Download or read book Colloquial Jakartan Indonesian written by James N. Sneddon and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book aims to describe aspects of the Indonesian language as spoken by educated Jakartans in everyday interactions. This style of language is in many ways significantly different from the formal language of government and education, to the extent that it deserves separate consideration. While formal Indonesian has been the subject of a considerable amount of description very little attention has been paid to informal styles of the language. The variety described here, Colloquial Jakartan Indonesian, is the prestige variety of colloquial Indonesian and is becoming the standard informal style. The description and texts in following chapters are drawn from recordings of natural speech of educated people living in Jakarta . While the book aims to inform those with a background in linguistics the needs of teachers and learners with little or no knowledge of linguistics is always borne in mind. The work thus does not consider theoretical linguistic issues nor use technical terms which would not be readily understood by most readers.

Download or read book Indonesian Slang written by Christopher Torchia and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2012-11-27 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cekidot, gan!--"Check it out, Boss!" Kamu Dodol--"You're a coconut fudge!" (You're slow on the uptake) This book is an informal compendium of Indonesian expressions, including proverbs, slang, quotations and acronyms. The unique aspects of the Indonesian language offer one of the best windows into Indonesian culture. Slang, titles, proverbs, nicknames, acronyms, quotations and other expressions reveal its character, in the words of its people and are a great way to learn Indonesian culture. This book of expressions looks at Indonesia with the help of its national language, bahasa Indonesia. It describes Indonesians and their fears, beliefs, history and politics, as well as how they live, fight, grieve and laugh. Indonesian is a variant of Malay, the national language of Malaysia, and many of its expressions come from the Malay heartland of Sumatra island. Indonesian has also incorporated terms from Javanese, the language of the dominant ethnic group in a huge nation of more than 17,000 islands. Although Indonesian is officially a young language, it contains words from Sanskrit, Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, Portuguese and English, a legacy of the merchants, warriors, laborers and holy men who traveled to the archipelago over the centuries. The Indonesian language was a nationalist symbol during the campaign against Dutch rule in the 20th century. Indonesians who fought against colonialism made it the national language in their constitution when they declared independence in 1945. Two generations later, modern Indonesians loveword play. The tongue slips and skids, chopping words, piling on syllables and flipping them. Indonesians turn phrases into acronyms and construct double meanings. Their inventions reflect social trends, mock authority, or get the point across in a hurry. This book divides Indonesian expressions into categories such as food and wisdom, politics and personalities. The format is the same in each chapter. An expression in Indonesian, or sometimes a regional language in Indonesia, is followed by a translation, an interpretation of the meaning, and usually a summary of the idiom's origin or background. Some translations are more literal than others, reflecting an effort to balance clarity of meaning with the flavor of the original words.

Download or read book Colloquial Jakartan Indonesian written by James N. Sneddon and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book aims to describe aspects of the Indonesian language as spoken by educated Jakartans in everyday interactions. This style of language is in many ways significantly different from the formal language of government and education, to the extent that it deserves separate consideration. While formal Indonesian has been the subject of a considerable amount of description very little attention has been paid to informal styles of the language. The variety described here, Colloquial Jakartan Indonesian, is the prestige variety of colloquial Indonesian and is becoming the standard informal style. The description and texts in following chapters are drawn from recordings of natural speech of educated people living in Jakarta . While the book aims to inform those with a background in linguistics the needs of teachers and learners with little or no knowledge of linguistics is always borne in mind. The work thus does not consider theoretical linguistic issues nor use technical terms which would not be readily understood by most readers.

Download or read book Indonesian Idioms and Expressions written by Christopher Torchia and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2007-07-15 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indonesian Idioms and Expressions is a collection of Indonesian expressions, including proverbs, slang, quotations and acronyms, that offers a commentary on their origins, as well as insights into Indonesian culture, customs, and history. The book is an informal compendium designed to be both educational and easy to read. There are four parts in the book, and the chapters hit on various linguistic themes, among them wisdom, characters, animals, food, slang, family affairs, and politics. Entries include the expression in Bahasa Indonesia, a translation, an equivalent expression in English, and an explanation if necessary. The idea is to learn about Indonesian through the texture and content of its language, rather than the headlines—often bad ones—that tend to dominate perceptions of the vast country.

Download or read book Welcome to Indonesian written by Stuart Robson and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2012-01-31 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a concise and user–friendly introduction to the Indonesian language This concise book aims to introduce the reader to the Indonesian language not by creating a course, with grammar and exercises, but by describing it from various points of view, such as telling what it is related to and how it has developed, and on this basis saying where some of its words originate, as a means of familiarization with some common examples. After that, the description moves on to talk about the kinds of words one wold expect to meet, and how they can be put together as sentences, before providing a few examples of journalistic prose as well as some more literary specimens, in order to give a feeling for the language. Welcome to Indonesian includes: Chapter 1: What is Indonesian? Chapter 2: Bahasa Indonesia as the National Language Chapter 3: A Historical Overview Chapter 4: The Development of Modern Indonesian Chapter 5: Indonesian and Malaysian Chapter 6: The colloquial Dimension, Influence of Dialek Jakarta Chapter 7: What is Indonesian Related to? Chapter 9: Loanwords in Indonesian Chapter 10: The Indonesian Word Chapter 11: The Indonesian Sentence Chapter 12: Journalistic Prose Chapter 13: A Literary Dimension Suggestions for Further Reading Glossary of Indonesian Words

Download or read book Colloquial Indonesian written by Sutanto Atmosumarto and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-01-08 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Specially written by an experienced teacher for self-study or class use, the course offers a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Indonesian. No prior knowledge of the language is required. What makes Colloquial Indonesian your best choice in personal language learning? interactive - wide range of stimulating exercises for regular practice clear - concise grammar notes practical - useful vocabulary and pronunciation guide complete - including answer key and reference section. By the end of this rewarding course, you will be able to communicate confidently and effectively in Indonesian in a broad range of everyday situations. These two CDs are an invaluable component of the Colloquial course. Recorded by native speakers they complement the book and will help you develop your pronunciation and listening skills.

Download or read book Colloquial Indonesian written by Sutanto Atmosumarto and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-08-27 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Colloquial Indonesian: The Complete Course for Beginners has been carefully developed by an experienced teacher to provide a step-by-step course to Indonesian as it is written and spoken today. Combining a clear, practical and accessible style with a methodical and thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Indonesian in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required. Colloquial Indonesian is exceptional; each unit presents a wealth of grammatical points that are reinforced with a wide range of exercises for regular practice. Key features include: A clear, user-friendly format designed to help learners progressively build up their speaking, listening, reading and writing skills Jargon-free, succinct and clearly structured explanations of grammar An extensive range of focused and dynamic supportive exercises Realistic and entertaining dialogues covering a broad variety of narrative situations Helpful cultural points explaining the customs and features of life in Indonesian An overview of the sounds of Indonesian Balanced, comprehensive and rewarding, Colloquial Indonesian is an indispensable resource both for independent learners and students taking courses in Indonesian.. Audio material to accompany the course is available to download free in MP3 format from www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. Recorded by native speakers, the audio material features the dialogues and texts from the book and will help develop your listening and pronunciation skills.

Download or read book Searching for Structure written by Robert Englebretson and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2003-04-10 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book argues against the existence of complementation in colloquial Indonesian, and discusses the ramifications of these findings for a discourse-functional understanding of grammatical categories and linguistic structure. Based on a close analysis of a corpus of spontaneous conversational Indonesian data, the author examines four construction types which express what is often encoded by complements in other languages: juxtaposed clauses, material introduced by the discourse marker bahwa, serial verbs, and epistemic expressions with the suffix -nya. These four construction types offer no evidence to support complementation as a viable grammatical category in colloquial spoken Indonesian. Rather, they are best understood as emergent, discourse-level phenomena, arising from the interactive and communicative goals of language users. The lack of evidence for complementation in colloquial Indonesian reaffirms the need to understand linguistic structure as language-particular and diverse, and emphasizes the centrality of studying linguistic categories based on their actual occurrence in natural discourse.

Download or read book Making Out in Indonesian written by Peter Constantine and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2011-12-20 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Making Out in Indonesian is a fun, accessible and thorough Indonesian phrasebook and guide to the Indonesian language as it's really spoken. Kamu sangat menarik! Bisa kita ketemu lagi?--(You're very attractive! Shall we meet again?) Answer this correctly in Indonesian and you may be going on a hot date. Incorrectly, and you could be hurting someone's feelings or getting a slap! Indonesian classes and textbooks tend to spend a lot of time rehearsing for the same fictitious scenarios but chances are while in Indonesia you will spend a lot more time trying to make new friends or start new romances--something you may not be prepared for. If you are a student, businessman or tourist traveling to Indonesia and would like to have an authentic and meaningful experience, the key is being able to speak like a local. This friendly and easy-to-use Indonesian phrasebook makes this possible. Making Out in Indonesian has been carefully designed to act as a guide to modern colloquial Indonesian for use in everyday informal interactions--giving access to the sort of catchy Indonesian expressions that aren't covered in traditional language materials. Each expression is written in Indonesian so that in the case of difficulties the book can be shown to the person the user is trying to communicate with. This Indonesian phrase book includes: A guide to pronouncing Indonesian words correctly. Explanations of basic Indonesian grammar. Complete Indonesian translations. Useful and interesting notes on Indonesian language and culture. Lots of colorful, fun and useful expressions not covered in other phrasebooks. Titles in this unique series of bestselling phrase books include: Making Out in Chinese, Making Out in Indonesian, Making Out in Thai, Making Out in Korean, Making Out in Hindi, Making Out in Japanese, Making Out in Vietnamese, Making Out in Burmese, Making Out in Tagalog, Making Out in Hindi, Making Out in Arabic, Making Out in English, More Making Out in Korean, and More Making Out in Japanese.

Download or read book MAKSUD LO A guide to the real Indonesian language written by Brandon Possin and published by Gramedia Pustaka Utama. This book was released on 2020-07-06 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why should we care about informal Indonesian language? IsnÕt this the silly stuff of teenagers? ShouldnÕt foreigners adhere to the elegant, dignified formal Indonesian language? Many Indonesian-speaking visitors canÕt understand the slangy everyday Indonesian. They speak what they learned in class or books, but they fail to connect with Indonesians because theyÕre too bakuÑtoo stiff. Being stiff is an especially fatal flaw in the nimble, goofy, gregarious Indonesian culture. The best antidote to being stiff is mastering the informal Indonesian language. This book is to let visitors make deeper connections with Indonesia. Too often the foreigners get frustrated by the thick slang and then retreat to their expat bubble. Indonesians also could realize how their colloquial language can be unintelligible even to the most earnest Indonesian language learner. Perhaps after reading this book, slang-throwing Indonesians will have some mercy on the bule (foreigner) and learners of bahasa come to embrace the adventures of speaking everyday Indonesian.

Download or read book Indonesian Internet Slang Words and Acronyms written by Maria Tan and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-08 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is perfect to learn and teach uses of Indonesian in informal setting, particularly the use of acronyms and abbreviations when texting and communicating via mobile phone and social media. Have you been learning Indonesian for quite awhile? And yet, when you check out your Indonesian friend's Instagram page, you still can't understand fully what he/she said, or what his/her friend said in the caption or comment section. You even find there are many words being thrown around that have no vowels! How strange!Well, abbreviations like "bsk" (means: tomorrow), "kmrn" (means: yesterday) get thrown around very casually in comments, captions and even text conversations between people.This book will help you to stay updated with the latest online lingo that many Indonesians use.

Download or read book Colloquial Indonesian written by Sutanto Atmosumarto and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Colloquial Indonesian is easy to use and completely up to date!Specially written by an experienced teacher for self-study or class use, the course offers you a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Indonesian. No prior knowledge of the language is required. What makes Colloquial Indonesian your best choice in personal language learning?Interactive - lots of exercises for regular practiceClear - concise grammar notesPractical - useful vocabulary and pronunciation guide

Download or read book Learn Indonesian Must Know Indonesian Slang Words Phrases written by Innovative Language Learning and published by Innovative Language Learning. This book was released on with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you want to learn Indonesian the fast, fun and easy way? And do you want to master daily conversations and speak like a native? Then this is the book for you. Learn Indonesian: Must-Know Indonesian Slang Words & Phrases by IndonesianPod101 is designed for Beginner-level learners. You learn the top 100 must-know slang words and phrases that are used in everyday speech. All were hand-picked by our team of Indonesian teachers and experts. Here’s how the lessons work: • Every Lesson is Based on a Theme • You Learn Slang Words or Phrases Related to That Theme • Check the Translation & Explanation on How to Use Each One And by the end, you will have mastered 100+ Indonesian Slang Words & phrases!

Download or read book Parts of Speech written by Umberto Ansaldo and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parts of Speech are a central aspect of linguistic theory and analysis. Though a long-established tradition in Western linguistics and philosophy has assumed the validity of Parts of Speech in the study of language, there are still many questions left unanswered. For example, should Parts of Speech be treated as descriptive tools or are they to be considered universal constructs? Is it possible to come up with cross-linguistically valid formal categories, or are categories of language structure ultimately language-specific? Should they be defined semantically, syntactically, or otherwise? Do non-Indo-European languages reveal novel aspects of categorical assignment? This volume attempts to answer these and other fundamental questions for linguistic theory and its methodology by offering a range of contributions that spans diverse theoretical persuasions and contributes to our understanding of Parts of Speech with analyses of new data sets. These articles were originally published in "Studies in Language" 32:3 (2008).

Download or read book Speak Standard Indonesian written by Yock Fang Liaw and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides over 200 dialogue exercises, the key to those numerous situations that makes the merest day-to-day communication an obstacle course: meeting new acquaintances, identifying and describing objects, making appointments, dealing with the practical nitty-gritty of travelling and settling down in an Indonesian-speaking society. The approach is structured so that basic phrases in the dialogue exercises will help you understand the hidden meaning behind the words. The explanation of various Indonesian and Jakartan dialects enables you to understand informal and colloquial Indonesian.

Download or read book A comprehensive Indonesian English Dictionary written by Alan M. Stevens and published by PT Mizan Publika. This book was released on 2004 with total page 1132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Colloquial Indonesian eBook And MP3 Pack written by Sutanto Atmosumarto and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-10-14 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Colloquial Indonesian provides a step-by-step course in Indonesian as it is written and spoken today. Combining a user-friendly approach with a thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Indonesian in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required. Key features include: • progressive coverage of speaking, listening, reading and writing skills • structured, jargon-free explanations of grammar • an extensive range of focused and stimulating exercises • realistic and entertaining dialogues covering a broad variety of scenarios • useful vocabulary lists throughout the text • additional resources available at the back of the book, including a full answer key, a grammar summary and bilingual glossaries Balanced, comprehensive and rewarding, Colloquial Indonesian will be an indispensable resource both for independent learners and students taking courses in Indonesian. Course components: The complete course comprises the book and audio materials. These are available to purchase separately in paperback, ebook, CD and MP3 format. The paperback and CDs can also be purchased together in the great-value Colloquials pack. Paperback: 978-0-415-09199-2 (please note this does not include the audio) CDs : 978-0-415-30161-9 eBook: 978-0-203-88962-6 (please note this does not include the audio, available to purchase from http://ebookstore.tandf.co.uk/audio_viewbooks.aspx) MP3s: 978-0-415-47083-4 (available to purchase from http://ebookstore.tandf.co.uk/audio_viewbooks.aspx) Pack : 978-0-415-42928-3 (paperback and CDs) For the eBook and MP3 pack, please find instructions on how to access the supplementary content for this title in the Prelims section.