Welcome back! You have learned Indonesian to English Grammar as well as about Giving Directions in Indonesian and many more. What else do we need to learn? I tell you, there’s plenty. But, this time let’s focus to more specific linguistics lesson, which is about Indonesian Homophone. What is homophone? Homo means ‘same’ and phone […]
Aloha!! We are glad to see you still reading this article. It means you are always full of spirit to learn Bahasa Indonesia. 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. Check out more here: How to Say […]
Hi! Welcome back! Ready for new lesson? After you have learned another basic Indonesian linguistics comprehension in Indonesian Phonemes, this time we will visit another part of phonology, which is about Indonesian Phonetics. As you know, unlike animals or plants, humans were given a different speaking anatomy as well as innate language device that made […]
Every language has its own uniqueness. One factor that makes Bahasa Indonesia unique is the diversity of the vocabulary. Indonesian vocabulary can be used in the root form or adding prefix and suffix. In some cases, Indonesian vocabulary can also be combined with other vocabularies and form idioms and proverbs. For foreign people leaning Bahasa […]
Welcome back to Mastering Bahasa! Ready for new lesson? Of course, you are. After learning that there is significant difference between Indonesian Alphabets and its phonemes, let’s move to another level. In case you forget, I’ll remind you a little. Phonemes is part of phonology, which is about speech sound/language sound, while alphabets is the […]
Someone give you some information or explain you about something new. Then, all of sudden, your reflex to reply with saying “Ooo…” Saying “O” means you understand what other people mean in their words. At least, you show your appreciation that you heard what they told previously. Well, in this time, we won’t learn about […]
Let us learn more about Bahasa Indonesia. In this time, we shall gain our Indonesian vocabulary again. And this session for the Indonesian words starting with P. Here we go… Pabean (Pa-bae-uan) = Custom office Pabrik (Pub-rick) = Manufactursr/ Factory Pacak (Pua-chuck) = Roating spit Pacar (Pa-chuar) = Boyfrien or Girlfriend Pacaran (Pua-chuar-uan) = In […]
Selamat datang! As a verbal communication, language is a universal system. All languages in the world consist phonemes, morphemes, symbols (check Indonesian Alphabets), and so on. But, right now we will focus in one very specific aspect, which is about Consonant Phonemes in English and Indonesian. Consonant phonemes is called contoid, which is a speech […]
Let’s learn about Indonesian Phonology. What is phonology? Sometimes people got confused between phonology (phonemes) and alphabets. However, to learn about phonology you should also master Indonesian Alphabets. To shorten time, the main difference of phonemes and alphabets are their form. Phonemes is set of language sounds/speech sounds, while alphabets is the symbol. On the […]
Hi! Welcome back! Clerk. Bright. Proud. Slave Those four words are a random group of words. But, there is one similarity shared by them, consonant clusters. After learning about most basic Indonesian language like Indonesian Alphabets, I think it is the right time to explore more. Consonant clusters is the consonant version of Indonesian Diphtongs. […]