Decimal Place and Thousands Separator Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States (along with possibly some former British and American colonies) are among the few countries globally that use a full-stop (period) to indicate the decimal place. In contrast, most other countries opt for a comma. Similarly, while many English-speaking nations employ a comma to separate thousands, many other countries use a period instead. Indonesia adheres to the European system: 1.5 kg Satu koma lima kilogram. Alternatively, you
The website BahasaKita.com, translating to ‘our language’, is managed by Wieke Gur, an Indonesian citizen currently residing in Perth, Australia. Coinciding with the establishment of Indonesian Online, Wieke launched bahasakita.com, marking the beginning of a close and collaborative partnership between Indonesian Online and BahasaKita. The website boasts a comprehensive section on grammar explanations, with a noteworthy highlight being the extensive coverage of colloquial Indonesian by Dr. Tim Hassell, a Senior Lecturer in Indonesian (Associate Professor in US terminology) at the
Of course you have heard the greeting Selamat Pagi, which simply means “Good Morning”. And you may also have heard Selamat Tidur which is ‘Good Night; Sleep Well’. Yet, it does not mean ‘good’! Do you know what ‘Happy Birthday’ or ‘Happy Anniversary’ is in Indonesian? It is Selamat Ulang Tahun There is also Selamat Tahun Baru or ‘Happy New Year.’ But it also does not mean ‘happy’! And how do you say ‘good bye’? Most textbooks will teach you
A new lesson was added to Serba Serbi Nusantara, our reader for advanced Indonesian, which now has 35 lessons. In this lesson, and in the next few lessons that we plan to develop, we are focusing on Indonesia, its people, languages, and cultures. The lesson is entitled “Mengenali Keragaman Suku Bangsa di Indonesia” (Recognising Indonesia’s Ethnic Diversity). According to the 2010 Population Census, Indonesia has more than one thousand ethnic groups. That alone is already astonishing. But what is really
«Indonesian Online» is under constant development. In 2019, the intermediate course «Baca Yuk!» and the advanced reader «Serba Serbi Nusantara» consisted of 23 lessons each. Now, each course has 33 lessons, meaning that we added 20 lessons during the last three years. Developing one lesson is time consuming. One of the most daunting tasks is to find suitable raw material, usually texts from a newspaper or an online journal, and a short video with good audio sound and little or