Happy birthday

To say happy birthday to your friends, family or someone in Bahasa Indonesia, you can say selamat ulang tahun. Selamat means Congratulations and Ulang tahun means Birthday, so the literal meaning in English is Congratulation for your Birthday.

How old are you?

Do you remember numerals in Bahasa Indonesia, if you don't, you can check your lesson, because we wil use it. So how can you ask How old are you in Bahasa? Look at the sentences below:

1. Berapa usia Anda? (formal, polite)
2. Berapa usia kamu? (informal, standard)

Please be careful to whom you are talking: if you are talking with someone older than yourself, you should use the polite form; never use the informal form to people older than you. You can use the informal form to your friends or people younger than you.

Note: Indonesia has 2 way to say age there are Usia and Umur. There is no rule for that, you can use one of them, because if you use umur or usia, Indonesian will understand what you mean.

My age is .....

If you don't remember numerals in Indonesia, look at the table below:

formal form :

           ==> subject + prefix ber- + umur + (age) + tahun <==
          ex: saya berumur 20 tahun (i'am 2 years old), or
           ==> umur + subject + to be (adalah) + (age) + tahun <==
          ex: umur saya adalah 20 tahun (my age is 20 years old)

informal form:

           ==> usia/umur + subject + (age) + tahun <== 
          ex: umur saya 20 tahun (i'am 20 years old), or

you can use the simple way:

          ==> subject + (age) + tahun <==
         ex: saya 20 tahun (i'am 20 years old)