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01:33 Mar 15, 2002 |
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5 | Hello, How are you. Just fine I hope. Would you allow me to send you email? |
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2 -1 | Hi, how are you? It is really great that you invite me, I was not sure it was OK to email you |
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Hi, how are you? It is really great that you invite me, I was not sure it was OK to email you Explanation: I am not sure of this - it is pretty relaxed/slangy/dialect, and not very clear to me. But I think this is what it means. Hai, apa kabar = standard greeting, "Hi, howya doin?" Then it gets difficult: baik2 = really great ajakan = invitation emang - can mean uncle, which would probably be a polite way for the sender to refer to himself if he is a mature man, but it is possibly here a slang/dialect = sure/certain nggag boleh = (dialect) not allowed, not permit and then it is easy, literally "if I send an email to you" kalau = if, aku = I (familiar), ngirim (formal is mengirim) = send, etc. The bit in the middle is difficult, clear how the words hang together. Indonesian can be like that, the sentence structures are flexible and multi-valued, and not like English sentence structures. My answer is my best shot at an interpretation. Hope this helps. |
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