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Indonesian for Serious Language Learners
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3 New «BacaYuk!» Lessons0 (0)
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
Reading Indonesian0 (0)
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
Apa Kabar?0 (0)
“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),
Lalu Lintas0 (0)
Lalu lintas is the Indonesian word for ‘traffic’. It consists of lalu ‘pass by, pass through’ and lintas ‘move by quickly’. The combination of these two verbs characterises Indonesian traffic quite well: vehicles, mostly small motorbikes and generally small cars, plus the occasional bus and truck are passing by, sometimes slow and sometimes fast. What lalu lintas fails to reveal is that this lalu and lintas of vehicles (kendaraan) is, in Indonesia, never done in a coordinated or regulated way.
New Dictation Exercises for The Indonesian Way0 (0)
We plan to upgrade The Indonesian Way with a new feature: Dictation. Dictation?! Isn’t the word ‘dictation’ synonymous with ‘old-fashioned’, ‘boring’, and ‘teacher-centred’? Is it still useful in the age of communicative language learning? Dictation has been used in the field of language learning for hundreds of years. However, many language teachers and methodologists regard this method as useless and out-of-date. I disagree. I think that dictation is a useful activity, especially in e-learning. It forces the learner to actively
Learning Indonesian Vocabulary0 (0)
Studying new vocabulary items is very important if you learn a new language such as Indonesian. Indonesian Online employs various methods for the learner to efficiently learn new vocabulary items. Many students have their own strategy on how to memorise new words, and as long as you think that the way you are doing it, please go ahead and employ your own strategy. This is because each learner learns differently, and what works for student A may not work for
Some Notes on Anak, Ibu, dan Bapak…0 (0)
…and the Indonesian plural In textbooks for the Indonesian language you can sometimes read that the plural in Indonesian is simply formed by reduplicating the noun. In “Indonesian for Beginners” by Restiany Achmad, we can read on page 6: The plural form of countable nouns in Indonesian is very simple: double the noun when it has no number or a quantity word in it. The example he gives is anak (child), anak-anak (children), dua anak (two children), and banyak anak
No-one speaks Indonesia’s language?5 (3)
In the article “Why no-one speaks Indonesia’s language” published in BBC Travel, BBC correspondent David Fettling claims that “Bahasa Indonesia has fewer words than most languages.” How does he know? He doesn’t. Instead, he relies on Endy Bayuni of The Jakarta Post, who has written that foreign translations of Indonesian novels tend to read better, while Indonesian translations of foreign novels sound ‘verbose and repetitive’. I completely agree with Mr. Endy Bayuni, but this is simply because Indonesia is indeed
Dictionaries and Grammars for Learners of Indonesian5 (2)
Grammars There are numerous grammars on the market and all have their advantages and disadvantages. The Indonesian Reference Grammar by James Neil Sneddon is one of the most comprehensive grammars and we highly recommend it. Sneddon also published Understanding Indonesian Grammar. This a reference and workbook designed primarily for intermediate and advanced students in senior years of high school and at the university level. It is very useful for learners as it contains exercises that you will not find in
Indonesian—An Austronesian Language5 (1)
Austronesian Languages* In Indonesian, the Indonesian language is called bahasa Indonesia. It is essentially the same language as Malay (Bahasa Melayu) or Malaysian (Bahasa Malaysia). Bahasa Indonesia is the national language of Indonesia and Bahasa Malaysia is the national language of Malaysia and Brunei, and one of four national languages of Singapore. In 1928 Indonesian nationalists declared that the Malay language shall be called Indonesian. However, the Dutch, the colonial masters, continued to call the language Malay and it was
Authentic Indonesian Conversation Starters0 (0)
There is no question whether a learner should be taught authentic Indonesian or not. Yet, many textbooks and Indonesian language Internet sites teach Indonesian phrases that no Indonesian would ever use. For instance, it is quite common to find textbooks that translate ‘good bye’ as selamat tinggal. Selamat tinggal is the reply to selamat jalan. Selamat is ‘safe’, tinggal is ‘leave behind’, and jalan is ‘journey’. Hence selamat jalan is ‘bon voyage/have a good trip’. And yes, selamat tinggal is
Susu (in Indonesian and Samoan!)0 (0)
A few weeks ago I had to sit in a Samoan language class for evaluating purposes. The teacher explained that in the Samoan language susu is the word for ‘milk’. It is hence exactly the same word as in Indonesian. Samoan and Malay—Two Austronesian Languages Samoan and Malay (Indonesian) are both descendants of the same language family, which is called Austronesian (“The Southern Islands”). Essential and frequently used words tend to be conservative and do not change easily. So the