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Grammar

9 Types of Indonesian Suffixes – Formula – Examples

In Forming Indonesian Words using Indonesian affixes, understand about affixes is a must. After exploring about Indonesian Prefixes, it is the time to move to another affix, which is suffix. At this opportunity, we will learn about 9 Indonesian suffixes. Suffix is a dependent morpheme or a set of letter attached at the end of a word. […]

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Verbs

100 Most Common Indonesian Verbs – Grammar and Examples

Understand common vocabulary as much as you can is one key to survive in another country. Therefore, having wide lexical resources is a must in learning new language. After exploring Indonesian Nouns and Indonesian Adjectives, let’s learn again about another Indonesian Part of Speech. This time we will learn about other 100 Lists of Indonesian Common […]

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Vocabulary

50 Indonesian Words that Start with Q (Alphabet)

Q, is the seventeenth letter of Alphabet in many languages, included both of English and Bahasa Indonesia. In English, there are many words that started with “Q”. The number of them can be more than a hundred.  Mostly, in English, the words with “Q” in the beginning is followed by “U”. Example of given are […]

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Vocabulary

99 Fish Name in Indonesian Language – Meaning

Who does like fishing, here? Yes, fishing is one of hobbies, especially among the men. To fish is try to catch a fish and it is called “memancing” in Bahasa. In this time we will not talk about how to fish, but as we know there are a lot kind of fish, aren’t there ? […]

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Grammar

7 Types of Indonesian Prefixes – Formula – Examples

Hello. Selamat datang! Learning second or third languages means understand the specific systems of those languages and get familiar with it. It demands knowledge as well as practice at the same time. Therefore, tenses in English or grammatical gender in certain European language are the really difficult for non-native speaker. In Bahasa Indonesia, probably the […]

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Phrases

50 Indonesian Sayings about Life and Meaning

Like it or not, both ancient and popular sayings about life becomes many people motivation in conducting life. Throughout the times, popular sayings become a country’s philosophies and culture. Indonesian Sayings about Life Here are some sayings about life in Bahasa Indonesia to give you some motivation. 1. Jangan menilai orang dari luarnya English equivalent: […]

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Structures

Indonesian Phonetic Transcription – Formula – Examples

Indonesian language originated coming from Malay languange. Even though the most population of Indonesian people are coming from Java, but Malay language choosen as the language of the nation. It is because Malay language was used in trading activities long time  ago that connected Java and Sumatra Island. Sometimes it is called as Malay pasar […]

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Greetings

7 Traditional Indonesian Greeting Etiquette to Follow

Greeting is a simple form of interaction between human. But it can be complex when tradition, customs, and tradition involve in shaping the greeting form. This makes greeting customs different country to another, including in Indonesia. When you are planning to visit or stay in Indonesia, learning the traditional Indonesian greeting etiquette is crucial, so, […]

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Structures

Indonesian Object Focus Sentences – Formula – Examples

In Indonesian language, it is quite simple to arrange a sentence. The formula to make a sentence is Subject + Verb + Object, and we just need to add prefix before verb to explain how is the sentence being understood. There are two prefix in Indonesian language, there are me- and di-. For the two […]

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Sentences

Simple Indonesian Sentences – Dictionary – Examples

Indonesian are known for their hospitality. Besides the beauty of its nature, Indonesian also kind and friendly. If you are planning to visit this country, you don’t have to worry about being lost. Some of Indonesian can speak English while the others’ familiar with simple English but maybe cannot answer the questions in English. So […]