Colors & Appearance in Indonesian

This lesson will teach you to describe the colors and appearance of people and things in Indonesian. Learn to express whether something is big or small, red or green, beautiful of ugly.

Contents

Colors
Appearance & attributes
Questions & phrases
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This lesson is part of the chapter “Learning Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia)“.

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Colors

	English	Indonesian	Pronunciation (Audio)
	light / clear	terang jelas
	dark	gelap
	color	warna
	colored	berwarna
	white	putih
	black	hitam
	yellow	kuning
	orange	oranye jingga
	red	merah
	pink	pink merah muda
	violet	violet
	blue	biru
	green	hijau
	brown	coklat
	grey	abu-abu

Appearance & attributes

	English	Indonesian	Pronunciation (Audio)
	new	baru
	old	tua
	small	kecil
	large / big	besar
	young	muda
	kind / pleasant	baik ramah
	unkind / unpleasant	jahat mengesalkan
	patient	sabar
	tall (When talking about people)	tinggi
	middle sized (When talking about people)	ukuran tengah
	small (When talking about people)	mungil
	fat	gemuk
	thin / slim	tipis kurus
	nice / pretty	baik ramah
	beautiful	indah
	ugly	jelek
	ill / sick	sakit
	healthy	sehat
	happy / cheerful	senang bahagia
	sad	sedih
	sporty	sportif sporty
	ambitioned	ambisius
	intelligent	pintar
	creative	kreatif
	active	aktif
	sentimental	sentimen sentimental
	rational	rasional
	emotional	emosional
	natural	alami
	romantic	romantik
	nice / amiable	cantik
	spontaneous	spontan
	energetic	energetik
	stressed (out)	stres
	relaxed	santai
	frustrated	frustasi
	talented	berbakat

Questions & phrases

	English	Indonesian	Pronunciation (Audio)
	What does he look like?	Seperti apa tampang dia?
	What does she look like?	Seperti apa tampang dia?
	What is he like?	Dia orang seperti apa?
	What is she like?	Dia orang seperti apa?

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