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Most Common Sundanese Words
Basa Sunda
Essential Sundanese vocabulary with pronunciation guides. Nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs.
Nouns
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| imah | house | I-mah |
| cai | water | cai |
| roti | bread | RO-ti |
| waktu | time | WAK-tu |
| jalma | person | JAL-ma |
| poe | day | po-E |
| jalan | road / way | JA-lan |
| pagawean | work | pa-ga-WE-an |
| duit | money | du-IT |
| kota | city | KO-ta |
| sakola | school | sa-KO-la |
| buku | book | BU-ku |
| ngaran | name | NGA-ran |
| budak | child | BU-dak |
| babaturan | friend | ba-ba-TU-ran |
| kadaharan | food | ka-da-HA-ran |
| basa | language | BA-sa |
| bumi | earth / land | BU-mi |
| leungeun | hand | le-UN-geun |
| anjing | dog | AN-jing |
Verbs
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| jadi | to be | JA-di |
| indit | to go | IN-dit |
| datang | to come | DA-tang |
| nyarita | to speak | nya-RI-ta |
| dahar | to eat | DA-har |
| nginum | to drink | NGI-num |
| nempo | to see | NEM-po |
| nyaho | to know | NYA-ho |
| hayang | to want | HA-yang |
| mere | to give | ME-re |
| nyokot | to take | NYO-kot |
| ngalakukeun | to do | nga-la-ku-KE-un |
| mikir | to think | MI-kir |
| hirup | to live | HI-rup |
| maca | to read | MA-ca |
| nulis | to write | NU-lis |
| digawe | to work | di-GA-we |
| mantuan | to help | man-TU-an |
| neangan | to find | ne-ANG-an |
| nyekel | to hold | NYE-kel |
Adjectives
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| alus | good | A-lus |
| goreng | bad | GO-reng |
| gede | big | GE-de |
| leutik | small | LEU-tik |
| anyar | new | A-nyar |
| heubeul | old | HEU-beul |
| kasep / geulis | beautiful | KA-sep / GEU-lis |
| gancang | fast | GAN-cang |
| lalaunan | slow | la-LAU-nan |
| panjang | long / tall | PAN-jang |
| pondok | short | PON-dok |
| haneut | warm | HA-neut |
| tiis | cold | tiis |
| kuat | strong | KU-at |
| gampang | easy | GAM-pang |
| hésé | difficult | HE-se |
| penting | important | PEN-ting |
| narik | interesting | NA-rik |
| bungah | happy | BU-ngah |
| mahal | expensive | MA-hal |
Adverbs
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| ayeuna | now | a-YEU-na |
| kiwari | today | ki-WA-ri |
| isuk | tomorrow | I-suk |
| kamari | yesterday | ka-MA-ri |
| dieu | here | di-EU |
| dinya | there | DIN-ya |
| geura | quickly | GEU-ra |
| lalaunan | slowly | la-LAU-nan |
| alus | well | A-lus |
| pisan | very | PI-san |
| oge | also / too | O-ge |
| henteu | not / no | HEN-teu |
| enya | yes | EN-ya |
| geus | already | geus |
| keneh | still / yet | KE-neh |
| wungkul | only / just | WUNG-kul |
| bener | really | BE-ner |
| loba | a lot | LO-ba |
| saeutik | a little | sa-EU-tik |
| enggal | immediately | ENG-gal |