"Gua"

Gua (pronounced goo-wah) is a betawinese word for I or Me. In indonesian it means Saya or Aku. Gua is commonly used by Indonesian people these days, no matter from what tribe they are. It even considered as the most comfortable word in conversation between friends, co-worker or even siblings. Some of the married couple also uses this word for daily conversation, even those who already have children. Not every couple, yes, but  some of them.

For some people, the word Gua is considered to be a kinda harsh word, that's why it only used between the people of the same range of age. Well, actually it's not harsh at all. it is just because, it is so frequently used by everyone, from kids, teenager, and adults. It almost used in every TV show, or movies dialogue these days, because of it's simplicity. And because it is more applicable, and believable to the viewers' mind of what it is a daily conversation people are having. But still, no matter how common that word are used, we still have to respect older people by not using the word Gua. It feels more polite to use the word saya or aku, when talking to older people.

These days, the word Gua is having a slight modification when used by teenagers. The word is pronouced Gue (goo-weh). I don't how it actually started, but some part of Jakarta are really using it. It because some parts of Jakarta have a different style of dialect.