Holidays & Good wishes in Indonesian

Now you know how to talk about date and time in Indonesian, let’s continue with some more special occasions, holidays and how to wish people well in Indonesian.

Contents

Good wishes
Holidays & festive occasions
Verbs
Vocabulary & Phrases
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This lesson is part of the chapter “Learning Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia)“.

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Good wishes

English	Indonesian
All the best!	Semua yang terbaik!
Congratulations!	Selamat!
Good luck!	Semoga berhasil! Semoga beruntung!
Happy birthday!	Selamat ulang tahun!
Merry Christmas!	Selamat Natal!
Happy Easter!	Selamat Paskah!
Happy New Year!	Selamat Tahun Baru!
with all my heart / wholehearted	dengan segenap hati

Holidays & festive occasions

English	Indonesian
birthday	ulang tahun
Christmas	Natal
Yule	masa Natal
Christmas Eve	Malam Natal
Easter	Paskah
Easter holidays	libur Paskah
Pentecost / Whitsun	Pantekosta
New Year’s Eve	Malam Tahun Baru
New Year	Tahun Baru
wedding	pernikahan
name day	nama hari
Valentine’s Day	hari Valentine
anniversary	hari jadi

Verbs

English	Indonesian
(to) invite	mengundang
(to) wish	harap
(to) make a gift	membuat hadiah
(to) get	mendapat

Vocabulary & Phrases

English	Indonesian
party [Sg]	pesta
parties [Pl]	pesta-pesta
birthday party	pesta ulang tahun
invitation [Sg]	undangan
invitations [Pl]	undangan-undangan
I invite you to the party!	Aku mengundangmu ke pesta! Saya mengundang Anda ke pesta! ^[1]
wish [Sg]	harapan
wishes [Pl]	harapan-harapan
What would you like? / What do you want?	Apa yang kamu inginkan? Apa yang Anda inginkan? ^[2]
surprise [Sg]	kejutan
surprises [Pl]	kejutan-kejutan
present / gift [Sg]	kado hadiah
presents / gifts [Pl]	kado-kado hadiah-hadidah

Notes:

¹ More formal² More formal

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