bahasa indonesia

1 Invite your close friend to come and stav the ni& at your place.
(menginap)
2 Invite your younger sister to go and have a coffee with you. (minum
kopi)
3 ~nvite your friend's parents to come to your school concert on
Saturday. (datang)
Offering can be understood to mean 'offering to do something for
someone' or 'offering something to someone'. We can express the first
meaning using ayo, mari and biar-all of which roughly mean '(come
on, here) let me (or someone else) do it' when used in offering. All of
them are placed at the beginning of the sentence.
As with the other uses, ayo makes the imperative more informal.
However, its use here differs from the previous ones in that here the
action is to be performed by the speaker, not the addressee. As in
invitation, mari is more polite and formal. Biar, on the other hand, is
polite, but neutral ineterms of formality.
Bye saya cucikan bajunya.
Come on, let me wash the clothes for you.
-
Mari saya bawakan kopernya.
Here, let rn6 carry the suitcase for you.
Biar bapak saya yang mengantarkan dia ke sekolah.
Let my father take her to school. -
The second sense of offering is expressed by using silakan and also
ayo. As with their use in invitation, the difference between these two
words lies in their degree of formality: silakan is more formal than ayo.
Silakan minum.
&Q minurn.
Please drink
lATlHAN I
Use appropriate words for offering in the following situations. Consider
who you are talking to and choose the most suitable form for each offer.
The verbs are given in parentheses. (Drop the meN- prefix, if
appropriate.)
1 Your older sister has just said that she will make a cup of coffee.
Offer to make one for her. (membuatkan)
178 A Student's Guide to Indonesian Grammar