Make sure to produce the sound with the clear articulation. That is why most of Indonesians like to speak clearly. Unlike English, Indonesia doesn’t have any linking sounds. In speaking Bahasa Indonesia, you should pronounce a word as clear as possible. It doesn’t need any change whether it is plural or singular subject since Bahasa Indonesia doesn’t have any various verb. So, how to make it into passive? Yes, you could say ‘ Mie dimasak oleh saya.’ for the passive form. As the example: ‘ Saya memasak mie’ in active sentence.

It just needs the affix ‘me’ for the active verb and affix ‘di’ for the passive verb. The next characteristic is, you could change the active sentence into passive sentence as easy as pie in Bahasa Indonesia. The easy form of passive-active sentence.The examples are: ‘ makanan’, ‘ masakan’, ‘ mainan’.

Meanwhile the suffix ‘an’ behind a verb is used for deriving a noun. As the example, ‘ memasak’, ‘ menyapu’, ‘ berlibur’, ‘ bersepeda’. Affixes ‘ me’ and ‘ ber’ in front of the verb are usually used for making a verb. Affixes in Indonesia called ‘ awalan’, while suffixes called ‘ akhiran’. While you find three kinds of verb on English, which are: verb 1, verb 2, and Verb 3, it doesn’t find anything like that in Indonesian language.Īffixes and suffixes have the important role in derivation of the words in Indonesian Language.

It has been stated that Verbs in Bahasa Indonesia is all the same. Meanwhile in Indonesia, there is no exception of making tenses. In English, you would find an exception while you are going to use Simple Present Tense for singular subject. I would compare this language with English to illustrate it. If you find many exceptions in other languages, you would rarely find them here. Compared to say ‘ desa’, just say it using common ‘e’ sound.īahasa Indonesia is a consistent language. As the example in saying ‘ teman’, you should use (ə) sound. Although the sounds (ə), (ɛ), or (ɔ) are also used in some words, it would not make any difference in the way how it is pronounce. It has 5 standard kinds of vowel sounds, such as: a, i, u, e, o. If you have already mastered alphabet in Bahasa Indonesia, you could pronounce this language very well. You just need to read as what it is written. Unlike other languages, Bahasa Indonesia is easier to pronounce.

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