Introduce yourself — where you're from, what you do, and your interests.
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Kamu dari mana?
Where are you from? (Literally 'you from where?' — question words usually go at the end.)
Saya dari Jerman.
I'm from Germany.
Kamu tinggal di mana?
Where do you live? ('Tinggal' = to stay/live; 'di' marks location.)
Saya tinggal di Jakarta.
I live in Jakarta.
Apa pekerjaan kamu?
What's your job? ('Pekerjaan' = work, from root 'kerja' (work) + pe-...-an (noun forming circumfix).)
Kamu kerja apa?
What do you do for a living? (Literally 'you work what?' — more casual than 'apa pekerjaan kamu?')
Saya seorang ilmuwan data.
I'm a data scientist. ('Seorang' = a/one person; 'ilmuwan' = scientist, from 'ilmu' (knowledge).)
Saya seniman.
I'm an artist.
Saya guru.
I'm a teacher. (Same word for both genders — Indonesian doesn't mark gender on nouns.)
Kamu kuliah? Kamu kuliah apa?
Are you a student? What do you study? ('Kuliah' = to study at university; for school-level use 'sekolah'.)
Saya kuliah bahasa di universitas.
I study languages at university.
Kamu bisa bahasa apa saja?
What languages do you speak? (Literally 'you can language what all?' — 'saja' opens it up to multiple answers.)
Saya bisa bahasa Inggris dan sedikit bahasa Indonesia.
I speak English and a bit of Indonesian. ('Bisa' (can) is used for 'speak a language', not 'berbicara'.)
Apa bahasa ibu kamu?
What's your native language? (Literally 'mother language' — same image as English 'mother tongue'.)
Apa yang kamu lakukan di waktu luang?
What do you do in your free time? ('Waktu luang' = free/empty time.)
Saya suka membaca dan menonton film.
I like to read and watch movies.
Saya suka bertemu teman dan bercanda.
I like meeting friends and joking around. (Prefix 'ber-' often turns nouns/verbs into intransitive activities: bertemu (meet), bercanda (joke).)
Kamu punya hobi?
Do you have any hobbies?
Kamu suka olahraga?
Do you play any sports? ('Olahraga' = exercise/sport, literally 'sport-body' from 'olah' (process) + 'raga' (body).)
Umur kamu berapa? Saya dua puluh satu tahun.
How old are you? I'm twenty-one. (Literally 'age you how many?' — numbers: 21 is 'dua puluh satu' (two tens one).)
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