Bahasa Indonesia Lesson 1

Hi everyone! Halo semua!

Today,I'm going to introduce you with Bahasa Indonesia.

I've been keeping notes for 3 years,and I decided to let you know these informations.I will try to write all the things down here from my notebook.Let's get started!

Siapa nama kamu? = What's your name?

*In Bahasa Indonesia there is not any "am,is,are"

It's like,you just say my name Billy.

*Siapa means who, but while asking name we use siapa instead of apa(what).It's sharp pattern,you cannot say apa nama kamu,it's wrong.

*In Bahasa Indonesia,you add adjectives 

after nouns unlike in English. 

mobil biru = blue car

meja rusak = broken table 

Siapa nama kamu? (What's your name?)

Nama saya Billy. (My name is Billy.)

Nama aku= namaku = my name

(You just add "ku" at the end of the words to 

change the meaning of the word into "my"....)

*Saya and aku means my or I.

If you say just "saya" it means "I",

but if you use any name after saya,then it means "my".

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In Bahasa Indonesia, "a" is not used.Let's see.

Saya beli (x) payung sekarang. = I buy an umbrealla now.

Saya beli (x) meja. = I buy a table.

But when you want to say 2, you surely add 2 to the sentence.

Saya beli dua meja. = I buy two table.

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Go back to adjectives...

Saya beli payung merah. = I buy an red umbrella.

*adjectives after nouns in Bahasa Indonesia

Aku menemukan kunci berat. = I found a heavy key.

* "a, an" are not used

Note: In Bahasa Indonesia,they have no "tenses(present continuous,past perfect or future perfect)". You use verbs always same and people understand when the action happens according to continuation of your sentence.

For example; if you use "sekarang(now)" in your sentence then we understand that it's a sentence formed in Present Continuous Tense.

Saya makan nasi sekarang. = I'm eating rice now.

If you use "akan(will)" in your sentence then we understand that it's a sentence formed in Future Tense.

Saya akan makan nasi. = I will eat rice.

Then a verb is always same in a sentence even in its past meaning. Let's remember the example again...

Aku menemukan kotak berat,itu di depan rumahku kemarin.

 = 

I found a heavy box,it was in front of my house yesterday.

*menemukan(find) but you understand that you did it in the past when you hear the other sentence.

*"yang" is used between noun and adjective.

(after nouns before adjectives)

It has no meaning in English in this usage.

It is used to emphasize the object.

 wanita yang cantik = beautiful lady

tas yang hitam = black bag

mobil yang biru = blue car

*It doesn't change the meaning but emphasizes...

You see 3 cars with your friend and you say:

What a wonderful car!

Then your friends says:

Which one? 

And you say:

Mobil yang biru. (Blue car.)

Sindy gadis yang cantik. = Sindy is a beautiful girl.

Kamu pelajar yang baik. = You are a good student.

*As we don't have "am,is,are", we use student after kamu(you), and the adjectives comes after nouns, finally yang is after nouns but before adjectives.

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In Bahasa Indonesia, to pluralize your words, you use words twice by using " - "

kata: word  ,  kata-kata: words

gadis: girl  ,  gadis-gadis: girls

botol: bottle  ,  botol-botol: bottles

guru: teacher  ,  guru-guru: teachers

Keep studying! :)