Conditional in Indonesian

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Conditional in Indonesian

Postby 0stsee » 2010-01-30, 13:58

To answer Struthiomimus' question:

Conditional is built in Indonesian by "Kalau ... akan ..."

If I had a lot of money, I'd travel around the world.
Kalau saya punya banyak uang, saya akan keliling dunia.


You could replace "kalau" with:
bila (more certain)
andai saja (expresses a wishful thinking)
kalau saja (also expresses a wish)


In the spoken language, "akan" is often replaced by a slightly longer word "bakalan".
Ini tandatanganku.

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Re: Conditional in Indonesian

Postby Struthiomimus » 2010-01-30, 14:40

Terima kasih banyak! :D
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Re: Conditional in Indonesian

Postby Struthiomimus » 2010-02-03, 1:51

Hey, what about "jika"?
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Re: Conditional in Indonesian

Postby 0stsee » 2010-03-26, 13:39

Struthiomimus wrote:Hey, what about "jika"?

Hi!
Sorry for the late answer.
Jika would be fine too. :)
There's also jikalau.
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