Vocabulary Updates
‘Senyampang’ Sebagai Bahasa Seni
Oct 30, 2009 | Comments Off

Doddy Urbanus – BPPT

Saya tidak tahu pasti apakah kosakata “senyampang” sudah lama ada atau baru saja dimunculkan. Dari beberapa referensi yang saya baca, senyampang lebih sering dipakai dalam istilah sastra atau puisi. Dengan demikian kosakata ini amat jarang digunakan dalam bahasa Indonesia sehari-hari maupun dalam kesempatan resmi. … selengkapnya …

Articles
Bahasa Indonesia, Siapa yang Seharusnya Belajar?
Nov 20, 2009 | Comments Off

Wieke Gur.
Lïlïkïnsï de kara son hap de zini sa zaho ta gwibin zini in hap talusublula. Zëre mo domba zahona hen zëno ola man tame nul gwenan. Zëno mae mo bosem-sena kim gubirida gwenda, dekam zep wet noso gweblanan.
Bahasa apakah di atas? Yang pasti bukan bahasa Klingon dari film Star Trek. Tulisan di atas adalah [...]


Quick Guide to Indonesian Language
Getting Around
Getting Around
Nov 25, 2009 | Comments Off

Asking direction in Indonesian Language and learn how to tell your taxi driver where to go.


Going Shopping
Going Shopping
Nov 18, 2009 | Comments Off

Shopping is fantastic in Indonesia. Specially when you do it in Indonesian language.


Name of The Day
Name of The Day
Nov 11, 2009 | Comments Off

Say it in Indonesian! Name of the day, name of the month, today, yesterday, tomorrow ..



Formal Grammar
Basic Grammar
Basic Grammar

There are six basic sentence patterns in Indonesian and passive sentences are used more.

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Colloquial Grammar
Informal Particle ‘Deh’
Informal Particle ‘Deh’

“Déh” can be used to emphasize the word before it, to convince or persuade listener.

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Glossary
Diam
Diam

Meaning: quiet, hush, silent, live in, reserved. Application: diam, berdiam, pendiam, mendiami.

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Pronunciation
Vowel ‘é’
Vowel ‘é’

It is pronounced like the English /e/ in ‘pen’; ‘bet’. Examples: enak, kakek, sore, setan, bela.

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Slang
Komputer Jangkrik
Komputer Jangkrik

Istilah komputer jangkrik muncul ketika orang-orang sudah mampu merakit komputer sendiri.

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Useful Articles

Colloquial Urban Indonesian

Most textbooks available for students of Indonesian tend to completely ignore this kind of Indonesian that almost every visitor to Indonesia will hear when trying to verbally communicate with Indonesians. - By Dr. Uli Kozok

Arabic Language in Contemporary Indonesian

The fact that some 3,000 - if not many more - words of Arabic origin can be found in Indonesian language dictionaries does not imply that these words are being used on a daily basis. - By Dr. Nikolaos van Dam

Tahukah Anda

Indonesia dan Malaysia Bersaudara di dalam Bahasa

Bahasa Indonesia dan bahasa Malaysia merupakan varian sosial, varian historis dan varian regional dari bahasa Melayu. - Melody Violine

Ejaan Van Ophuijsen, Melindo, Suwandi Hingga EYD

Dalam perkembangannya bahasa Indonesia mengalami empat kali perubahan resmi dalam sistem ejaan yang digunakan untuk tulisan. - Cermat Berbahasa Indonesia