Introducing Your Self

Learn how to polite introduce when you meet anyone at the first time.

Hai, nama saya Budi Hidayat
Saya dari Jakarta
Senang berkenalan dengan anda

English:
Hi, my name is Budi Hidayat
I am from Jakarta
Nice to meet you

Vocabulary:
Saya: I
Anda: you
Nama: name
Dari: from
Dengan: with

In Indonesian word I means saya or aku. Saya is more polite than aku. Saya also use in formal conversation, such as when you are in interview or meeting. Meanwhile kamu means you in english. It's polite form of kamu. There is no to be (am, is, are) in Indonesia. If you want to say "I am Budi", you can say with "Saya Budi" without to be.