Sundanese Nouns
Welcome to the third Sundanese lesson about nouns. This time we will first learn about fruits and vegetables, followed by grammar rules, then food items, finally a conversation in Sundanese to help you practice your daily phrases.
potatoes kentang | tomatoes tomat | onions bawang beureum | carrots wortel |
fruits bubuahan | apples apel | bananas cau | 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 | Sundanese |
|---|---|
| do you have milk? [verb + noun] | dupi 'anjeun' gaduh susu teu? |
| I have milk and coffee [preposition + noun] | abdi |
| he has three apples [number + plural noun] | anjeunna gaduh apel tilu |
| she only has one apple [number + singular noun] | anjeuna mung gaduh apel hiji |
| we live in a small house [adjective + noun] | abdi sadaya nempatan rorompok nu alit |
| I like our breakfast [pronoun + noun] | abdi resep kana sarapana |
The following are nouns of food items that you might be interested in learning and memorizing.
bread roti | milk susu | butter mantega | cheese keju |
coffee kopi | sandwich roti isi | meat daging | chicken hayam |
fish lauk | breakfast sarapan | lunch ngawadang | dinner tuang weungi |
Conversation in Sundanese
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 | Sundanese |
|---|---|
| Do you speak (English/ Sundanese)? | anjeun tiasa basa sunda? |
| Just a little | mung sakedik |
| I like Sundanese | abdi resep kana basa sunda |
| Can I practice with you? | kengeng teu abdi latihan sareng 'anjeun'? |
| How old are you? | dupi yuswa sabaraha? |
| I'm thirty three years old | abdi tilupuluh tilu taun |
| It was nice talking to you | abdi resep ngobrol sareng 'anjeun' |
I hope you enjoyed this lesson about the nouns in Sundanese. If you have any question about this lesson please contact me here. Now check the next lesson below.
| Sundanese Plural |
Inspirational Quote: A coward gets scared and quits. A hero gets scared, but still goes on. |