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 […]
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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 […]
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250+ Handy Indonesian Words – Meaning
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]