Bahasa Indonesia better

Bahasa Indonesia better

As a student of Bahasa Indonesia and a lover of my own English language, I think Hotel dan Mal Citraland is worthy of ridicule. It is certainly not English, but neither is it Bahasa Indonesia, I believe.

May I suggest, with full apologies for my poor understanding of your language, that Wisma dan Pasar Tanah Asri might possibly be appropriate?

By the way, "mal" (with one l) means "sick" in French. It is also used in this sense in English, as in "malcontent". The original Mall in London is, of course, the avenue leading up to Buckingham Palace. Perhaps the Jakarta equivalent, needed to translate this word, is Medan Merdeka Barat or Monas.

In a shopping mall, one often Moans and feels sick because of the high prices, so Monas would be much better than Pasar, on reflection.

EDWARD S. WEBBER

Jakarta