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Introduction

Welcome to the Tuttle Essential Language series, covering all the most popular Asian languages. These books are basic guides to communicating in the language. They’re concise, accessible and easy to understand, and you’ll find them indispensable on your trip abroad to get you where you want to go, pay the right prices and do everything you’ve been planning to do.

This book is divided into 14 themed sections. It starts with a pronunciation guide which explains the pronunciation of all the words and sentences you’ll be learning, and a grammar guide to help you construct basic sentences in Indonesian. The back of this book has a handy English–Indonesian dictionary that you can use to look up basic words.

Throughout the book you’ll come across boxes with the sign beside them. These are designed for situations where you don’t understand what someone is saying to you. You can show the book to them and ask them to point to the correct answer to the question you are asking.

Other boxes in the book—without the symbol—provide listings of themed words with their English translations beside them.

For extra clarity, all Indonesian words and phrases are in italics.

This book covers every situation you are likely to encounter during your visit, from checking into a hotel to booking a bus or train ticket to shopping and ordering food and drinks at a restaurant. It even tells you what to say if you get lost or if you lose something. With over 2,000 commonly-used words and phrases at your fingertips you can rest assured that you will be able to deal with any situation, so let Essential Indonesian become your passport to learning to speak with confidence!