Traveling with Kids

1. Wenten ajengan anggen pianak?

   Is there food for children?

   Usage

   Asks whether the kitchen has food for children. A sentence assembled from dictionary-checked words, not a quoted example.

   Grammar Note

   Pianak is the polite word for child (panak in everyday speech). Oka is for someone else's child; pianak is for your own.

2. Wenten tongos maplalianan anggen pianak?

   Is there a place for children to play?

   Usage

   Asks for a play area. A sentence assembled from dictionary-checked words, not a quoted example.

   Grammar Note

   Tongos is a place; maplalianan is a verb made from plalian, play.

3. Pianak titiang nangis

   My child is crying

   Usage

   Explains that your child is crying. A sentence assembled from dictionary-checked words, not a quoted example.

   Grammar Note

   Possession is noun plus titiang. Nangis is the polite form of ngeling, to cry.

4. Pianak titiang seduk

   My child is hungry

   Usage

   Explains that your child is hungry. A sentence assembled from dictionary-checked words, not a quoted example. No polite form of seduk was found, so the everyday word is used.

   Grammar Note

   A state word is placed directly after the subject.

5. Pianak titiang tuyuh

   My child is tired

   Usage

   Says your child is worn out. A sentence assembled from dictionary-checked words, not a quoted example. The dictionary only glosses tuyuh as exhausted, with no speech-level information.

   Grammar Note

   A simple subject plus state sentence.

6. Pianak titiang sakit basang

   My child has a stomachache

   Usage

   Reports a child's upset stomach. A sentence assembled from dictionary-checked words, not a quoted example.

   Grammar Note

   Pain is sakit followed by the body part. Do not use pedih, which means angry.

7. Pianak titiang pules

   My child is sleeping

   Usage

   Asks for quiet because the child is asleep. A sentence assembled from dictionary-checked words, not a quoted example.

   Grammar Note

   Pules means to sleep and is not the Javanese turu.

8. Titiang merluang korsi anggen pianak

   I need a chair for a child

   Usage

   Asks a restaurant for a child's chair. A sentence assembled from dictionary-checked words, not a quoted example.

   Grammar Note

   Merluang means to need, and anggen pianak means "for a child".

9. Eda joh-joh

   Do not go far away

   Usage

   Everyday speech to a child. A sentence assembled from dictionary-checked words, not a quoted example. Not for adults.

   Grammar Note

   Eda is the everyday "do not" (polite is sampunang). Joh means far; repeating it gives "too far".

10. Eda nyemak ento

    Do not grab that

    Usage

    Stops a child from grabbing something. A sentence assembled from dictionary-checked words, not a quoted example. Nyemak means to grab or take.

    Grammar Note

    Ento is the everyday word for that (the polite form is punika).

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