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When people ask me “Do you speak bahasa?” my answer is “Of course!” Almost every human being speaks a language! It also happens quite often that I get a request to translate a text into “Bahasa“. Bahasa means ‘language’, and nothing else. So what “Bahasa“, please? The word bahasa is derived from the Sanskrit language,... Read More >...

The word hati means ‘liver’. Indonesians love eating liver, especially chicken liver which is often prepared with chili, fried potatoes, and petai, which in English is named ‘stink bean’. It indeed has a strong smell that is not everyone’s cup of tea (but I personally love them!). You can find hundreds of recipes of this... Read More >...

Genit is one of those words in the Indonesian language for which there is no easy translation available. Genit is an adjective that describes a girl or woman (and occasionally also a male person) who acts in an unusual way to attract the attention of usually the opposite sex. Possible translations are ‘coquettish’, ‘flirtatious’, ‘whimsical’,... Read More >...