Electronics

1. HP

   Mobile phone

   Usage

   Read "ha-pe". The normal word both spoken and written

   Grammar Note

   HP is short for handphone; telepon sélulér is the longer form

2. Laptop

   Usage

   Show it along with "colokan listrik" (power socket) when you want to plug in at a cafe

   Grammar Note

   Laptop is an English loanword used as it is

3. Tablet

   Usage

   Same as English. A medicine pill is also called tablet, so be clear at the pharmacy

   Grammar Note

   Tablet is an English loanword that covers both the device and the pill

4. Abdi peryogi kabel pikeun ngecas HP.

   I need a cable to charge my phone.

   Usage

   Ask at a phone shop or your guesthouse when you have forgotten your cable

   Grammar Note

   Peryogi is the polite "need", pikeun means "for", and ngecas means to charge

5. Adaptor

   Plug adapter

   Usage

   Indonesia runs on 230V with round two-pin (type C and F) sockets. Japanese flat plugs will not fit

   Grammar Note

   Adaptor is the spelling of adapter; show it when you ask for a plug converter

6. Colokan listrik

   Power socket

   Usage

   Use it to look for a seat with a socket when you need to charge

   Grammar Note

   Colokan is the socket and listrik is electricity

7. Batré

   Battery

   Usage

   Covers dry cells and built-in batteries; use it when yours is about to run out

   Grammar Note

   Batré is the Sundanese spelling; baterai is also written

8. Listrik

   Electricity

   Usage

   The word for electricity itself; use it to ask whether the power works at your guesthouse

   Grammar Note

   Listrik is a loanword from Dutch elektriciteit

9. Listrikna pareum.

   The power is out.

   Usage

   Use it to report a power cut to your guesthouse, as after a storm

   Grammar Note

   Pareum means "off" or "out"; -na after listrik marks it as "the power"

10. Kartu SIM

    SIM card

    Usage

    Buying one requires registering with your passport. Buy it at a main carrier's counter

    Grammar Note

    Kartu is "card" and SIM comes straight from English

11. Pulsa

    Prepaid airtime

    Usage

    Prepaid credit for calls and SMS, topped up at phone stalls. Data is bought separately

    Grammar Note

    Pulsa is used in Sundanese with the same meaning as in Indonesian

12. Kuota

    Data allowance

    Usage

    Your mobile data allowance; when buying it say "kuota data"

    Grammar Note

    Kuota means an allowance; Abdi badé mésér kuota data means "I want to buy data"

13. Kartu memori

    Memory card

    Usage

    Use it to buy the camera's SD card; "SD card" is understood too

    Grammar Note

    Kartu is "card" and memori is "memory"; the two words are simply placed together

14. Kaméra

    Camera

    Usage

    The word for the camera; the base for asking someone to take your photo

    Grammar Note

    Kaméra is spelled with é; kamera also appears

15. AC

    Air conditioner

    Usage

    The key word when asking about room and bus classes. A non-AC room only has a fan

    Grammar Note

    AC is read "ah-say", short for English air conditioner

16. Kipas angin

    Electric fan

    Usage

    Budget rooms often have this instead of AC

    Grammar Note

    Kipas is a fan and angin is wind; literally "wind fan"

17. Remote

    Remote control

    Usage

    Use it to tell your guesthouse the AC or TV remote is missing

    Grammar Note

    Remote is an English loanword and keeps the English spelling

18. Kulkas

    Refrigerator

    Usage

    Use it to ask whether the room has a refrigerator

    Grammar Note

    Kulkas comes from Dutch koelkast

19. TV

    Television

    Usage

    Used when checking what a room includes. Read "tee-vee"

    Grammar Note

    Televisi is the longer word for TV

20. Setrika

    Iron

    Usage

    Ask for it when you want to press a shirt

    Grammar Note

    Setrika comes from Dutch strijken

21. Mesin cuci

    Washing machine

    Usage

    Use it to ask whether the guesthouse or laundromat has a washing machine

    Grammar Note

    Mesin is machine and cuci is to wash: a "washing machine"

22. Warnét

    Internet cafe

    Usage

    Many also do printing and scanning

    Grammar Note

    Warnét is short for warung internét, written with é

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