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Indonesian:English:
mahal costly
mahal dear
mahal expensive
mahal pricey
mahal valuable
mahligai palace
majikan boss
majikan chief
majikan leader
makan-pagi, sarapan breakfast
maksud aim
maksud goal
maksud intention
maksud plan
maksud purpose
maksud target
maksud, arti, makna meaning
malas lazy
mangkuk basin
mangkuk bowl
mangkuk pelvis
manis gentle
manis sweet
manis tender
manis, empuk, halus soft
manusia human being
manusia man
Maret March
masih still
masih, sudah yet
masjid, mesjid mosque
masuk enter
masuk go in
masuk perform
mata eye
mata-air fountain
mata-air source
mata-air, lompat, melompat spring
matahari sun
mau be willing to
mau wish
Mei May
melalaikan neglect
melatih practise
melatih, latihan exercise
memamerkan, pamerkan exhibit
memang naturally
membajak, bajak plough
membangkitkan activate
membangkitkan cause
membangkitkan give rise to
membanguni arouse
membanguni awaken
membanguni, bangun wake
membanguni, bangun wake up
membasahi dampen
memberi-tahu advertise
memberi-tahu announce
memberi-tahu give notice
membersihkan cleanse
membersihkan make clean
membersihkan purge
membuktikan prove
memburuk putrefy
memburuk rot
memegang, pegang hang onto
memegang, pegang hold
memilih, pilih choose
memilih, pilih elect
memilih, pilih pick out
mempelajari exert
mempelajari study
memuati, muatan burden
memuati, muatan load
memukul, pukul hit
memukul, pukul run across
memukul, pukul strike
memungut suara, pungut suara, suara vote
memutuskan, putuskan decide
menaksir, taksir appraise
menaksir, taksir estimate
menangkap, tangkap capture
menangkap, tangkap grapple
menangkap, tangkap, memukul, pukul catch
menanti advert
menanti pay attention
menanti pay attention to
menanti watch out for
menarik interesting
mencampuri blend
mencampuri mingle
mencampuri mix
mencampuri shuffle
mendusta tell a lie
menerima, terima accept
menerima, terima have
menerima, terima receive
menerima, terima take
menerima, terima take in
mengaku acknowledge
mengaku confess
mengaku profess
mengaku, perbolehkan, memperbolehkan admit
mengampuni forgive
mengampuni pardon
mengerti realize
mengerti understand
menghasilkan produce
menghukum punish
mengimpor import
mengobrol chat
mengobrol chatter
mengubah, ubah, berubah change
menolak refuse
menolak reject
mensasihatkan advise
mensasihatkan, nasehat, nasihat counsel
mentimun cucumber
menubruk, tubruk collide
menyamakan compare
menyatakan account for
menyatakan clarify
menyatakan explain
menyeterika, seterika iron clothes
menyikat, sikat brush
menyisir, sisir, sisir comb
menyumbang, sumbang contribute
merica pepper
mesin machine
mesin, motor engine
mesintik typewriter
mimpi, bermimpi, impian, mimpi dream
minta ask
minyak oil
misalnya, umpamanya for example
misalnya, umpamanya for instance
motor motor
muda young
muka face
mulut mouth
muntah throw up
muntah vomit
murah cheap
murah inexpensive
musim season
Island Languages
There are many dialects of Indonesian that are spoken in the islands. So it is very common for people to learn their home dialect first and then learn Bahasa Indonesia once they start school.
Easy for English Speakers
English speakers who are not exposed to speaking another language until later in life find it harder to learn. But Indonesian is actually easier on English speakers compared to another language. The pronunciation of words is not as difficult, it employs Latin or Roman scripts, and Indonesian doesn’t have a lot of complex verb conjugations.
Foreign Influences
Indonesian has many loan words in it. A standard Malay Language was developed in an effort to separate the country from Dutch Colonialism. But the language still has many Dutch loanwords in it. Other languages that influence Indonesian include Sanskrit, Portuguese, Arabic, and Chinese.