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Learning the Javanese Vocabulary is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Javanese language. But first we need to know what the role of Vocabulary is in the structure of the grammar in Javanese.
Javanese vocabulary is the set of words you should be familiar with. A vocabulary usually grows and evolves with age, and serves as a useful and fundamental tool for communication and acquiring knowledge. Here are some examples:
| English Vocabulary | Javanese Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| colors | werna |
| black | ireng |
| blue | biru |
| brown | coklat |
| gray | abu-abu |
| green | ijo |
| orange | kuning telo |
| purple | ungu |
| red | abang |
| white | putih |
| yellow | kuning |
| sizes | ukuran |
| big | gedhe |
| deep | jeru |
| long | dawa |
| narrow | ciut |
| short | cendak/cekak |
| small | cilik |
| tall | dhuwur |
| thick | kandel |
| thin | tipis |
| wide | ombo |
| shapes | bentuk |
| circular | bunder |
| straight | jejeg |
| square | kothak |
| triangular | segitiga |
| tastes | rasa |
| bitter | pahit |
| fresh | seger |
| salty | asin |
| sour | asem |
| spicy | pedes |
| sweet | legi |
| qualities | sifat |
| bad | elek |
| clean | resik |
| dark | peteng |
| difficult | angel |
| dirty | reged |
| dry | garing |
| easy | gampang |
| empty | kosong |
| expensive | larang |
| fast | cepet |
| foreign | |
| full | kebek |
| good | apik |
| hard | atos |
| heavy | abot |
| inexpensive | murah |
| light | entheng |
| local | lokal |
| new | berita |
| noisy | ribut |
| old | tuo |
| powerful | kuat |
| quiet | sepi |
| correct | bener |
| slow | alon |
| soft | lembut |
| very | banget |
| weak | lemes/loyo |
| wet | teles |
| wrong | salah |
| young | nom |
| quantities | jumlah |
| few | sithik |
| little | sithik |
| many | akeh |
| much | akeh |
| part | sebagian |
| some | pirang-pirang |
| a few | pirang-pirang |
| whole | kabeh |
Below is a list of the vocabulary and expressions in Javanese placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Javanese vocabulary.
| English Vocabulary | Javanese Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| arm | tangan |
| back | punggung |
| cheeks | pipi |
| chest | dada |
| chin | bathuk |
| ear | kuping |
| elbow | sikut |
| eye | mata |
| face | rai |
| finger | driji |
| fingers | driji-driji |
| foot | sikil |
| hair | rambut |
| hand | tangan |
| head | sirah |
| heart | ati |
| knee | dengkul |
| leg | sikil |
| lip | lambe |
| mouth | cangkem |
| neck | gulu |
| nose | irung |
| shoulder | pundak |
| stomach | weteng |
| teeth | untu |
| thigh | kempol |
| throat | tenggorokan |
| thumb | jempol |
| toe | tungkak |
| tongue | ilat |
| tooth | untu |
| adverbs of time | keterangan wektu |
| yesterday | wingi |
| today | dina ini |
| tomorrow | sesuk |
| now | saiki |
| then | terus |
| later | mengko |
| tonight | mbengi iki |
| right now | saiki |
| last night | mau bengi |
| this morning | esuk iki |
| next week | minggu ngarep |
| already | wis |
| recently | lagi ae/akhir-akhir iki |
| lately | akhir-akhir iki |
| soon | |
| immediately | |
| still | isih |
| yet | durung |
| ago | kepungkur (one year ago= tahun wingi/tahun kepungkur) |
| adverbs of place | keterangan papan |
| here | ning kene |
| there | ning kono |
| over there | ning kono |
| everywhere | nendi-nendi |
| anywhere | nendi ae |
| nowhere | ora nendi-nendi |
| home | omah |
| away | lungo |
| out | metu |
| adverbs of manner | keterangan cara |
| very | banget |
| quite | |
| pretty | banget |
| really | bener-bener |
| fast | cepet |
| well | apik |
| hard | atos |
| quickly | cepet |
| slowly | alon |
| carefully | ati-ati |
| hardly | meh ora |
| barely | meh ora |
| mostly | |
| almost | meh |
| absolutely | jelas |
| together | bareng-bareng |
| alone | dewekan |
| adverbs of frequency | keterangan frekuensi |
| always | mesti |
| frequently | sering |
| usually | biasane |
| sometimes | kadang-kadang |
| occasionally | kadang-kadang |
| seldom | jarang |
| rarely | jarang |
| never | ora tau/ora pernah |
| numbers | angka |
| one | siji |
| two | loro |
| three | telu |
| four | papat |
| five | lima |
| six | enem |
| seven | pitu |
| eight | wolu |
| nine | sanga |
| ten | sepuluh |
| eleven | sewelas |
| twelve | rolas |
| thirteen | telulas |
| fourteen | patbelas |
| fifteen | limalas |
| sixteen | nembelas |
| seventeen | pitulas |
| eighteen | wolulas |
| nineteen | sangalas |
| twenty | rongpuluh |
| hundred | satus |
| one thousand | sewu |
| million | sak juta |
| Ordinal Numbers | nomer urutan |
| first | pertama |
| second | nomer loro |
| third | nomer telu |
| fourth | nomer papat |
| fifth | nomer lima |
| sixth | nomer nem |
| seventh | nomer pitu |
| eighth | nomer wolu |
| ninth | nomer sanga |
| tenth | nomer sepuluh |
| eleventh | nomer sewelas |
| twelfth | nomer rolas |
| thirteenth | nomer telulas |
| fourteenth | nomer patbelas |
| fifteenth | nomer limalas |
| sixteenth | nomer nembelas |
| seventeenth | nomer pitulas |
| eighteenth | nomer wolulas |
| nineteenth | nomer sangalas |
| twentieth | nomer rong puluh |
| once | ping pisan |
| twice | ping pindo |
Vocabulary and expressions have a very important role in Javanese, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with Javanese Vocabulary, you might want to check the rest of our Javanese lessons here: Learn Javanese. Don't forget to bookmark this page.
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