Learning Bahasa Indonesia

norie

Re: Bali weather report ... Have some fun guys... http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=BW9px6ELxMA hehe.. yeah n1 manuel.. i was thinking also.. how about a forum topic to help us novices - .. " common indonesian phrases " to help us pick up the lingo.. good morning.. how are you.. etc etc.. i only picked up terima kasih, sama sama oh + saya cinta kamu !! :oops:

norie

thx for the heads up freo.. was this post moved to here.. as i thought i was replying in the "weather report topic " as im quoting manuels post ?? also of topic.. do you know why it says im in unites states ?? where it has date time i posted ?

Bert Vierstra

[b]Re: RE: Learning Bahasa Indonesia[/b] [quote=norie] also of topic.. do you know why it says im in unites states ?? where it has date time i posted ?[/quote] Because you use AOL. America Online routes all its (European) web traffic through N. American IP addresses.

FreoGirl

RE: Bali weather report ... Hi Norie There is already quite a lot of resources on the internet to help with learning Bahasa Indoensia. Some to check out: Indonesian language websites. http://www.hello-indonesia.com/HelloInd ... nguage.htm http://www.bluep.com/~gerome/ http://users.skynet.be/dvran/bahasa_links1.htm http://www.travlang.com/languages/cgi-b ... choice.cgi http://www.geocities.com/mbordt/lang1.htm http://www.seasite.niu.edu/indonesian/p ... ays_fs.htm http://www.seasite.niu.edu/indonesian/ http://nlp.aia.bppt.go.id/cgi-bin/search.cgi http://www.gimonca.com/sejarah/pronounce.shtml http://coralreeffish.com/balinese.htm http://www.travlang.com/languages http://home.mira.net/~wreid/bali_lng.html http://people.freenet.de/indonesian/

norie

yeah when allan mentioned it could be my ISP.. kinda thought it was AOL.. they suck big time.. preferred my last ISP with unlimited downloads.. none of this "fair use crap" lol

FreoGirl

[b]Re: RE: Learning Bahasa Indonesia[/b] [quote=norie]thx for the heads up freo.. was this post moved to here.. as i thought i was replying in the "weather report topic " as im quoting manuels post ?? also of topic.. do you know why it says im in unites states ?? where it has date time i posted ?[/quote] Sorry, my bad, I split the topic but got distracted and didnt' pm you to let you know. Your question/suggestion could be easily buried in the a topic about a steamy weather report, so I split it. Also helps anyone else searching the forum if the topics are relevant to the content. Cheers Freo

manuel

hi nori nice to meet you ... finally i get time to come back to forum ... still feel jetlag .... anyway ... nori i can tell you that the best way to learn indonesian is to come here .. but im getting confusing and can understand the difference between bahasa balinese and indonesian ..... ill come back soon ... ciao manuel :)

Surya Dharma

This is an old thread, but I just thought I would let you know that there is a good school in Ubud now called Cinta Bahasa. They have lots of teachers and lots of students and the reviews are all very good, and my experience was just fantastic. I'm amazed at how much I enjoy speaking Indonesian, and how much I respect the Indonesian people now that I can speak with them and hear what they really think, not just talk to those who can speak English. It makes me love this country even more than before! Saya cinta bahasa Indonesia!

Lea

Surya Dharma, so glad you posted this message...Wanting myself and my two sons 15 and 21 to fluently learn Bahasa...Knew there was a school in Ubud but had no further information...Do you have costs of this school or any more information...

JonnyBGood

There is a great book+cd in PuriPlus cost 300.000 rupiah

Markit

These guys do a great service and most of it is free with terrific support. Learning Indonesian - Home Have all their lessons on my phone inbetween the music. I'm fairly stupid so it's taking a long, long, long time. Pelan-pelan

San

Hello everyone, Since my last post (when I was still in Holland and asked about job opportunities in Bali) everything is going great. I'm living in Bali now, and found a job, will have a kitas soon, found a great house. I'm trying to improve my Indonesian but it's quiet hard ..I think I'll need to do a course to get me motivated and to keep me studying! I've already found some information about a few courses but their prices were extremely high! I'm looking for an affordable course which doesn't last 2 weeks but will really improve my Indonesian. Does anyone has some good tips for me? Thanks a lot! San

hinakos

Hi San My gf did a course with IALF, it took longer than 2 weeks, but with any of these companies you just need to contact them and they'll taylor anything you want. Theres a load of freelancers out there that will custom to whatever you want also. BTW, what kind of job did you end up getting?

spicyayam

I just start learning Indonesian and having been using this site: http://www.learningindonesian.com/ It's free and very well done. I have downloaded all of the lessons to my ipod and slowly making my way through them all.

bolli

you should ask around, there are many Indonesians happy to earn a few Rup. by giving lessons. :D

San

Hi, thanks for the info till so far! I found a job as a personal assistant. So that's great! I use Learningindonesian.com as well, it's great! But I still need some more pushing..to actually do it. I think learning in a group would be the best way for me. The IALF is quite expensive I thought so that's way over my budget.. Any other tips? Thanks!

calitobali

I was in the same boat before. My plan to earn money out here didn't really pan out, so I can't afford to pay for the lessons. The great part is that Indonesians are generally more than happy to help you, free of charge as long as your good company. Go to a local warung and sit down and start talking. Or get an Indonesian girlfriend. It's actually a really easy language to learn, I've been here about 4 months, and the compliments I get from people I meet have steadily gone from "sudah pintar bahasa indonesia" to "sudah lancar bahasa indonesia", the latter meaning fluent. I'm certainly not fluent but I can't think of another language I could have become conversational in so quickly.