Colloquial Indonesian: The Complete Course for Beginners [Book]

✍ Scribed by Sutanto Atmosumarto

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 1994
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 335
• Series: Colloquial
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

For a full list of titles in the Colloquial series, please visit https://www.routledge.com/Colloquial-Series/book-series/SE0069

Colloquial Indonesian: The Complete Course for Beginners has been carefully developed by an experienced teacher to provide a step-by-step course to Indonesian as it is written and spoken today.

Combining a clear, practical and accessible style with a methodical and thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Indonesian in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required.

Colloquial Indonesian is exceptional; each unit presents a wealth of grammatical points that are reinforced with a wide range of exercises for regular practice.

Key features include:
• A clear, user-friendly format designed to help learners progressively build up their speaking, listening, reading and writing skills
• Jargon-free, succinct and clearly structured explanations of grammar
• An extensive range of focused and dynamic supportive exercises
• Realistic and entertaining dialogues covering a broad variety of narrative situations
• Helpful cultural points explaining the customs and features of life in Indonesian
• An overview of the sounds of Indonesian

Balanced, comprehensive and rewarding, Colloquial Indonesian is an indispensable resource both for independent learners and students taking courses in Indonesian.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Colloquial Indonesian
Copyright
Contents
Introduction
A guide to transcription and pronunciation
1 Nama saya John Stanton: My name is John Stanton
2 ltu bukan isteri John Hardy: That is not John Hardy's wife
3 Ada berapa hari dalam setahun?: How many days are there in a year?
4 Di mana Monumen Nasional?: Where is the National Monument?
5 Bagaimana rumah anda yang baru?: What's your new house like?
6 Apa anda suka berjalan?: Do you like walking?
7 Tanggal berapa hari ini?: What's today's date ?
8 Saudara menunggu siapa?: Who are you waiting for?
9 Johnny membersihkan kamar tidurnya: Johnny cleans his bedroom
10 Perjalanan ke Indonesia: Flying to Indonesia
11 Apa kemejaku sudah dicuci?: Has somebody washed my shirt?
12 Tolong, ambilkan saya kertas ...: Please could you get me ... some papers
13 Mana yang lebih enak?: Which is more enjoyable?
14 Dia mengasihi semua pegawainya: The wise director
15 Jari kakinya terinjak orang: Someone has stepped on his foot
16 Saya kecapean: I'm so tired
17 Lebaran – hari raya nasional: Lebaran – a national holy day
Ready reference grammar
Key to the exercises
Indonesian–English glossary
Grammatical index

✦ Subjects

Indonesian language