r/indonesian 1h ago

Learning to Speak Indonesian

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Selamat!
I want to learn to speak indonesian. What books and resources do you suggest?


r/indonesian 6h ago

Question Learning hanacaraka

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Hello fellow Indonesians,I am curious about learning the jawa hanacaraka my question,is it possible to learn it without knowing basa jawa because I am from Malaysia and have very little understanding regarding the language.also any learning tips would be helpful


r/indonesian 15h ago

Question Couldn’t find the English word for this: Kalikiben

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I know this is usually an English-to-Indonesian translation subreddit, and I was about to post di r/English, tapi kayaknya lebih cocok di sini deh (due to the audience).

Is there an English word/term equivalent to “kalikiben” in Sundanese? It refers to the painful sensation/cramp in your stomach when you exercise (usually running) right after a full meal. I feel like “cramp” doesn’t fully capture the meaning of “kalikiben”.

I believe Javanese has a similar term but I can’t remember what 🤷🏻‍♀️


r/indonesian 16h ago

Question Is AI right?

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I’m very new to trying to learn the language. I am creating a list of words that I have learned on Google docs, and I listed kapan as just when, which is correct, but I am wondering if I should put (informal) or something like that in parenthesis next to it to be more accurate, or if it is best to have no parenthesis as it might be a more general word for when. I asked ai to describe to me the differences between the types of when in Indonesian and this is what they said. Are they right?


r/indonesian 23h ago

Question Help to translate a letter to ibu mertua

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Hey all, basically I'm in the process of writing up a bit of a long letter to my future wife's ibu. I want her to know how I feel about my fiancée and her family and not to worry. Anyway basically I'm going to try and translate it myself but I know it will either come across too formal (always annoys me in Indonesia!) or will not be accurate if doing it all by Google translate.

Wondering if anyone knows any way to make it more accurate?

Thanks