Sizes
Ukuran apa? ‘What size?’
Ukuran L ada? ‘Do you have an L?’
Letter sizing is used and runs small by European standards. Numbered sizes exist for shoes and trousers.
Trying it on
Boleh coba? ‘Can I try it on?’
Kamar pasnya di mana? ‘Where’s the fitting room?’
Kamar pas is literally the “fitting room”, from pas meaning exact.
Saying how it fits
Pas. ‘It fits.’
Kebesaran. ‘Too big.’
Kekecilan. ‘Too small.’
Kepanjangan. ‘Too long.’
These use ke- … -an wrapped around an adjective to mean excessively. It is a productive pattern: take an adjective, wrap it, and you have “too much of it”. You will meet the full rule at B1, but these four are worth having now.
Asking for another
Ada yang lebih besar? ‘Is there a bigger one?’
Ada yang warna lain? ‘Do you have another colour?’
Ada yang bahan katun? ‘Do you have one in cotton?’
The ada yang pattern from A1 does all the work here, exactly as it did at the market.
Materials
katun ‘cotton’
linen ‘linen’
kulit ‘leather, skin’
sutra ‘silk’
Bahannya apa? ‘What’s it made of?’
Bargaining, or not
In a market, yes. In a shop with price tags, no. The harga pas rule from A1 applies unchanged.
What you’ll actually hear
What the book says: Apakah tersedia dalam ukuran yang lebih besar?
What you’ll hear: Ada yang lebih gede?
Gede is the casual form of besar, and it is everywhere in speech.