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Learning Indonesian
For those of you interested in learning a bit of the language - easily - can I suggest this website:
http://www.learningindonesian.com/
They have a great FREE downloadable series of MP3 learning guides along with some written guides following the lessons - also free.
You can buy the full deal if you want but for most of us the freebie is completely adequate.
If I see anyone else out walking their dogs babbling away in a foreign language I'll know you are headed to Indonesia (or mad, but possibly both).
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Hello
You slipped in very quietly. Welcom back
Regards Jimbo
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Hallo semua, I'm cici, your Indonesian guide.
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my karma ran over my dogma
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Jimbo I will definitely be buying the Bintangs in the arrival hall.
I see you still haven't managed to remove that arm growing out of your ear - damned NHS!
Thanks for the welcome - as you can imagine the joy isn't universal but hey, that's life :P
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Hi there! Is Indonesian a hard language to learn, anyway? I’ve been toying with the idea of learning it for quite a while, but I never quite got round to it and now I looked at the website it seems pretty cohesive and understandable. Do any of you speak fluent Indonesian and if so, how long did it take you to learn? I don’t know if I should start or not…
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Hi Wanda,
As the original poster on this thread I'll answer first: I don't speak Indonesian but have some experience with learning other languages so in the startup phase, at least, I can say it's not too bad to learn - there are some funny things to get your tongue around but the grammar is quite straightforward, compared to English anyway.
What I have done is to download the free lessons and handbook and put them on my mp3 player to listen to when walking the dog - the dog thinks I'm crazy anyway and he's learning Indonesian too. One further tip if you do decide start listening - get a small free program called Mp3 cutter joiner and chop the advertisement off the beginning of each segment - otherwise it will drive you nuts. It's just the first minute or so. Above all, have fun :lol:
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No I think Indonesian is an extremely easy language to learn.
I came to Bali 2 months ago to live never having even visited before, and I spent the first few weeks just goofing off on a vacation of sorts, so I didn't even make an attempt to start learning the language until about 1 month in. Now 1 month later, I am far from fluent but can already communicate effectively with people. There is even a girl here that I'm sort of seeing that I spend a few hours with everyday, and she speaks no english whatsoever. I don't have any problems communicating with her, although we do speak slowly and use simpler phrases.
It's very easy to pick up on the basics and if you want to learn just interact with the locals as much as you can. Just walk up to someone and start talking, Indonesians are extremely friendly, and even if you "hit your wall" and can't speak any more Indonesian to them, it's ok they will think it's cool just that you know a little bit and are trying.
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Thanks for that link Markit. :D
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Terima Kasih Kembali ("You're Welcome" for the uninitiated :lol: )
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Dear Markit
Easy to learn when you live there,when you have to function. Book/on line learning does not work.
I am Indonesian Born In Bandoeng Java,spoke fluent Bahasa
moved to the netherlands spoke fluent Dutch
moved to the USA spoke fluent english
Now I trip over all 3 languages,in one sentence sometimes I use all 3.No one can understand me unless they also speak all 3 tongues.
These languages stay with you forever,for some reason the brain has a big closet where it stores words in other languages.Sometimes words come flying out of my mouth that I have not said for 40-49yrs! (I am 51)
:)
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