go” means “five”, and “ce” means “one”, to which you can suffix “pek” for hundreds, “ceng” for thousands, or “ban” for tens of thousands.

We watched the first episode of Imperfect, the series