Easy Indonesian: Learn to Speak Indonesian Quickly (Downloadable Audio Included)
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Indonesia is the hot new Asian destination, a country where lively conversation, good humor and warm human interaction are integral parts of daily life. In addition, the Indonesian language is widely considered to be one of the easiest Asian languages for Westerners to learn. Easy Indonesian brings Indonesian language and culture alive, giving you all the basics you need to start speaking Indonesian immediately. The opening chapters introduce the essentials of pronunciation and sentence construction, with each subsequent chapter moving you forward in gradually building up your knowledge for specific situations and activities, such as making new acquaintances, going shopping, traveling around, and much more.
Every chapter contains helpful information on the customs and culture of this warm and friendly country, so that you'll soon be able to read Indonesian, speak Indonesian and talk about everything from the weather to your job and home and family with ease. An extensive glossary at the back and a section on verb and noun forms are included to help you build your vocabulary and understand the different forms that Indonesian words take. The accompanying downloadable audio gives you a solid foundation in correct pronunciation and helps you get a feel for the spoken language, so you'll be able to understand what people are saying--and participate in conversations!
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Easy Indonesian - Thomas G. Oey, Ph.D.
LIST OF AUDIO TRACKS
PART ONE: THE BASICS
DIALOG 1
1.01 Consonants
1.02 Greetings
1.03 Forms of Address
1.04 Pronouns
1.05 Basic Vocabulary
1.06 Questions
1.07 Simple Phrases
1.08 Requests
1.09 Numbers
1.10 Money
PART TWO: A QUICK WORD ABOUT GRAMMAR
DIALOG 2
2.01 Verbs
2.02 Word Order
2.03 Verb Forms
2.04 Tense
2.05 Past Tense
2.07 Negation
2.07 Nouns
2.08 Articles
2.09 Plural Forms
2.10 Classifier Words
2.11 Adjectives
2.12 Equality
2.13 Possessives
2.14 Adverbs
2.15 Prepositions
2.17 Imperatives
2.17 The Relative Pronoun yang
PART THREE: SMALL TALK
DIALOG 3
3.01 Name and Nationality
3.02 Age
3.03 Family
3.04 Additional Vocabulary (Family)
3.05 Occupation
3.07 Additional Vocabulary (Occupation)
3.07 Religion
3.08 Weather
3.09 Time
3.10 Telling Time
3.11 Periods of the Day
3.12 Days of the Week
3.13 Useful Words and Phrases
PART FOUR: GETTING AROUND
DIALOG 4
4.01 Asking Directions
4.02 Taxi Directions
4.03 Public Transportation
4.04 Modes of Transportation
4.05 Accommodation
4.07 Useful Vocabulary
4.07 Sightseeing
4.08 Leisure Activities
PART FIVE: EATING AND DRINKING
DIALOG 5
5.01 Dining in Indonesia
5.02 Basic Food Terms
5.03 Vegetables
5.04 Meat
5.05 Seafood
5.07 Cooking Terms
5.07 Breakfast
5.08 Common Menu Items
5.09 Condiments and Snacks
5.10 Fruits
5.11 Drinks
5.12 Taste
PART SIX: HAPPY SHOPPING
DIALOG 6
6.01 Happy Shopping
6.02 Colors
6.03 Souvenirs
6.04 Jewelry
6.05 Clothing
6.06 Sundries
6.07 Reading material
6.08 Toiletries
PART SEVEN: THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW
DIALOG 7
7.01 Telephone
7.02 Post Office
7.03 Bank
7.04 Customs and Police
7.05 Filling Out Forms
7.06 Health and Illness
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EASY
Indonesian
Katherine Davidsen received her BA (Honors) in Indonesian at Monash University and her Masters in Applied Linguistics at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia. She is the author of the Tuttle Concise Indonesian Dictionary, Survival Indonesian and Indonesian for Beginners.
Learn to Speak Bahasa Indonesia Quickly!
EASY
Indonesian
THOMAS G. OEY and KATHERINE DAVIDSON
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Contents
Introduction
PART ONE: The Basics
Pronouncing Indonesian Correctly
Greetings
Forms of Address
Pronouns
Basic Vocabulary
Questions
Simple Phrases
Requests
Numbers
Etiquette and Body Language
PART TWO: A Quick Word About Grammar
Verbs
Tense
Negation
Nouns
Adjectives
Possessives
Adverbs
Prepositions
Imperatives
The Relative Pronoun yang
PART THREE: Small Talk
Name and Nationality
Age
Family
Occupation
Religion
Weather
Time
Useful words and phrases
PART FOUR: Getting Around
Asking Directions
Public Transportation
Accommodation
Sightseeing
Leisure Activities
Travel Tips
PART FIVE: Eating and Drinking
Basic Food Terms
Vegetables
Meat
Seafood
Cooking Terms
Breakfast
Common Menu Items
Condiments and Snacks
Fruits
Drinks
Taste
Notes on Hygiene
PART SIX: Happy Shopping
Bargaining
Souvenirs
Clothing
Sundries
PART SEVEN: Things You Should Know
Telephone
Post Office
Bank
Customs and Police
Filling Out Forms
Health and Illness
Parts of the Body
Appendix A: Verb and Noun Affixes
Appendix B: Suggestions for Further Study
Bilingual Dictionaries
English-Indonesian Dictionary
Indonesian-English Dictionary
Introduction
Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia) is a relatively new spoken and written dialect of the Malay language, developed by Dutch scholars at the beginning of the 20th century as the standard or correct
dialect to be taught in the colonial schools. It is an Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) tongue of amazing complexity, rich in vocabulary borrowed from Sanskrit, Arabic, Portuguese, Dutch, English, Chinese, Javanese, and many other languages.
A colloquial pasar or market form of the language has been in use as the lingua franca throughout the archipelago for several centuries, and is quite simple to learn. This book is intended for visitors who wish to gain a working knowledge of colloquial Indonesian. Most visitors will find that a little study of a few words and phrases goes a very long way, and that most Indonesians are very happy to help you learn the language.
The lessons are prioritized, with more important words and phrases being given first, so that you may profit no matter how deeply into the book you go. By studying the first section only, you acquire a basic survival
Indonesian, and by mastering the first three sections you should be able to get around quite well on your own. In order to present each lesson clearly as a unit, we have found it necessary in some cases to repeat vocabulary.
I do not apologize for preferring colloquial to standard
or book
Indonesian here, as this is the common spoken form of the language, and therefore the most readily understood. Care has been taken to include only vocabulary that has immediate practical application for visitors. By learning vocabulary items and practising the phrases, you will quickly gain a grasp of the language’s basic elements. Rather than include long and tedious lists of words and phrases in the lessons themselves, we have appended at the back of the book a miniature bilingual dictionary that should be adequate for the needs of most tourists.
At the end of the book you will also find additional information on the use of verb and noun affixes, and suggestions for further study. Do not be deceived by the myth that Indonesian has no grammar.
As one studies the language in greater depth, one realizes how complex it actually is. After several months or years, you may realize that while you are able to get by when speaking the language, it is as difficult as any other language to truly master. In fact the grammar, morphology, and syntax of the standard Indonesian taught in schools is as complex as any other language! While it is relatively easy to communicate at a very basic level in Indonesian, top-level proficiency requires dedication and effort.
Thomas G. Oey, Ph.D.
Acknowledgements
I would like to thank my brother Eric, who originally suggested that I write this book, made many valuable suggestions, and edited the final manuscript. I would also like to thank my parents, Tom and Berenice; my aunt and uncle in Java, Tante Inggawati and Om Sutantho; the employees of Java Books and Java Engineering, who read portions of the draft and suggested many improvements; and Sudarno Sumarto, who read the draft in its final stages.
DIALOG 1
PART ONE
The Basics
Pronouncing Indonesian Correctly
To learn to pronounce the language correctly, listen carefully to the CD accompanying this book, or to native speakers of Indonesian. Try to imitate their pronunciation as accurately as you can. Be aware, however, that there are many dialectical variations in Indonesian, some producing very strong accents. As a rule, stress is generally placed on the penultimate syllable.
Unlike English, the spelling of Indonesian is consistently phonetic. The pronunciation is similar to Spanish or Italian.
1.01
Consonants
Most are pronounced roughly as in English. The main exceptions are as follows:
c is pronounced ch (formerly spelled tj
)
g is always hard, as in girl
:
h is very soft, and often not pronounced at all at the beginning and end of words or two different vowels:
kh is found in words of Arabic derivation, and sounds like the ch in the Scottish word loch
:
ng is always soft, as in hanger
:
ngg is always hard, as in hunger
:
r is trilled or rolled, as in Spanish:
Vowels
There are six vowels (a, e, é, i, o, u) and two diphthongs (ai, au):
a is short, like the a in father
:
e is usually unaccented (shwa), like the u in but
:
But occasionally, é sounds like the é in passé
: