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Based on the Malay trade dialect, Bahasa Indonesia is the national language of the Republic of Indonsia. It unites over 254 million people of Indonesia.
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The best time to start learning Bahasa Indonesia is a long time before you move to Indonesia, however it can be difficukt to find language materials in your country. You can obtain CDs and books several months before you move. So that, you will be familiar with the sound or vowel and the vocabulary. Moreover, you will be used to use its structural grammar. Another option is joining online course. Especially many free online course are available, such as this website.
Bahasa Indonesia is not as difficult to learn as many other foreign languages; for example, verbs aren’t conjugated as in English and French. Bahasa Indonesia also uses the same alphabet as English, making it much easier to learn when compared to other Asian languages where tonal differences and pictograph written languages are common.
By the way, there are twenty six Latin characters are used to represent the modern Indonesian alphabet. Obviously, these are the same letters used in the English alphabet; however, a noticeable difference between the two languages is how each letter is pronounced when reciting the alphabet.
Indonesian Words Starting with V
In this time, we will talk about the V letter which is the 22nd leter in Latin Alphabet. In English this letter is pronounced “Vee”, but in Indonesia its vowel is ” Vae”. For your information, Indonesian words with V are mostly adapted from Western words.
Okay then, let’s talk about the Indonesian words that begining with V in order to kwep gaining our Indonesian vocabulary. Check them out
- Vagina (Va-ghi-na) = Vagina
- Vakansi (Va-kub-see) = Vacancy
- Vaksin (Vak-sin) = Vaccine
- Vaksinasi (Vak-sin-ua-see) = Vaccination
- Vakum (Va-koom) = Vacuum
- Valensi (Va-lens-e) = Valence
- Validasi (Val-e-thus-e) = Validation
- Valuta (Va-loot-ua) = Currency
- Vampir (Vam-peer) = Vampire
- Vanilli (Va-knee-lee) = Vanilla
- Varia (Va-ree-ua) = Miscellany
- Varises (Va-ree-saes) = Varicose
- Variabel (Va-ree-ua-bell) = Variable
- Varieta (Va-ree-ae-task) = Variety/ Kind of
- Vas (Vuas) = Vace
- Vasektomi (Va-saek-tom-e) = Vasectomy
- Vaselin (Vuas-aelin) = Vaseline
- Vatikan (Vat-e-kun) = Vatican
- Vegetarian (Ve-khae-tuar-e-uan) = Vegetarian
- Vektor (Vaek-tor) = Vector
- Velodrom (Vael-od-rom) = Velodrome
- Vena (Vae-nua) = Vein
- Vendeta (Vaen-the-tua) = Vendetta
- Ventilasi (Vaen-til-uasi) = Ventillation
- Ventilator (Vaen-til-uat-or) = Ventillator
- Ventrikel (Vaen-tree-kael) = Ventricle
- Ventura (Vaen-two-rua) = Venture
- Verba (Vaer-bua) = Verb
- Verifikasi (Vaer-e-fee-kuasi) = Verification
- Versi (Vaer-see) = Version
- Versus (Vaer-soo-s) = Versus
- Vertfikasi (Vaer-tee-fick-ua-see) = Vertification
- Vertikal (Vaer-tick-ual) = Vertical
- Vet (Vaet) = Grease/ Veterinarian
- Veteran (Vae-taer-uan) = Veteran
- Veto (Vaet-o) = Veto
- Via (Fee-ua) = Via
- Viabel (Fee-ua-bell) = Viable/ Tenable
- Video (Fee-the-o) = Video
- Vikaris (Fee-car-is) = Vicar
- Villa (Fee-llua) = Villa
- Violet (Fee-oul-aet) = Violet
- Viral (Vir-ual) = Viral
- Virtual (Vir-two-ual) = Virtual
- Virulen (Vir-oul-an) = Virulent
- Virulensi (Vir-ou-lens-e) = Virulence
- Virus (Vir-ous) = Virus
- Visa (Fee-sua) = Visum/ Vice/ Visa
- Visi (Fee-see) = Vision
- Vista (Fee-is-tua) = Vista
- Visual (Fee-soo-ual) = Visual
- Vital (Fee-tual) = Vital
- Vitamin (Fee-tuam-in) = Vitamine
- Vokal (Vok-ual) = Vocal/ Vowel
- Vokatip (Vok-uat-eip) = Vocative
- Volatil (Vol-uat-eel) = Volatile
- Voli (Vo-lee) = Volley
- Voli pantai (Vo-lee puan-taei) = Beach volley
- Voltase (Vol-tua-sae) = Voltage
- Volum (Vo-loom) = Vol
- Volume (Vo-loom-ae) = Volume
- Voucher (Vo-cha-aer) = Voucher
- Volt (Vo-olt) = Volt
- Vulgar (Ful-guar) = Brawdy
- Vulgarisme (Ful-guar-is-mae) = Vulgarism
- Vulkanik (Ful-kuan-ick) = Volcanic
- Vulkanis (Ful-kuan-is) = Volcanic
- Vulkanisasi (Ful-kuan-is) = Vulcanization
- Vulkanologi (Ful-kuan-olo-gie) = Study of volcanic activity
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After all, the online class about Indonesian words starting with V is over. See you in next chapter!!