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 […]
Reading is one great way to enrich vocabulary. Though reading, you can open the gate of knowledge and learn the language at the same time. Well, reading in this term does not necessarily to be a book reading. It can be articles, news, or even quote reading. Speaking of quotes, there are numbers of Indonesian […]
Selamat datang kembali di Mastering Bahasa! Welcome back! We have explored much knowledge about Bahasa Indonesia, from Indonesian Pantun to Indonesian Phonetics, until finally know about Giving Directions in Indonesian. Of course, when you learned about another language, one of the most interesting parts is the Bad Words and Its Meaning. Even though, bad words […]
Hai! How are you? Well, welcome back! I know you have learned many of Indonesian language in Mastering Bahasa. Now, let’s move forward to another part of lesson. I believe you have studied Indonesian to English Grammar and mastered Indonesian Grammar because right now we will get rid of it. We will get deeper into […]
Hi, welcome back again! After deep exploration about Indonesian Phonology, including Indonesian Phonetics and Its Theory as well as Indonesian Phonemes, it is the right time to learn about another branch of linguistics–Morphology. It is a linguistics branch that study about word forming (study about morphemes). You may have learned some of it in Mastering […]
In every language, there is also synonym of certain words to another. In Bahasa Indonesia, synonym is also called padanan kata; it refers to words with similar or same meaning to another. Both the words and the synonym can be used in sentence without changing the general meaning of the sentence. Below are some examples […]
There are lots of Indonesian words which directly borrowed from English. These words are purposely borrowed because there is no original Indonesian word which has similar meaning. Borrowed words or also known as loan words are directly adapted to suit the Indonesian pronunciation. Below are some of the list of Indonesian words borrowed from English. […]
Antonym refers to opposite meaning of certain words. In Bahasa Indonesia, the use of antonym is frequent, mostly to describe things. Learning Indonesian antonym also helps you to enrich the vocabulary. Below are some examples of Indonesian antonym. Also learn more about Indonesian Figure of Speech. A Abadi X Fana (Eternal X momentary) Amatir X […]
If you are out of Indonesia, especially comes originally from America or Europe, than the locals in this country will call you bule. Even, you have white-tone skin, Indonesians surely call you ” mr./ms./mrs. bule” in the first time you meet, instead of saying your name. Now, let’s talk about the understanding the word bule in […]
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Indonesian Pantun – Types – Examples
Selamat datang! Welcome back to another lesson of Bahasa Indonesia! In this opportunity, let’s move awhile from technical learning of Bahasa Indonesia, such as Indonesian Prefixes or Indonesian Phonetics Theory Examples, and explore more culture and literature-related of Bahasa Indonesia. Both in Indonesia and Malaysia, we know an ancient poetry called pantun. Unlike poetry that is […]