Click to rate this post! [Total: 1 Average: 5] “Let’s Read” Both mari and ayo are interjections used to invite or urge someone to do something—similar to the English “come on.” The difference between them is subtle, but ayo carries more force. If you want to speak with emphasis, use ayo: Ayo, bangun, sudah siang ni. Come on, wake up, it’s already late. Ayo masuk! Come on in! If you replace ayo with mari, the
«Baca Yuk!», our intermediate Indonesian course, has been updated. Before, there was only one single Anki (flashcard) deck. Now, that «Baca Yuk!» has grown to over 30 lessons, it was time to rearrange the existing Anki deck. Now, you can revisit the previous learned vocabulary after every four lessons. Instead of one, we now have nine Anki decks. Every deck contains approximately 80 vocabulary items that you can revisit after every four lessons. With nine
Our beginner-level textbook, «The Indonesian Way», has been reviewed by Dr. Jessica Fox, who holds a Ph.D. in Second Language Studies from Michigan State University. The review was published in her article Toward a task-based textbook for Indonesian language learning in the Journal of the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages, Vol. 19 . Dr. Fox starts her review by stating “I find this textbook to be particularly useful for today’s Indonesian language teachers
Click to rate this post! [Total: 4 Average: 4.8] In textbooks for the Indonesian language, you may read that the plural form is created by reduplicating the noun. In Indonesian for Beginners by Restiany Achmad, on page 6, it states: The plural form of countable nouns in Indonesian is very simple: double the noun when it does not include a number or a quantity word. However, this is not entirely accurate! For example, how would
Click to rate this post! [Total: 3 Average: 4.7] Learning a new language opens doors to new cultures, ideas, and opportunities, but mastering correct pronunciation is a crucial aspect that is often underestimated. Pronunciation directly affects how well we are understood and how confidently we engage with native speakers. For native English speakers, the challenge of learning correct pronunciation in languages like Indonesian is significant due to differences in sounds, stress patterns, and phonetic rules.