Alam Bahasa Indonesia

The suffix ¨Cnya is often used both in oral and writing. Most of Indonesian language learners often find difficulties in using ¨Cnya in the correct way. The following article will explain the functions and [...] Read more »

One Word Lot of Meanings. Very often, a word has more than one meaning. The difference in meaning can happen when a word is in different sentence structures or when the word is followed by different words. The difference in meaning can also happen when the word is used in different fields. This is worth [...] Read more »

The explanation about the following terms has been made reffering to Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Kamus Istilah Agama Islam (Islam Dictionary) and some additional information based on the facts in the daily life. However, it is worth noted that in many cases terms used by Indonesian moslems are not exclusively from the Islam (religion) or [...] Read more »

The article shows examples of the problems faced by the learners of Indonesian in PURI Bahasa when they read an article from a newspaper, and of course, the solution is given as well.
Many foreigners learning Indonesian find it difficult to use and understand Indonesian passive structure. In fact, passive structure is very productively used in [...] Read more »

Which affixes can we put together with adjectives to formulate derived words? What do the derived words mean? Find the answer in this writing.
Formulating derived words from adjectives is not difficult when we know the strategy. Adjectives have only 2 variations namely:
1. emotional (feeling)
e.g. : marah, sedih, senang, takut, kecewa, bahagia, and bingung
2. non-emotional. [...] Read more »

You have once perhaps utter a wrong word instead the right one which sounds similar. For example, the word ‘empat’ is uttered which is supposed to be ‘enam’ or ‘merah’ instead of ‘murah’.
To solve this problem, go to this article. Often found by those learning bahasa Indonesia -as a second language, third, or whatever number [...] Read more »

The word “mari” is often used in daily conversation. This article presents several contexts in which “mari” is used. To show clearer contexts, a conversation in popular language (daily language) which contains several “mari”s [...] Read more »

There are many ways to improve the Bahasa Indonesia competency. The most effective way is by using it to keep in touch effectively with friends, college, mass media or electronic media. Lately, SMS (Short Massage [...] Read more »

Do you happen to be a fan of the very Indonesian cuisine gado-gado? If you do, you must see how merry this typical Indonesian food is. It contains various kinds of vegetable and other ingredients. Mixing all kinds of vegetables and the ingredients seems to be a ritual upon enjoying the food without which the [...] Read more »

Anda merasa sulit mengerti dan juga tidak bisa membuat kalimat dengan memakai kata kerja Me(N) ~ kan dan Me(N) ~ i ? Saya akan memberi tips dalam bentuk skema sederhana yang mudah Anda. Read more »