How to Say "What is Going On in Indonesian" - Phrases - Examples

How to say what is going on in Indonesian

There are many things that happen in our live. Those things can be a good or bad things. If the bad things happen to other, we need to show them that we care about them. We can express our care by the conversation. If you still want to learn Indonesian language, it is important for you to know more about the usage of daily conversation. One of the conversation is how to say what is going on in Indonesian.

What is going on is used to express our care about the occurrence that is happening on people’s live. It can be used whenever you are at the place of any accident, and you can ask for the people around it by saying “What is going on?”. If you want to use it for asking people’s condition, ‘What is going on’ can be used too. Here is the article for ‘how to say what is going on in Indonesian.

What is going on to ask for people’s condition

Apa yang terjadi padamu? -what is going on with you?
Apa yang terjadi, kawan? – what is going on, buddy?
Apa yang sedang terjadi, sayang? – what is going on, honey?

From the sentences above, you can see the usage of ‘Apa yang terjadi’ for ‘what is going on’ to ask for someone’s condition. You can use this ‘ apa yang sedang terjadi’ whenever you see someone who needs a help, or be in a condition that needs your help. You can ask for their condition by the sentence above. It can make them tell you about their condition, and you can help them if they have any problem.

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What is going on to ask for an occurrence

Hei, apa yang sedang terjadi di sini? – Hey, what is going on here?
Ada kejadian apa di tempat ini? – what is going on in this place?
Ada apa ini, pak? – what is going on here, sir?

We can see there are two common ways to say ‘what is going on’ in Indonesia. The first one, ‘ apa yang sedang terjadi’. This is usually asked by people when they see any incident happen. They are around the place of the incident, and they can ask people randomly to know more about what is going on there. While the second way, ‘ada apa ini’ is used when someone is curious about what is going on in any place. This is actually just a short form of ‘apa yang sedang terjadi’.

Here are the other examples of the usage of ‘ what is going on ‘ in Indonesian.

Apa yang terjadi di sini, teman-teman? – what is going on here, friends? (ask for an occurrence)
Ada apa di sini, bu? – what is going on here, ma’am? (ask for an occurrence)
Apa yang terjadi padamu, kawan? – what is going on with you, buddy? (ask for someone’s condition)

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That is all for the ‘how to say what is going on in Indonesian. People usually use the sentences above to ask about other people’s condition and the occurrence in any place. You can take this article as a reference for you. I hope you can get the information you want from this article.