Archive for December, 2014
Christmas Celebration in Indonesia Posted by asimonoff on Dec 31, 2014
Christmas is one of most celebrated religious holidays in Indonesia, after Eid al-Fitr, the Islamic religious celebration. In big cities and areas with majority Christian communities, the spirit of Christmas celebrations can be seen and felt everywhere; houses and malls are adorned with Christmas decorations. Christmas songs, especially “Malam Kudus” or “Silent Night,”…
The Kraton of Yogyakarta Posted by sasha on Dec 29, 2014
Explore the grand royal palace of the Sultan of Yogyakarta in this short travel video. Includes highlights of a traditional Javanese gamelan orchestra as well as dance performances.
Indonesian Christmas Vocabulary Posted by sasha on Dec 22, 2014
Indonesia doesn’t exactly come to mind when you think of countries that celebrate Christmas, as 85% of the population are Muslim. That being said, about 10% are Christians, which amounts to about 20 million people. Plenty of people go to mass on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day, and it’s not hard to find Christmas trees…
Sentence Structure (Introduction) Posted by asimonoff on Dec 20, 2014
Indonesian grammar is similar to English grammar. Generally, a sentence contains a subject, followed by a verb and then an object. Verbs are not inflected for person or number. Indonesian does not incorporate tenses. Indicating past or future tense requires auxiliary verbs (time signals), which is very simple. Examples: Subject Auxiliary Verb Verb Object SayaI…
Indonesian Possessive Pronouns (Exercises) Posted by asimonoff on Dec 14, 2014
The following exercises are to accompany the video of the similar topic has previously been posted. The Noun Phrases’ Word Order Even though Indonesian sentence structure is similar to English, Indonesian noun phrases are written in a different word order. The following “123-321 method” will help you understand how to write the English equivalent of…
Possessive Pronouns in Indonesian Posted by sasha on Dec 12, 2014
Continue in our Beginner Bahasa Indonesia series by learning possessive pronouns and how to use them.
10 Things to Do in Yogyakarta Posted by sasha on Dec 8, 2014
As we mentioned in the last post, Yogyakarta is the cultural and educational center of Java. There’s a lot to do in this fascinating city, so in order to make your trip planning a bit easier, here are 10 of the best things to do in Jogja: