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| jeigo again Groupie United States Joined 5923 days ago 43 posts - 41 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Indonesian, Irish | Message 1 of 6 17 April 2008 at 2:55pm | IP Logged | ||
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This is what I have been using to study:
Bahasa Indonesia book 1 Learning Indonesian podcasts and lots and lots of vocabulary flashcards. I'm trying to figure out how to use Mnemosyne...I'm kind of clueless... Any suggestions? Thoughts? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| jeigo again Groupie United States Joined 5923 days ago 43 posts - 41 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Indonesian, Irish | Message 2 of 6 18 April 2008 at 6:17pm | IP Logged | ||
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Today I reviewed chapter 3 of "Bahasa Indonesia book 1", and started chapter 4.
Has anyone here used this book? If so what did you think of it? I also reviewed lessons 16-20 of "Learning Indonesian". I've noticed that "Learning Indonesian" uses the word 'anda' (meaning 'you'), and "Bahasa Indonesia" uses 'engkau'. Is 'engkau' more regional? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| rsmarr001 Diglot Newbie Australia Joined 5832 days ago 8 posts - 8 votes Speaks: English*, Indonesian | Message 3 of 6 10 May 2008 at 3:28am | IP Logged | ||
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| rsmarr001 Diglot Newbie Australia Joined 5832 days ago 8 posts - 8 votes Speaks: English*, Indonesian | Message 4 of 6 10 May 2008 at 3:34am | IP Logged | ||
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gday
sorry if this is off the topic about those books, but 'anda' is the most common word for 'you' i know 'engkau' is a pretty formal way for saying 'you'. when im talkin with my indonesian friends i use 'kamu' (casual) or even 'lo' (which is jakarta slang). But just remember think on the level of meaning, not words. An example of this is the word for 'nothing' which is 'tidak ada apa-apa' if you translate that it makes no sense to us in English but to an indonesian it does. hah, hope that helped you out a bit. makasih ya 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| hamba Diglot Newbie Australia Joined 6521 days ago 22 posts - 32 votes Speaks: English*, Indonesian Studies: Arabic (classical), Urdu | Message 5 of 6 24 May 2008 at 9:13am | IP Logged | ||
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Apa kabar jeigo,
Bahasa Indonesia book 1 and its complimentary volumes 2 and 3 was and is a three year Indonesian text used in Australian universities (particularly the ANU in Canberaa). Its an excellent text, however, its a bit dry for somebody trying to learn without a tutor or teacher. The author is married to Anthony Johns a retired Indonesian Historian and linguist. The podcast you refer to seems ok. I havent had a chance to really look to much into it but like most podcasts its very audio orientated. You need to think over what learning style you favour and go ahead and find a course appropriately in tune with that learning style. As a beginner, I suggest you check out "Teach yourself Indonesian" or even "colloquial Indonesian" These are good starting texts and you do need good recordings. Keep at it, Indonesian is intially an easy language to learn and its fun. Selamat belajar Hamba 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Monox D. I-Fly Senior Member Indonesia monoxdifly.iopc.us Joined 4925 days ago 762 posts - 664 votes  Speaks: Indonesian* | Message 6 of 6 11 April 2016 at 1:33pm | IP Logged | ||
Not quite right. 'anda' is the formal way, while 'engkau' is a bit "poetic". 'lo' is regional in Jakarta, while 'kamu' is the most common used. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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