In Reply to: Thank you but ... posted by Heatherbelle on Thursday, 13. July 2006 at 10:55 Bali Time:
ok, im trying to think of a simple way to put it...
first of all, merangkul is hug, or put your arm around someone... however...the word for hug can also be PELUK ..
but you would probably use PELUK for your partner or someone close, such as TOLONG PELUK SAYA.. please give me a hug .. :)
I would probably say ... tolong = please (when asking someone to do something in a nice way) such as >> please get me a glass of water = tolong ambilkan saya segelas air..
Where as silahkan = please .. would be used as in Please come in = Silahkan masuk or Silahkan lihat- lihat = Please have a look (at a stall or something)
So Please Dont touch me... tolong jangan sentuh saya... =
Tolong = Please
jangan = don't
sentuh = touch
and saya = me....
you could just say JANGAN SENTUH SAYA!!! (and it would show your really peeved about it) but that would be rude... its a lot nicer to put TOLONG in front of it :)
thats the simplest way i can put it, without being anymore confusing...