Café & Drinks

1. Titiang nunas toya anget

   I would like some warm water, please

   Usage

   A polite way to ask for a drink. A sentence assembled from dictionary-checked words, not a quoted example. Anget has no separate polite form; the dictionary lists it as yeh anget.

   Grammar Note

   Water is yeh in everyday speech and toya in polite speech. Anget means warm or lukewarm.

2. Titiang nunas toya dingin

   I would like some cold water, please

   Usage

   Used to ask for cold water. A sentence assembled from dictionary-checked words, not a quoted example.

   Grammar Note

   The adjective dingin follows the noun toya.

3. Sampunang misi gula, nggih

   Please do not put sugar in it

   Usage

   Declines sugar when ordering coffee or tea. A sentence assembled from dictionary-checked words, not a quoted example.

   Grammar Note

   Sampunang is the polite "do not" (everyday speech uses eda). The closing nggih softens the request.

4. Sampunang misi es, nggih

   Please do not put ice in it

   Usage

   Asks for a drink without ice. A sentence assembled from dictionary-checked words, not a quoted example.

   Grammar Note

   Es means ice and has the same form at every speech level.

5. Wenten teh?

   Do you have tea?

   Usage

   A short question about whether tea is available. A sentence assembled from dictionary-checked words, not a quoted example.

   Grammar Note

   Raise the intonation to make it a question. Teh does not change by speech level.

6. Titiang nunas kopi misi susu

   I would like coffee with milk, please

   Usage

   Orders coffee with milk. A sentence assembled from dictionary-checked words, not a quoted example.

   Grammar Note

   Misi means to contain, so kopi misi susu is coffee containing milk.

7. Wenten kopi Bali?

   Do you have Balinese coffee?

   Usage

   Asks whether local Balinese coffee is served. A sentence assembled from dictionary-checked words, not a quoted example.

   Grammar Note

   A place name placed after the noun means "of that place".

8. Kopi puniki pait pisan

   This coffee is very bitter

   Usage

   Says the coffee is too bitter; follow with a request for gula (sugar). A sentence assembled from dictionary-checked words, not a quoted example.

   Grammar Note

   The adjective follows the noun, and pisan after it means "very".

9. Titiang nunas nyuh gading

   I would like a young coconut, please

   Usage

   Orders a young coconut on a hot day. A sentence assembled from dictionary-checked words, not a quoted example. Nyuh gading is a dictionary headword.

   Grammar Note

   Nyuh gading is the name of the yellow coconut variety; learn it as one unit.

10. Titiang nenten nginem bir

    I do not drink beer

    Usage

    Politely declines alcohol. A sentence assembled from dictionary-checked words, not a quoted example. No polite form of nginem (drink) was found, so the everyday word is used. Swap bir for arak or brem as needed.

    Grammar Note

    Negate by putting nenten before the verb. Ngunjuk is the honorific for the other person and is not used for oneself.

11. Dados titiang nyobak brem?

    May I try the brem (sticky rice wine)?

    Usage

    Asks to try brem, a traditional Balinese fermented rice drink. A sentence assembled from dictionary-checked words, not a quoted example.

    Grammar Note

    Put dados first to ask permission. Nyobak is the nasalised form of cobak, to try.

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