bahasa indonesia

Very formal requests
sudilah (kiranya)
If we want to make very formal and very polite requests to someone in a
very high position, we can use sudilah or sudilah kireya. These
expressions mean 'I/we hope you are willing do this'. Sudilah (kiranya)
is hardly used in spoken Indonesian because of its highly formal nature,
so we certainly would not want to use it with friends-or family.
Sudilah (kiranya) bapak Presiden menghadiri pertemuan kami.
We hope vou, Mr President, are willing to attend our meeting.
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9 4 Use appropriate words for requesting in the following situations.
- Consider who you are talking to and choose the most suitable form for
each request. The verb that you need to use is given in parentheses.
(Drop the meN- prefix, if appropriate.)
1 You have an early appointment with the dentist tomorrow and you
are not good at waking up early. Ask your brother to wake vou UD at
7 a.m. (membangunkan)
2 You have just rung your teacher at school to tell her that you are
sick, but she was in class. Leave a message with the secretary to pass
on to your teacher when she returns, informing her that you are sick.
(memberitahukan)
3 You are about to send a payment for your annual magazine
subscription through the mail. You want the magazine to send you a
receipt. Write your request. (mengirimkan)
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Inviting can mean two things: we may invite someone to join in an
activity, such as going to the movies, or we may invite someone to come
to our place or to a function, such as a birthday party. Indonesian has
different verbs to, express these two meanings of inviting: mengajak and
mengundang.
Inviting can be expressed as a question (for example, 'Would you like to
go to the movies?'] or as an imperative (for example, 'Let's go to the
movies', 'Drop by any time'). In this chapter, we look at the imperative
forms only.
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