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Did you know these different words for 'rice' in Indonesian?<br />
padi rice plant<br />
beras uncooked rice<br />
beras merah red rice (in Indonesia, often given as a food<br />
supplement for babies)<br />
riasi cooked rice<br />
nasi put& plain steamed rice<br />
nasi goreng fried rice.<br />
ketpn hitam black glutinous .rice(used for black rice<br />
pudding)<br />
minta<br />
Requesting means that we are asking for something or to be allowed to<br />
do something. This is rather different from commands, where we are<br />
telling people to do something. Some examples of requests are:<br />
a boss requesting a-document to be typed<br />
a student requesting an extension for an assignment<br />
a doctor requesting a blood test to be done on his or her patient<br />
a friend requesting help with homework<br />
In Indonesian, the word minta can be used to ask for something. This<br />
use of minta in imperatives translates into English as 'Can I/we . ..?'. Of<br />
course, requests are not restricted to this word; other verbs can be used<br />
as well, as we can see below. .<br />
Minta nasinya.<br />
Can I have some rice?<br />
Minta kertas dua lembar lagi.<br />
Can I have two more sheets of paper?<br />
Bagi kuenya<br />
Can I have a share of the cake?<br />
Ketikkan surat ini.<br />
Type this letter for me.<br />
How to make requests more informal<br />
y a<br />
dong<br />
?<br />
As with commands, we can use ya and dong in certain situations to<br />
make our requests more informal and less abrupt.<br />
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174 A Student's Guide30 Indonesian Grammar
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