Indonesian/Lessons/Happy Birthday

Happy birthday

Bahasa Indonesia	English
Selamat	Congratulation
Hari Ulang Tahun	Birthday
Selamat ulang tahun	Happy Birthday
Buat sebuah permohonan	Make a wish
Kejutan!!!	Surprise!!!

To say happy birthday to your friends, family or someone in Bahasa Indonesia, you can say selamat ulang tahun. Selamat means Congratulations and Ulang tahun means Birthday, so the literal meaning in English is Congratulation for your Birthday.

How old are you?

Do you remember numerals in Bahasa Indonesia, if you don't, you can check your lesson, because we wil use it. So how can you ask How old are you in Bahasa? Look at the sentences below:

1. Berapa usia Anda? (formal, polite)
2. Berapa usia kamu? (informal, standard)

Please be careful to whom you are talking: if you are talking with someone older than yourself, you should use the polite form; never use the informal form to people older than you. You can use the informal form to your friends or people younger than you.

Bahasa Indonesia	English
Berapa usia kamu?	How old are you? (informal)
Berapa usia Anda?	How old are you? (formal)
Saya 27 tahun	I'm 27 years old
Saya berumur 20 tahun	I'm 20 years old
Umur saya 17 tahun	My age is 17 years old
Kamu berumur berapa?	How old are you? (informal)

Note: Indonesia has 2 way to say age there are Usia and Umur. There is no rule for that, you can use one of them, because if you use umur or usia, Indonesian will understand what you mean.

My age is .....

If you don't remember numerals in Indonesia, look at the table below:

Bahasa Indonesia	English
satu	1
dua	2
tiga	3
empat	4
lima	5
enam	6
tujuh	7
delapan	8
sembilan	9
sepuluh	10
sebelas	11
duabelas	12
tigabelas	13
limabelas	15
duapuluh	20
duapuluhsatu	21
tigapuluh	30
empatpuluh	40
limapuluh	50
sembilanpuluh	90

formal form :

           ==> subject + prefix ber- + umur + (age) + tahun <==
          ex: saya berumur 20 tahun (i'am 2 years old), or
           ==> umur + subject + to be (adalah) + (age) + tahun <==
          ex: umur saya adalah 20 tahun (my age is 20 years old)

informal form:

           ==> usia/umur + subject + (age) + tahun <==
          ex: umur saya 20 tahun (i'am 20 years old), or

you can use the simple way:

          ==> subject + (age) + tahun <==
         ex: saya 20 tahun (i'am 20 years old)