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Independent Verbs Prefix Ber- Posted by on Feb 28, 2017

Prefix “ber–” is often called a verbal prefix. This is because most of the words with this prefix are verbs, even though they may be derived from nouns, verbs, adjectives or numbers. “ber–” verbs are intransitive.  The meaning of the verbs will be based on the group they belong to. 1. Verb 2. Noun  Prefix “Ber-…

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Vegetable Vocabulary in Indonesian Posted by on Feb 23, 2017

We’ve been learning lots of Indonesian words for food on the blog recently. Go back and check out the written posts on fruit, meat & seafood, and vegetables in case you missed them. It always helps to have a pronunciation guide when learning new words, so here’s a short video featuring the vegetable vocabulary in Indonesian…

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Streets, Beats & Eats – Denpasar Posted by on Feb 21, 2017

Streets, Beats & Eats - Denpasar

Often overlooked by tourists, Bali’s capital city of Denpasar is home to museums, temples, markets, universities, and no shortage of places to wine and dine. Take a short tour to check out the “Streets, Beats & Eats” of Denpasar in this video, featuring the Bali Museum, Pura Jagatnatha Temple, some spicy local food, and a rockin’…

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Denpasar – Bali’s Capital Posted by on Feb 16, 2017

Denpasar adalah ibu kota Bali (Denpasar is the capital of Bali). The name of the city comes from two Balinese words – den (northern) and pasar (market). Although it’s not high on the radar of most tourists – who opt for the beaches or rice fields in favor of the chaotic streets of the city –…

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How to Say I Love You in Indonesian Posted by on Feb 14, 2017

It’s Valentine’s Day, and love is in the air all around the world. Well, except for in Banda Aceh, Sumatra, where the holiday has been banned. There are 364 other days in the year to express your love anyways, so why not learn how to say “I love you” in Indonesian? In this short video…

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Valentine’s Day in Indonesia Posted by on Feb 9, 2017

Valentine's Day in Indonesia

While many people across Indonesia will celebrate Valentine’s Day, there’s no love lost for this holiday in many parts of the country. As a matter of fact, it has even been banned in the city of Banda Aceh as the mayor declared it violates Islamic law. There will be no chocolates or flowers given in…

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Indonesian Vegetable Vocabulary Posted by on Feb 6, 2017

Vegetable Vocabulary in Indonesian

One very important task to master when living in another country is doing your grocery shopping in the local language. We’ve been teaching some useful Indonesian vocabulary for food, such as fruits, as well as meat and seafood. Today we’re going to round out your grocery list with some Indonesian vegetable vocabulary. Vegetable Vocabulary Don’t…

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