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636: 571: 25: 530: 428:). This can be translated to Mr. and Mrs. but can also mean Father/Mother. It can be used in conjunction with their first name or full name. Important to note, Indonesian pronouns can all be used in second and 139:. Pronouns vary by region/ethnic area and depend on the ethnic group of the person spoken to. In addition to being gender- and ethnic-based, pronouns are often seniority-based and even profession-based. 142:
Properly addressing people in Indonesian is important and learnt from an early age. It is common and expected to call people using a pronoun and their first name.
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covering formal and informal social, commercial relationships. Family pronouns addressing siblings are used also in informal settings and are usually
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516:(3 SG). The latter may also be used as a polite form for the second person singular. "Siapa namanya?" (What is your name, lit. what is their name). 488:
Indonesian like to speak in a short and effective way so when speaking to someone, omitting the pronoun completely is common (unlike in English).
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is used for "older brother". "Mas" and "Mbak" are also used as formal honorifics for men and women in Java generally.
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Street-vendors might be called "bang" but government-workers "bapak/ibu"
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kingdoms which had Hindu/Buddhist influence located in the islands of
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is for "older sister" and is only used to address a Betawi female.
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An informal way to address a significantly older person is to use
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and for older sister is the same with Javanese which is
709:/"kakak" ( Southern Sumatra) is for "older brother" and 713:/ "Ayuk" (Southern Sumatra) is for "older sister". In 974: 49:. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. 1210: 16:Honorific titles or prefixes used in Indonesia 1044: 941: 895:"The Curious Case of Indonesian Honorifics" 599:. 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