Learning Bahasa Indonesia

Bahasa Indonesia Fast Learning

Welcome, pal…

This site is for you who wanna learn, and interested in Bahasa Indonesia. I will give you a special tutorial, tips and trick and off course you can contact me for further more information.

Well, I think it is better for me to introduce myself first to you.  I am Sandra, and I teach Bahasa Indonesia for foreigners.  Now, I wanna share a few brief with you my knowledge about Bahasa Indonesia. Some materials I made by myself, according to my teaching experience, others I took from my hand-out or any others book which is still related. If I take exactly from other books, or some resourced, I will note the source or the writer.

I do really love cultural issues, socials, and a little bit politics. So, you can share with me about these kind of field also. Better if you wanna prove your Bahasa, and we can discuss about that in Bahasa Indonesia…;)

So if you wanna copy it, please note my blog address for the resource. Thank you..:)

So, if you feel interested in, just join me in this site. If you feel that you wanna learn deeper, don’t hesitate to contact me. On my YM, SKYPE, or email of course. ;)

I will teach you with professional, but still with fun…LOL!

Note: The pronunciations of Bahasa Indonesia are same as the writing. Bahasa Indonesia as like as Language of Germany. What do you write is what do you read.

BASIC LEVEL

Okay, the first section is all about GREETING….

Bahasa Indonesia has 4 kinds of greeting:

Selamat pagi!    : Good Morning!              (00.00 am – 10.00am)

Selamat siang!  : Good Afternoon!          (10.00 am- 03.00 pm)

Selamat sore!    :                                               ( 03.00 pm-06.00 pm)

Selamat malam!: Good evening!              (07.00pm-00.00 am)

Special introduction: Bahasa Indonesia has its own way to say I, you, we, she/he/it, yours, our, us, their, etc.

And these are the information; I called it “Box of Person”. Please, check it out… ;)

Box of PERSON (talk about subject, object and possessive) –Bahasa Indonesia has no need to be changed! ;) Horaaaay….!

Person	Singular	Plural
Person I	Meaning: I, me, my Saya (formal) aku (informal)—more common gue (Jakarta stlye) ex: Saya Sandra          (I am Sandra) Nama saya Sandra      (My name is Sandra)          Buku saya                  (my book)          Itu saya                     (that is me) Note: You can replace saya become aku, or gue. Saya use in conversation with someone who we don’t know before, older than you, has a higher position than you, or in a “formal” situation. Gue is only using at Jakarta area. If you use it at Yogyakarta or central Java, it can be accepted but,  is a little bit uncommon.	Meaning: we, us, our Kami : ( including: I—the person who ask to talk, and others but without you—the person who asked talk to) Example for using kami: When you say “ Ini buku kami” to A person, it means that the book is belong to you, and other people there, except A person. Kita    : (including: all of the people whom I talk to) Example for using kita :   When you say “ Ini buku kita” to A person, it means that the book is belong to all people there, A person included. Practice it to see the difference. # See the differences, don’t you? ^^
Person II	Meaning: You, your Anda (formal) Kamu (informal)—more common Elu (Jakarta style) Ex:  Nama Anda Brian  (Your name are Brian)         Buku Anda               (your book) Saya cinta Anda    (I Love You) Note: you can replace Anda become kamu or elu. Anda always written with capital for the first A.	Meaning : All of you, your Kalian Kalian ( all of you, without me or I ) When you say “ Ini buku kalian” to all people,  it means that, that book is belong to all people there, not yours Ex: Siapa kalian?     (Who are all of you?)       Buku kalian          (your book)
Person III	Meaning: she, he, her/his Dia Beliau- formal (only for someone who really has a higher position, or older than you) Ex:  Dia Brian      (he is Brian)         Dia Sandra     (She is Sandra)       Buku dia         (her/his book) Note: Buku dia –sometimes written as Bukunya Nya  in here has a meaning for replacing possessive pronoun of “dia”. Not only  for human, but also animals, and things.	Meaning: They, them,their Mereka Ex:  Mereka orang Amerika  ( they are American)          Saya cinta mereka          (I love them)          Buku mereka                    (Their book)

{ See the example greeting conversation:

Sandra  : Halo, Selamat pagi! (smile)                                                       

Brian      : Halo, Selamat pagi!(smile)                                                        

Sandra  : Nama Anda siapa?                                                                       

Brian      : Nama saya  Brian. Anda?(shake hands)                                              

Sandra  : Nama saya Sandra.(shake hands)                                          

                 Bagaimana kabar Anda, Brian?                                                 

Brian      : Baik. Terima kasih.  Anda?

Sandra  : Baik juga. Anda (berasal) dari mana?

Brian      : Saya (berasal) dari Australia

Sandra  : Di kota ini, Anda tinggal di  mana?

Brian    :  Saya tinggal di Yogyakarta

Sandra  : Ok, Brian. Sampai jumpa !

Brian      : Sampai jumpa! (smile)

# Bagaimana kabar?/Apa kabar?/ Gimana kabar? à Those questions have the same meanings : “How are you?” but Gimana kabar is a more informal and used in everyday conversation.

##  Anda (berasal) dari mana? à (berasal) can be drop. You could say only Anda dari mana? But, be careful, you must exactly know the context when people asking you this question. In Bahasa Indonesia Anda dari mana has two meanings: First, “Where do you come from?”

                                                    Second,“ Where have you been?”        

    

Vocabulary:

Nama Anda siapa                              : What is your name?                                                                   

Bagaimana kabar Anda?               : How are you?                                

Baik                                                      : fine                     

Terima kasih                                      : thank you

Sama-sama                                         : you’re welcome

Anda (berasal) dari mana?          : Where do you come from?

Anda tinggal di mana?                   : Where do you live?

Di                                                            : at

Kota                                                       : city

sampai jumpa                                   : see you

Juga                                                       : too, also

Ok, so now, I can predict that you have known a little bit about bahasa Indonesia. For the exercise please see the text below, if you can understand it well without see the vocabulary on top, so you pass on this section. Better if you can practice by yourself and say it. ;)

Halo, Selamat pagi. Apa kabar? Nama saya Andrea. Saya berasal dari Canada, di Indonesia saya tinggal di kota Yogyakarta. Saya cinta Yogyakarta. Terima kasih. Sampai jumpa!

See, now you can see how easy Bahasa Indonesia is. *grin* It is good for you to always practice. Repeat, repeat, and repeat. The best info is, Bahasa Indonesia doesn’t have a kinds of difficulties such as : To be (is, am, are, were, was, does, did, do, etc) You only know the structure and vocab. If you have already known and complete all of them, I’m sure you can speak Bahasa Indonesia and understand about this language. Bahasa Indonesia similar enough to Bahasa Melayu, the rule, the words, but maybe sometimes you will find the same words in Melayu and Bahasa Indonesia but, don’t be surprised with their different meaning.

This section is still basic. Not the complicated one, basic level is only giving you the surface. Giving you simple vocabularies and off course help you to make daily conversation.

So you can speak….;)

Follow me always, I can make you be able to understand Bahasa Indonesia, and make you speak…;)

Thanks for your kind attention…;)

Sampai jumpa!

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