MasteringBahasa.comHi! Welcome back! Of course you have learned many Indonesian words, from Useful Indonesian Words and Phrases as well as Indonesian Words Derived from Dutch. Now, it is just the time to add more knowledge about Indonesian Daily Words. Before that, you could also check these following articles: Indonesian Language Phrase Book Indonesian Everyday Phrases […]
All words and phrases in every languages if used in wrong time and wrong place are very possible to turn out as insults. Therefore, in Bahasa Indonesia too, you should understand the Sacred Communication Etiquette and the Manners, beside mastering the Indonesian Grammar Rules. However, we also should know and understand about Indonesian Insult Phrase, so […]
Hello. Selamat datang! Without a doubt, Indonesian Alphabets is one of the very first and basic thing to learn when we talked about Bahasa Indonesia. Although the formation of the alphabet has no different with English, there is a slight difference with the pronunciation (Check also Indonesian Words Pronunciation). This happened because Bahasa Indonesia has […]
Welcome back! When you learned about a certain language, you might also found a unique phenomena. One of it is a homonym or a situation when two/more words that have same pronunciation and spelling but have different literal meaning. Therefore, sometimes you need to decide which meaning is referred by the word. Here are the […]
Have you ever heard the terms BIPA or Bahasa Indonesia untuk Penutur Asing (Bahasa Indonesia for non-native speaker or foreigner)? Unlike for native speaker, teaching Bahasa Indonesia for Foreigner is slightly different because we deal with people that learn his/her second language and has foreign language(s) as their basis. Therefore, the teaching method should be […]
Selamat datang kembali! Welcome back! If long time ago, words are absorbed into a language by expedition or colonialism, through globalization, borders of the nation became eventually vanished. Shared culture, art and even language become undoubtedly possible and effortless. It is also happened between Bahasa Indonesia and English. Not only Bahasa Indonesia absorbed English vocabulary […]
Selamat datang! Have you ever confused to distinguish Bahasa Indonesia with Malay (Malaysian Language). Believe me, you are not alone because both languages derived from same root, so basically they were same. However, their development have come to different direction. Beside Malay, many of Bahasa Indonesia words absorbed many languages from local languages (Javanese, Balinese […]
Hola! Cómo estás? As you know, beside Netherlands, British, Japan, and Portuguese, Indonesia was also colonized by Spain (mostly in Eastern side of Indonesia in 16th century, alongside with Portuguese era). However, you might find lots of Indonesian Words Derived from Dutch or Portuguese Words in Indonesian Language, but there are not many words derived […]
Hi! Welcome back! Ready to add more lexical resources? Now, let’s learn about Handy Indonesian Words! tolong = please terima kasih = thank you maaf = sorry sama-sama = you’re welcome selamat pagi = good morning selamat siang = good afternoon selamat sore = good evening selamat malam = good evening/goodnight selamat datang = welcome […]
Hi. Welcome back again to Mastering Bahasa! After learn about Balinese Swear Words, of course you may also wonder another Indonesian Cultural Word that you should know. Even though all of the word must be related to certain history and cultural aspects, this time the lesson will be more focused to more general and common […]