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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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' |
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