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    Easy Indonesian: Learn to Speak Indonesian Quickly (Downloadable Audio Included)
    Easy Indonesian: Learn to Speak Indonesian Quickly (Downloadable Audio Included)
    Easy Indonesian: Learn to Speak Indonesian Quickly (Downloadable Audio Included)
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    Easy Indonesian: Learn to Speak Indonesian Quickly (Downloadable Audio Included)

    By Thomas G. Oey, Ph.D. and Katherine Davidsen

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    This practical and concise self-study guide will help you learn Indonesian in a very short time

    Indonesia is the hot new Asian destination, a country where lively conversation, good humor and warm human interaction are integral parts of daily life. In addition, the Indonesian language is widely considered to be one of the easiest Asian languages for Westerners to learn. Easy Indonesian brings Indonesian language and culture alive, giving you all the basics you need to start speaking Indonesian immediately. The opening chapters introduce the essentials of pronunciation and sentence construction, with each subsequent chapter moving you forward in gradually building up your knowledge for specific situations and activities, such as making new acquaintances, going shopping, traveling around, and much more.

    Every chapter contains helpful information on the customs and culture of this warm and friendly country, so that you'll soon be able to read Indonesian, speak Indonesian and talk about everything from the weather to your job and home and family with ease. An extensive glossary at the back and a section on verb and noun forms are included to help you build your vocabulary and understand the different forms that Indonesian words take. The accompanying downloadable audio gives you a solid foundation in correct pronunciation and helps you get a feel for the spoken language, so you'll be able to understand what people are saying--and participate in conversations!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTuttle Publishing
    Release dateMay 7, 2013
    ISBN9781462913718
    Easy Indonesian: Learn to Speak Indonesian Quickly (Downloadable Audio Included)

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      Easy Indonesian - Thomas G. Oey, Ph.D.

      LIST OF AUDIO TRACKS

      PART ONE: THE BASICS

      DIALOG 1

      1.01 Consonants

      1.02 Greetings

      1.03 Forms of Address

      1.04 Pronouns

      1.05 Basic Vocabulary

      1.06 Questions

      1.07 Simple Phrases

      1.08 Requests

      1.09 Numbers

      1.10 Money

      PART TWO: A QUICK WORD ABOUT GRAMMAR

      DIALOG 2

      2.01 Verbs

      2.02 Word Order

      2.03 Verb Forms

      2.04 Tense

      2.05 Past Tense

      2.07 Negation

      2.07 Nouns

      2.08 Articles

      2.09 Plural Forms

      2.10 Classifier Words

      2.11 Adjectives

      2.12 Equality

      2.13 Possessives

      2.14 Adverbs

      2.15 Prepositions

      2.17 Imperatives

      2.17 The Relative Pronoun yang

      PART THREE: SMALL TALK

      DIALOG 3

      3.01 Name and Nationality

      3.02 Age

      3.03 Family

      3.04 Additional Vocabulary (Family)

      3.05 Occupation

      3.07 Additional Vocabulary (Occupation)

      3.07 Religion

      3.08 Weather

      3.09 Time

      3.10 Telling Time

      3.11 Periods of the Day

      3.12 Days of the Week

      3.13 Useful Words and Phrases

      PART FOUR: GETTING AROUND

      DIALOG 4

      4.01 Asking Directions

      4.02 Taxi Directions

      4.03 Public Transportation

      4.04 Modes of Transportation

      4.05 Accommodation

      4.07 Useful Vocabulary

      4.07 Sightseeing

      4.08 Leisure Activities

      PART FIVE: EATING AND DRINKING

      DIALOG 5

      5.01 Dining in Indonesia

      5.02 Basic Food Terms

      5.03 Vegetables

      5.04 Meat

      5.05 Seafood

      5.07 Cooking Terms

      5.07 Breakfast

      5.08 Common Menu Items

      5.09 Condiments and Snacks

      5.10 Fruits

      5.11 Drinks

      5.12 Taste

      PART SIX: HAPPY SHOPPING

      DIALOG 6

      6.01 Happy Shopping

      6.02 Colors

      6.03 Souvenirs

      6.04 Jewelry

      6.05 Clothing

      6.06 Sundries

      6.07 Reading material

      6.08 Toiletries

      PART SEVEN: THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW

      DIALOG 7

      7.01 Telephone

      7.02 Post Office

      7.03 Bank

      7.04 Customs and Police

      7.05 Filling Out Forms

      7.06 Health and Illness

      How to downloaded the audio recordings for this book:

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      2. Type the URL below into your web browser.

      www.tuttlepublishing.com/easy-indonesian

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      *Audio recordings are indicated by the symbol on the pages.

      EASY

      Indonesian

      Katherine Davidsen received her BA (Honors) in Indonesian at Monash University and her Masters in Applied Linguistics at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia. She is the author of the Tuttle Concise Indonesian Dictionary, Survival Indonesian and Indonesian for Beginners.

      Learn to Speak Bahasa Indonesia Quickly!

      EASY

      Indonesian

      THOMAS G. OEY and KATHERINE DAVIDSON

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      Contents

      Introduction

      PART ONE: The Basics

      Pronouncing Indonesian Correctly

      Greetings

      Forms of Address

      Pronouns

      Basic Vocabulary

      Questions

      Simple Phrases

      Requests

      Numbers

      Etiquette and Body Language

      PART TWO: A Quick Word About Grammar

      Verbs

      Tense

      Negation

      Nouns

      Adjectives

      Possessives

      Adverbs

      Prepositions

      Imperatives

      The Relative Pronoun yang

      PART THREE: Small Talk

      Name and Nationality

      Age

      Family

      Occupation

      Religion

      Weather

      Time

      Useful words and phrases

      PART FOUR: Getting Around

      Asking Directions

      Public Transportation

      Accommodation

      Sightseeing

      Leisure Activities

      Travel Tips

      PART FIVE: Eating and Drinking

      Basic Food Terms

      Vegetables

      Meat

      Seafood

      Cooking Terms

      Breakfast

      Common Menu Items

      Condiments and Snacks

      Fruits

      Drinks

      Taste

      Notes on Hygiene

      PART SIX: Happy Shopping

      Bargaining

      Souvenirs

      Clothing

      Sundries

      PART SEVEN: Things You Should Know

      Telephone

      Post Office

      Bank

      Customs and Police

      Filling Out Forms

      Health and Illness

      Parts of the Body

      Appendix A: Verb and Noun Affixes

      Appendix B: Suggestions for Further Study

      Bilingual Dictionaries

      English-Indonesian Dictionary

      Indonesian-English Dictionary

      Introduction

      Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia) is a relatively new spoken and written dialect of the Malay language, developed by Dutch scholars at the beginning of the 20th century as the standard or correct dialect to be taught in the colonial schools. It is an Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) tongue of amazing complexity, rich in vocabulary borrowed from Sanskrit, Arabic, Portuguese, Dutch, English, Chinese, Javanese, and many other languages.

      A colloquial pasar or market form of the language has been in use as the lingua franca throughout the archipelago for several centuries, and is quite simple to learn. This book is intended for visitors who wish to gain a working knowledge of colloquial Indonesian. Most visitors will find that a little study of a few words and phrases goes a very long way, and that most Indonesians are very happy to help you learn the language.

      The lessons are prioritized, with more important words and phrases being given first, so that you may profit no matter how deeply into the book you go. By studying the first section only, you acquire a basic survival Indonesian, and by mastering the first three sections you should be able to get around quite well on your own. In order to present each lesson clearly as a unit, we have found it necessary in some cases to repeat vocabulary.

      I do not apologize for preferring colloquial to standard or book Indonesian here, as this is the common spoken form of the language, and therefore the most readily understood. Care has been taken to include only vocabulary that has immediate practical application for visitors. By learning vocabulary items and practising the phrases, you will quickly gain a grasp of the language’s basic elements. Rather than include long and tedious lists of words and phrases in the lessons themselves, we have appended at the back of the book a miniature bilingual dictionary that should be adequate for the needs of most tourists.

      At the end of the book you will also find additional information on the use of verb and noun affixes, and suggestions for further study. Do not be deceived by the myth that Indonesian has no grammar. As one studies the language in greater depth, one realizes how complex it actually is. After several months or years, you may realize that while you are able to get by when speaking the language, it is as difficult as any other language to truly master. In fact the grammar, morphology, and syntax of the standard Indonesian taught in schools is as complex as any other language! While it is relatively easy to communicate at a very basic level in Indonesian, top-level proficiency requires dedication and effort.

      Thomas G. Oey, Ph.D.

      Acknowledgements

      I would like to thank my brother Eric, who originally suggested that I write this book, made many valuable suggestions, and edited the final manuscript. I would also like to thank my parents, Tom and Berenice; my aunt and uncle in Java, Tante Inggawati and Om Sutantho; the employees of Java Books and Java Engineering, who read portions of the draft and suggested many improvements; and Sudarno Sumarto, who read the draft in its final stages.

      DIALOG 1

      PART ONE

      The Basics

      Pronouncing Indonesian Correctly

      To learn to pronounce the language correctly, listen carefully to the CD accompanying this book, or to native speakers of Indonesian. Try to imitate their pronunciation as accurately as you can. Be aware, however, that there are many dialectical variations in Indonesian, some producing very strong accents. As a rule, stress is generally placed on the penultimate syllable.

      Unlike English, the spelling of Indonesian is consistently phonetic. The pronunciation is similar to Spanish or Italian.

      1.01

      Consonants

      Most are pronounced roughly as in English. The main exceptions are as follows:

      c is pronounced ch (formerly spelled tj)

      g is always hard, as in girl:

      h is very soft, and often not pronounced at all at the beginning and end of words or two different vowels:

      kh is found in words of Arabic derivation, and sounds like the ch in the Scottish word loch:

      ng is always soft, as in hanger:

      ngg is always hard, as in hunger:

      r is trilled or rolled, as in Spanish:

      Vowels

      There are six vowels (a, e, é, i, o, u) and two diphthongs (ai, au):

      a is short, like the a in father:

      e is usually unaccented (shwa), like the u in but:

      But occasionally, é sounds like the é in passé:

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