Food & Drinks

1. Ieu masakan naon?

   What dish is this?

   Usage

   Asking the name of a dish at a restaurant or stall

   Grammar Note

   Masakan means cooked dish, naon what and ieu this

2. Masakanna ngeunah pisan.

   This food is very tasty

   Usage

   Praising the food

   Grammar Note

   The ending -na means 'the'. Ngeunah means tasty; raos is the more polite word

3. Abdi teu neda daging.

   I do not eat meat

   Usage

   Telling the cook you avoid meat

   Grammar Note

   Neda is the humble form for your own eating; tuang is for the other person and never for yourself

4. Punten, abdi hoyong tambih.

   Excuse me, I would like some more

   Usage

   Asking for a second helping

   Grammar Note

   Tambih is the polite form of tambah (add); hoyong is the polite 'want'

5. Sadayana sabaraha?

   How much is it altogether?

   Usage

   Asking for the bill after the meal

   Grammar Note

   Sadayana means all and sabaraha how much

6. Abdi badé mesen nasi goreng.

   I would like to order nasi goreng

   Usage

   Ordering at a warung or restaurant

   Grammar Note

   Badé is the polite 'will' and mesen means to order; nasi goreng is used as the dish name

7. Aya naon waé?

   What do you have?

   Usage

   Asking what is available when there is no menu

   Grammar Note

   Aya means there is and waé adds 'at all, anything'

8. Punten, ulah pedas.

   Excuse me, please don't make it spicy

   Usage

   Asking for a dish without chilli heat

   Grammar Note

   Ulah means don't and pedas spicy; punten softens the request

9. Hatur nuhun, abdi parantos wareg.

   Thank you, I am already full

   Usage

   Politely declining more food

   Grammar Note

   Parantos is the polite 'already' and wareg means full

10. Punten, tiasa mésér cai bodas?

    Excuse me, can I buy some water?

    Usage

    Asking to buy drinking water

    Grammar Note

    Cai bodas literally means white water, i.e. plain water; mésér is the polite 'buy'

11. Sangu

    Cooked rice

    Usage

    The everyday word for the rice that goes with a meal

    Grammar Note

    Sangu is the polite word and kéjo the casual one; uncooked rice is béas. It is unrelated to Javanese sangu, which means pocket money

12. Roti

    Bread

    Usage

    Point at it to ask for bread

    Grammar Note

    A loanword shared with Indonesian

13. Mie

    Noodles

    Usage

    Ordering a noodle dish

    Grammar Note

    Mie is the general word for noodles, as in mie ayam

14. Daging

    Meat

    Usage

    Asking whether a dish has meat, or saying you avoid it

    Grammar Note

    Daging is meat in general; specify the kind with words like hayam (chicken)

15. Hayam

    Chicken

    Usage

    Ordering chicken

    Grammar Note

    Hayam is the Sundanese word for chicken and differs from Indonesian ayam

16. Endog

    Egg

    Usage

    Ordering eggs or saying you cannot eat them

    Grammar Note

    Endog means egg; it is sometimes spelled éndog

17. Sayuran

    Vegetables

    Usage

    Asking for vegetable dishes

    Grammar Note

    Sayuran is vegetables in general; sayur can also mean a vegetable dish

18. Pedas

    Spicy (hot with chilli)

    Usage

    Describing how hot a dish is

    Grammar Note

    Refers to chilli heat; pedas pisan means very spicy

19. Amis

    Sweet

    Usage

    Describing sweetness

    Grammar Note

    Amis means sweet; it is the opposite of Javanese amis, which means fishy

20. Atah

    Raw (not cooked)

    Usage

    Avoiding uncooked food

    Grammar Note

    Atah means raw or uncooked

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