Javanese Nouns
Welcome to the third Javanese lesson about nouns. This time we will first learn about fruits and vegetables, followed by grammar rules, then food items, finally a conversation in Javanese to help you practice your daily phrases.
potatoes kenthang |
tomatoes tomat |
onions brambang |
carrots wortel |
fruits buah/woh |
apples apel |
bananas gedhang |
oranges jeruk |
Nouns Grammar Rules
In general nouns refer to a person, an object, or abstract ideas. For example: a fast runner the noun is [runner] because it refers to a person. The examples below use nouns in different ways and places to demonstrate how they behave in a sentence.
| Grammar + Rules - Javanese |
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| do you have milk? [verb + noun] apa kowe duwe susu? |
| I have milk and coffee [preposition + noun] ya, aku duwe susu lan kopi |
| he has three apples [number + plural noun] dheweke duwe apel cacahe telu |
| she only has one apple [number + singular noun] dheweke mung duwe apel cacahe siji |
| we live in a small house [adjective + noun] aku lan kluwarga manggen ana omah cilik |
| I like our breakfast [pronoun + noun] aku seneng sarapan |
The following are nouns of food items that you might be interested in learning and memorizing.
bread roti |
milk susu |
butter mentega |
cheese keju |
coffee kopi |
sandwich sandwich |
meat daging |
chicken pitik |
fish iwak banyu |
breakfast sarapan |
lunch mangan awan |
dinner mangan bengi |
Conversation in Javanese
Now we finally reach the fun part, the practice of the daily conversations. These phrases are used to get to know new people, and break the ice.
| English - Javanese |
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| Do you speak (English/ Javanese)? kowe isa ngomong (Inggris/Jawa)? |
| Just a little Mung sithik |
| I like Javanese Aku seneng basa Jawa |
| Can I practice with you? Isa praktek karo kowe? |
| How old are you? Pira umurmu? |
| I'm thirty three years old Umurku telung puluh tahun |
| It was nice talking to you Seneng isa ngobrol karo kowe |
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