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Days of the week in Indonesian

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In today's lesson you will learn some useful vocabulary about ¨DAYS OF THE WEEK¨ in Indonesian

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Days of the week in Indonesian

ENGLISH	INDONESIAN	PRONUNCIATION IN ENGLISH	BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE
Sunday	Minggu	mihn gou	Domingo
Monday	Senin	seh neen	Segunda-feira
Tuesday	Selasa	seh lah sah	Terça-feira
Wednesday	Rabu	rah bou	Quarta-feira
Thursday	Kamis	kah mees	Quinta-feira
Friday	Jumat	joum aht	Sexta-feira
Saturday	Sabtu	sahb tou	Sábado

Names of The Days of The Week

Names of the days of the week in Indonesian are written in capital, similar to English. Below is a complete list of names of the days of the week in Indonesian:

• Senin - Monday
• Selasa - Tuesday
• Rabu - Wednesday
• Kamis - Thursday
• Jumat - Friday
• Sabtu - Saturday
• Minggu - Sunday

Common Mistakes

Following the Indonesian reading rule, Indonesian learners often pronounce Jumat as "Ju-mat". However, this pronunciation is incorrect. The word Jumat is pronounced as "Jum-at". Consequently, native Indonesians often misspell Jumat as Jum'at to accentuate the pronunciation. Nevertheless, the correct spelling of Friday in Indonesian as written in KBBI (Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia) is Jumat.

Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow, and The Day After Tomorrow

Yesterday, today, tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow are common time information used with names of the days of the week. Considering Indonesian does not have various tenses, time information is very crucial.

Vocabularies

• kemarin - yesterday
• hari - day
• hari ini - today (this day)
• besok - tomorrow
• lusa - the day after tomorrow

Referring to Next and Last Week

Not much different from English, when referring to days next or last week, you only need to add "next" or "last" following the day. Below is the general rule:

1. Next [ ... ] [ ... ] depan
2. Last [ ... ] [ ... ] lalu [ ... ] yang lalu

Vocabularies

• depan - next
• lalu - last
• yang lalu - last

Examples

• Saya akan pergi ke pantai Sabtu depan. I will go to the beach next Saturday.
• Dapatkah kamu menemui saya Jumat depan? Can you meet me next Friday?
• Kamis lalu Rina ada ujian piano. Last Thursday Rina had a piano examination.
• Apa yang dibeli Budi Selasa yang lalu? What did Budi buy last Tuesday?

Time Period

To express a time period, from Monday to Friday for instance, the word dari (from) and sampai (to) are used.

Examples

• Acara ini ditayangkan dari Senin sampai Jumat di televisi. This show is aired from Monday to Friday on televison.

Practice Phrases

• Hari ini hari apa? What day is it today?
• Hari ini hari Rabu. Today is Wednesday.
• Kemarin hari apa? What day was yesterday?
• Kemarin hari Selasa. Yesterday was Tuesday.