Numbers
If you don't know how to translate a number in the Indonesian Language it is difficult to start a conversation.
For example: -If you want to know what time it is you have to know how to count from 1 till 12.
-If you want to ask the price of a present or you want to bargain about the price.
-If someone asks for your age.
Here you will find the translation and pronunciation of the Indonesian numbers
and informatioun about counting and telling time.
Numbers:
 | 0 : | kosong | : | zero | |
 | 10 : | sepuluh | : | ten | |
 | 20 : | dua puluh | : | twenty | |
 | 1 : | satu | : | one | |
 | 11 : | selelas | : | eleven | |
 | 30 : | tiga puluh | : | thirty | |
 | 2 : | dua | : | two | |
 | 12 : | dua belas | : | twelve | |
 | 40 : | empat puluh | : | forty | |
 | 3 : | tiga | : | three | |
 | 13 : | tiga belas | : | thirteen | |
 | 50 : | lima puluh | : | fifty | |
 | 4 : | empat | : | four | |
 | 14 : | empat belas | : | fourteen | |
 | 60 : | enam puluh | : | sixty | |
 | 5 : | lima | : | five | |
 | 15 : | lima belas | : | fifteen | |
 | 70 : | tujuh puluh | : | seventy | |
 | 6 : | enam | : | six | |
 | 16 : | enam belas | : | sixteen | |
 | 80 : | delapan puluh | : | eighty | |
 | 7 : | tujuh | : | seven | |
 | 17 : | tujuh belas | : | seventeen | |
 | 90 : | sembilan puluh | : | ninety | |
 | 8 : | delapan | : | eight | |
 | 18 : | delapan belas | : | eighteen | |
 | 100 : | seratus | : | hundred | |
 | 9 : | sembilan | : | nine | |
 | 19 : | sembilan belas | : | nineteen | |
 | 1000 : | seribu | : | thousand | |
Pronouncing or writing a number is just like the English language. You put the biggest number first.
In the indonesian language you translate twenty, thirty , forty etc. the same as we translate hundred,
two hundred. twenty will be translated as two ten, thirty as three ten etc.
For example :
28 =
dua puluh delapan
33 =
tiga puluh tiga
527 =
lima ratus dua puluh tujuh
Count:
The basic math functions are add (menjumlah) ,deduct (mengurangi), devide (membagi), multiply (mengkalikan)
example to add
+ (menjumlah)
7
+ 4 is 11 : 7
ditambah 4 adalah 11
example to deduct
- (mengurangi)
12
- 7 is 5 : 12
dikurangi 7 adalah 5
example devide
/ (membagi)
12
/ 3 is 4 : 12
dibagi 3 adalah 4
example to multiply
X (mengkalikan)
10
x 5 is 50 : 10
dikali 10 adalah 50
What time is it? Jam Berapa
-In the Indonesian language you use "
Jam" for the full hour.
-You use "
lebih or lewat" to say times after the hour till 30 minutes after.
-You use "
kurang" to say time before the hour after 31 minutes untill the full hour.
-When it is 15 minutes past the hour you normally say:
lewat seperempat
-When it is 30 minutes past the hour you normally say:
kurang seperempat.
The one thing that is different compared to the English time is that you use half "setengah" in combination
with the coming hour and not the past one.
Examples:
Jam lima sore : It is five o' clock in the afternoon
Jam setengah delapan pagi : It is half past 7 in the morning
Jam 10 kurang seperempat : It is a quarter to 10
Jam 2 lewat 10 menit : It is 10 minutes past 2
Terms of time:
| detik | | second |
| menit | | minute |
| jam | | hour |
| hari | | day |
| minggu | | week |
| bulan | | month |
| tahun | | year |
Names of the months
| Januari | | January |
| Februari | | February |
| Maret | | March |
| April | | April |
| Mei | | May |
| Juni | | June |
| Juli | | July |
| Agustus | | August |
| September | | September |
| Oktober | | October |
| November | | November |
| Desember | | December |
Example :
Today it is the 15th of May : Hari ini adalah tanggal 15 Mei
Yesterday it was the first of June : Kemarin adalah tanggal 1 Juni
Ordinal numbers
We use ordinal numbers to rank people or put things in a position.
For example:
-I won the
first prize : Saya memenangkan hadiah
pertama
-This is my
third time at this restaurant : ini adalah
ketiga kalinya di restoran ini.
An easy rule to remember how to spell an ordinal number you can add
-ke before the number.
The only exception is ordinal number first = pertama. Here you find the spelling of the ordinal numbers
 | pertama | : | first | |
 | kesebelas | : | eleventh | |
 | kedua puluh satu | : | twenty-first |
 | kedua | : | second | |
 | keduabelas | : | twelfth | |
 | kedua puluh dua | : | twenty-second |
 | ketiga | : | third | |
 | ketigabelas | : | thirteenth | |
 | kedua puluh tiga | : | twenty-third |
 | keempat | : | fourth | |
 | keempatbelas | : | fourteenth | |
 | kedua puluh empat | : | twenty-fourth |
 | kelima | : | fitfh | |
 | kelimabelas | : | fifteenth | |
 | kedua puluh lima | : | twenty-fifth |
 | keenam | : | sixth | |
 | keenambelas | : | sixteenth | |
 | kedua puluh enam | : | twenty-sixth |
 | ketujuh | : | seventh | |
 | ketujuhbelas | : | seventeenth | |
 | kedua puluh tujuh | : | twenty-seventh |
 | kedelapan | : | eighth | |
 | kedelapanbelas | : | eighteenth | |
 | kedua puluh delapan | : | twenty-eighth |
 | kesembilan | : | ninth | |
 | kesembilanbelas | : | nineteenth | |
 | kedua puluh sembilan | : | twenty-ninth |
 | kesepuluh | : | tenth | |
 | kedua puluh | : | twentieth | |
 | ketiga puluh | : | thirtieth |
Fractional numbers:
A fractional number is a portion of a whole number. For example:
⅓
1 is called the numerator (pembilang).
3 is called the denominator (penyebut).
To pronounce a fractional number; you say a "normal" number for the numerator and you put
-per for the denominator.
For ⅓ you say "satu - pertiga". Most of the time you use
se instead of
satu.
The only exception to this rule is ½ you pronounce this as "setengah".
 | ½ | : | setengah | : | a half | |
 | ⅕ | : | seperlima | : | one fifth | |
 | ⅓ | : | sepertiga | : | one third | |
 | ⅖ | : | dua perlima | : | two fifths | |
 | ⅔ | : | dua pertiga | : | two thirds | |
 | ⅙ | : | seperenam | : | one sixth | |
 | ¼ | : | seperempat | : | one fourth | |
 | ⅚ | : | lima perenam | : | five sixths | |
I would like
a half kilo of apples. Saya ingin
setengah kilo apel.
Everybody gets
one third of the pie. Semua orang mendapat
satu pertiga dari kue
If you want to practice with numbers or telling time go to Practice