Hotel

1. Wenten kamar?

   Do you have a room?

   Usage

   For asking at a guesthouse without a booking. Kamar comes from Indonesian and is a dictionary headword.

   Grammar Note

   Wenten + noun? asks whether something is available.

2. Titiang meled nginep driki

   I would like to stay here

   Usage

   Says you want to stay overnight. Nginep is the dictionary word for spend the night.

   Grammar Note

   Nginep comes from the root inep and also covers staying at a person's home.

3. Titiang jagi mapamit benjang semeng

   I will leave tomorrow morning

   Usage

   Tells the staff when you are leaving. Mapamit is the humble verb for taking leave and benjang means tomorrow; no attested example was found.

   Grammar Note

   Jagi + verb marks the future; time words go at the end.

4. Kamar titiang daki

   My room is dirty

   Usage

   A complaint when asking for cleaning. Daki is the everyday word for dirty.

   Grammar Note

   Possession is expressed by placing titiang after the noun. Avoid leteh, which means ritually unclean.

5. Titiang nunas anduk

   May I have a towel?

   Usage

   For asking staff. Anduk is the dictionary word for bath towel.

   Grammar Note

   The nunas + noun pattern.

6. Sabun

   Soap

   Usage

   Soap; a dictionary headword.

   Grammar Note

   A noun; to ask, say Titiang nunas sabun.

7. Odol

   Toothpaste

   Usage

   Toothpaste; a dictionary headword whose entry also mentions a folk belief about a tooth worm.

   Grammar Note

   A noun; a toothbrush is sikat gigi.

8. Sikat gigi

   Toothbrush

   Usage

   Sikat (brush) plus gigi (tooth); the dictionary gives toothbrush as a meaning of sikat.

   Grammar Note

   Noun + noun forms a compound.

9. Kasur

   Mattress

   Usage

   Bedding; a dictionary headword.

   Grammar Note

   A noun. Bantal is a rice cake in the dictionary, so it is not used here for pillow.

10. Kipas

    Fan

    Usage

    For hot rooms; ask Wenten kipas?

    Grammar Note

    A noun; combine with panes (hot) when complaining about the room.

11. Panes sajan

    It is very hot

    Usage

    Says a room is hot. Panes is the everyday word and also means fever or hot weather.

    Grammar Note

    The opposite is dingin (cold).

12. Rame sajan

    It is very noisy

    Usage

    Says it is noisy. Rame means noisy or crowded in the dictionary.

    Grammar Note

    In Bali rame can also be positive, like festive bustle.

13. Pintu nenten dados bukak

    The door will not open

    Usage

    When a room or bathroom door is stuck. Bukak is the dictionary verb for open; built from checked words, no example was found.

    Grammar Note

    Nenten dados + verb means cannot.

14. Dados titiang nitip koper driki?

    May I leave my suitcase here?

    Usage

    For leaving luggage after checkout. Nitip is the dictionary verb for entrust and koper means suitcase.

    Grammar Note

    Dados titiang + verb? asks for permission.

15. Nyemeng

    Have breakfast

    Usage

    Formed from semeng (morning); the dictionary glosses it as having breakfast. Confirm with staff whether breakfast is included.

    Grammar Note

    A verb formed with n- on the root semeng.

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