r/indonesian Sep 19 '15

List of Resources for learning Bahasa Indonesia/Indonesian

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Resources
Here's a growing list of resources. If you have any more to add, feel free to do so!


Course
The Indonesian Way
Is a course offered by the University of Hawaii. The online course contains bookwork and has voiced anki decks to go with it. Great way to start!
Edit: This is now a paid course.

Vocab
+2000 Indonesian Words
A vocab course of memrise that contains +2000 words. Although it's voiced, it does come from google translate, so be careful with the pronunciation.

Radio
tunein
Listen to radio from around the world. Click on South East Asia, then Indonesia to listen to Indonesian radio stations.

SBS Radio Indonesian
SBS Radio hosted in Indonesian. Featuring interviews and news updates. Podcast available.


r/indonesian 3h ago

Free Chat Penggunaan "Di" sebagai Awalan dan Kata Depan

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Jujur saya sering kesal karena masih banyak netizen Indonesia yang tidak bisa membedakan "Di" sebagai awalan dan kata depan. Bukankah ini hal yang sudah diajarkan semenjak dari Sekolah Dasar? Awalnya saya berpikir, "Oh mungkin karena malas menambahkan spasi" lalu kemudian saya melihat hal seperti, "Jangan lupa di makan ya, nanti disekolah lapar lho!" ๐Ÿ’€

Menurut kalian kenapa fenomena ini terjadi?


r/indonesian 1d ago

Flower in Austronesian languages

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r/indonesian 4d ago

"Head" in Austronesian languages

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r/indonesian 4d ago

Indoโ€™s in Den Bosch

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Dag,
Ik zoek iemand die mij bahasa indonesia kan leren.
Weet iemand een plek of kun je me helpen dan hoor ik het graag!


r/indonesian 5d ago

bahasa Indonesia

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Iโ€™m currently learning Indo and Iโ€™m having a difficulty finding good resources if anyone could help


r/indonesian 6d ago

Meme "Gara-gara" is crying in the corner right now

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To be fair, gara-gara is probably too long for a clickbait title, and karena/sebab (and their variants like disebabkan) just aren't in their vocabulary. Either way, I'm pretty sure these journalists failed their Bahasa Indonesia classes


r/indonesian 9d ago

How the Germanic word for soap reached Aboriginal Australia

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r/indonesian 9d ago

Leaf in Austronesian Languages

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r/indonesian 9d ago

Exploring a new way to learn Indonesian through interactive stories

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Hi r/indonesian, I love learning languages and my favorite way to do so is through stories. I've always noticed that words I encounter in memorable experiences or moments tend to stick in my memory way longer than others. So, I decided to build a new approach to learn languages through interactive stories in an app called Sensonym.

The app contains captivating stories that you would enjoy reading in which you have to do physical actions with your phone. For example, in the screenshots from the app, I am reading an adventure story called First Words, where I wake up on an uncharted island and have to learn a new language to communicate and survive. To say "water", I need to tilt my phone like a glass, to say "no" I have to shake the phone, to say "yes" I have to nod in the phone camera, and so on. Doing this shows me the Indonesian words for water, no, and yes, respectively, and moves the story forward.

So, the story gives the context for learning new words and the physical actions create another hook in memory for remembering them.

What do you think about this approach?

If you would like to download the app and try it out, here's the website: https://sensonym.com

If you give the app a try, I would love to hear your impressions and what the experience felt like. Thanks!


r/indonesian 10d ago

Indonesian Alphabet

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A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z.

Diagraphs: Ng, Ny, Gh, Sy, Kh.


r/indonesian 10d ago

Comparing proposed cognates between Austronesian and Kra Dai

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r/indonesian 11d ago

Meme Trying to learn imbuhan. Am I doing this right

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r/indonesian 12d ago

Free Chat Keretapi atau Kereta Api

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Ejaan Rapat (Malaysia): Menggabungkan dua kata menjadi satu kata majemuk, seperti keretapi, tunjangbumi, atau matahari.

Ejaan Terpisah (Indonesia): Menuliskan unsur pembentuknya sebagai dua kata terpisah, yaitu kereta dan api.


r/indonesian 12d ago

Question vegetarian restrictions

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halo! my mother was from toraja, and i'm finally visiting the rest of our family for the first time next year to bring her remains. my indonesian has never been very good, so i'm trying to get more conversational before i go.

my husband will be coming with me, and he's a vegetarian. how can i best explain that to people and request that there is no meat with his food? and is there any cultural attitude around vegetarianism i should be aware of?

makasihhh ๐Ÿค—


r/indonesian 12d ago

Free Chat an old file beginners may find useful

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r/indonesian 13d ago

Question Textbook recos, please?

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Hi! I have a diasporic identity, and am recently exploring Bahasa Indonesian and want to learn the language. Problem is, I don't know where to start, except that my learning style mainly aligns with reading textbooks. I'm aware that it's passive learning, so perhaps you guys know any textbooks that are sort of interactive?

Also, do you guys know any apps or subs where I can meet people who are also learning the said language. I feel like I need to take this seriously. T_T.

Thank you so much!


r/indonesian 13d ago

Free Chat Non-Local needing help to learn

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Hello,
I am a Pakistani 19 y/o male coming to Bali in future (prolly nov /dec) for a one week trip.
I need some friends which i can communicate to and possibly learn a few things about your culture ๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜….
hit me up so we can talk and discuss how things work at your place :))).
(No issues in sharing social media acc):b

AND HELP ME LEARN YOUR LANGUAGE I AM STUCK AT BASICS


r/indonesian 17d ago

Question In this video why does she say itโ€™s weird for a guy to use aku

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At around 18:35 - 18:45, she says itโ€™s weird if guys use aku, Iโ€™ve been learning Indonesian for around a year and a half and Iโ€™ve never heard anyone say itโ€™s weird before. And my gf is Indonesian and I asked her and she said itโ€™s normal for a guy to use aku and she doesnโ€™t know why Reine said that. Any opinions would be helpful because I use aku a lot lol


r/indonesian 18d ago

Question Hi, everyone! I'm very keen on buying Indonesian poetry books. I have searched on Amazon but no luck. Tolonglah. Terima kasih banyak!

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r/indonesian 19d ago

Aku belajar bahasa anda

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Hai, saya berasal dari Kazakhstan. Aku belajar bahasa Indonesia dan aku suka!


r/indonesian 20d ago

Question Learning Bahasa Indonesia as a foreigner

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Hi everyone ๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿผ
Iโ€™m a 25-year-old from France and Iโ€™ll be moving to Jakarta for 3 years(which is quite a long time)so I really want to integrate properly.
I really want to experience the country and its culture and i feel that learning Bahasa Indonesia is a must, plus iโ€™ve heard itโ€™s not too difficult to learn ๐Ÿ˜„
If anyone has any tips, apps or YouTube channels iโ€™d really appreciate it! ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผ
Terima kasih!!


r/indonesian 20d ago

Free Chat Tips Belajar Bahasa Indonesia

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Halo! Saya orang Indonesia asli, tapi dari kecil udah tinggal di luar negeri. Menurut saya, kalau ngomong saya masih bisa (tapi belum lancar), tapi ada beberapa kata2 yang saya beneran gak ngerti.

Saya mau coba belajar bahasa Indonesia tapi susah cari resources online karena biasanya buat beginners atau intermediate level.

Ada show / podcast recommendations yang mungkin bisa tolongin saya? Karena IP address saya beda, biasanya susah cari konten Indonesia.

Terima kasih banyak!


r/indonesian 21d ago

Apakah ini batu? Is this a rock?

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Saya menemukan batu yang berbentuk aneh ini di jalan yang sedikit berbatu


r/indonesian 21d ago

BIPA Visa requirements

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Hi there, Iโ€™m planning on enrolling in a BIPA course in Mataram starting in October at the University of Mataram. Iโ€™m wondering if anyone else who has taken this program ran into issues with visas, or if using a tourist visa (like the C1 visa) was ok when they took the course.