Second-person pronoun substitutes can be very tricky. Engkau, kau and kamu can only be used to address a younger person, one’s subordinate or among good…
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One version of the Indonesian passive sentence often taught to students at school and university, at least in Australia, is this: The ‘di-‘ passive is…
One of the most often heard cliches is that Bahasa Indonesia is a simple language. I find this cliche is mainly used by those who…
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Colloquial Indonesian has its roots in Betawi Malay, a Malay based creole with an estimated 2,7 million speakers, spoken by the indigenous population of Jakarta…