Each time when you log in to Indonesian Online account, the IP from where you log on is recorded, and hence we know from what country you accessed Indonesian Online. We don’t consistently keep track from where our customers log in, but within the last four days, we had log-ins from 14 countries: 6 from Asia: Brunei Darussalam, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Singapore, Viet Nam; 4 from Europe: Spain, Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom; 2 from the Americas: Canada, USA. We also
We are very pleased that the Indonesian language textbooks in indonesian-online.com have received almost exclusively good to excellent reviews. A few months ago we were absolutely thrilled. After having received about 50 user-written testimonials within about five years, our rating stood at 5.0. Yes, five point zero. Over years and years we had only positive review but we knew that one day we would receive a not-so-stelar testimonial. And then it came. It was not a four, three, or a
We have just finished creating three more lessons for «Baca Yuk!» . All three lessons are based on videos available on YouTube. In order to expose the Indonesian language learning community to a wide variety of texts, «Baca Yuk!» texts embrace a wide range of topics. It is difficult finding YouTube videos that we deem suitable to become the base of a lesson and it took us many hours of viewing before we finally found three videos that met the
I recently visited Berlin where they have a very active Indonesian community. Berlin even has an excellent Indonesian House which is worth visiting. The house is called Rumah Budaya Indonesia, or, in German, Haus der indonesischen Kulturen. Although it does not have a dedicated website, it does have a very informative Facebook blog. The Berlin House of Indonesian Cultures provides a space for Indonesian artists, including musicians, dancers, and of course writers. Indonesian poets and novelists are invited on a
“How are you?” — What does it mean when you first see someone you know and say, “How are you?” Is it a greeting, like “hello”? or are you actually interested in that person’s well-being? In most cases “How are you?” is just a conversation starter. Indonesians use a similar phrase, which, when translated literally, means “What are the news?”. Here too, it is nothing more but a conversation starter, answered by either “Baik” (good), “Baik, baik saja” (just fine),