Adjectives describe people or things. You’ll need them whenever you want to describe what something or somebody is like. The car is old, the hotel is cheap. You get it. Memorize the Indonesian adjectives below and you’ll be well equipped for most basic conversations.

This lesson is part of the chapter “Learning Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia)“.

Basic Words & Phrases: Adjectives

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Important adjectives

EnglishIndonesianPronunciation
(Audio)
goodbaikid-sing_good
badburukid-sing_bad
newbaruid-sing_new
oldtuaid-sing_old
smallkecilid-sing_small
large / bigbesarid-sing_largebig
longpanjangid-sing_long
shortpendekid-sing_short
cheapmurahid-sing_cheap
expensivemahalid-sing_expensive
light / clearterang
jelas		id-sing_lightclear
id-sing_lightclear-2
darkgelapid-sing_dark
latetelatid-sing_late
earlypagiid-sing_early
interestingmenarikid-sing_interesting
boringmembosankanid-sing_boring
tiredlelah
capai		id-sing_tired
id-sing_tired-2
easy / simplemudah
gampang		id-sing_easysimple
id-sing_easysimple-2
for freegratisid-sing_for-free
right / correctbetulid-sing_rightcorrect
wrongsalahid-sing_wrong
strongkuatid-sing_strong
weaklemahid-sing_weak

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