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Indonesian pronunciation is relatively straightforward, with just six vowels (compared to English’s 12) and 18 consonants. However, depending on your native language, certain aspects of Indones...

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Gara-gara & Gara-gara apa? You all know the interrogative kenapa? (why?) and the conjunction karena (because). Now, I realise that the related pair gara-gara apa? (why?) and gara-gara (because) i...

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The prefix ter- forms passive verbs that are either a) stative, b) accidental, or c) abilitative. It is also used to form the superlative (terbaru – yang paling baru, the newest). Here we will ...

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The word bahasa is derived from Sanskrit bhāṣā and it has the same meaning as language, Sprache, taal, langue, la lengua etc. In most Indian languages the word bhāṣā still has the same me...

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Dodol is a sweet, toffee-like treat made from sticky rice flour (tepung ketan), coconut milk (santan), and palm sugar (gula merah) derived from the sap of the Arenga pinnata sugar palm kno...

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For a native speaker of English, learning Indonesian is harder than learning any Romance of Germanic language. This is because English is a Germanic language which has borrowed about half of its ...

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The word syukur is a loan word from Arabic shukran (شكراً) ‘thank you’. So, how is it different from terima kasih, which is the standard Indonesian phrase for ‘thank you’? You never ...

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Decimal Place and Thousands Separator Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States (along with possibly some former British and American colonies) are among the few countries glob...

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The website BahasaKita.com, translating to ‘our language’, is managed by Wieke Gur, an Indonesian citizen currently residing in Perth, Australia. Coinciding with the establishment of Indonesi...

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Of course you have heard the greeting Selamat Pagi, which simply means “Good Morning”. And you may also have heard Selamat Tidur which is ‘Good Night; Sleep Well’. Yet, it does not mean �...

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