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225 months ago

Salman Amjad (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:

Indonesian > English

Subject:

Other

Level of diffculty:

Easy / medium

Word or term in question:

Lg Ngpain

Context:

Lg Ngpain

Keywords:

-

 

 

The answer of Erich Ekoputra  See profile was rated best

What are you doing?

My comment:

"Lg Ngpain" is a shorthand of "Lagi ngapain"; used mainly in SMS. It is not formal Indonesian language; rather, it is a dialect or language style used by native Jakartan (of Jakarta, capital city of Indonesia).

The formal form is "Sedang apakah Anda?" or "What are you [currently] doing?"

For your pointer: formal Indonesian word typically consists vowel(s) and MOSTLY does not have more than two consonants in a row. When you meet word that does not meet the above criteria, you can suspect it is a shorthand or an informal use.