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Master Indonesian greetings by time of day, including pagi, siang, sore, malam, and phrases like sampai nanti, jumpa, bertemu, with apa kabar responses and polite forms bapak and ibu.
Spell and pronounce the Indonesian alphabet, greet others, and say goodbye in Indonesian while addressing locals properly.
Learn basic Indonesian conversation skills by identifying numbers in speech and writing, and asking about possessions, prices, and measurements.
Explore time structure in Indonesian by asking what time, when activities start and end, and how long they take, using jam berapa and berapa lama.
Identify time in speech and writing, and tell activities using time in Bahasa Indonesia, so you can answer what time it is when locals ask.
Learn Indonesian calendar basics: days of the week, months, and how to read dates using tangal, bulan, and tahun, plus asking kapan about ages and birthdays.
Learn to handle days, dates, months, and years in Indonesian, and respond to calendar questions about birth time and age; practice with locals to reinforce what you learned.
Learn Indonesian position by describing where people or objects sit or stand, using di before location and phrases like di samping, di sebelah kiri/kanan, and across my house.
Learn directional basics in Indonesian by mastering mata angin, the compass points, and how to say them, equipping beginners to navigate directions confidently.
Master essential dining expressions for eating out, including asking what you want to eat and drink, ordering, asking to add items, repeating orders, and asking how the food tastes.
Learn handy expressions to conduct a conversation with locals while eating out, enabling practical Indonesian communication and polite farewells with sampai bertemu lagi.
Learn essential Indonesian shopping expressions, including offering assistance, choosing items, bargaining, and making payments, to navigate a marketplace confidently.
Learn handy expressions to conduct conversations with locals while shopping, and use the Indonesian farewell sampai bertemu lagi.
This course is produced by Language Studies Indonesia, the leading language school for the study of Bahasa Indonesia, and is the only foreign language institution devoted solely to Indonesian language learning. This course complies with the standards of the Council of Europe's Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).
Delivered by the LSI's certified Indonesian language training specialists, we designed short and interactive high-quality video lessons to accommodate language learners who look for practical and straight-forward lessons in the shortest time possible. We spent many hours to develop short and simple videos to help you understand the lessons easily and we provide follow-up quizzes and interactive simulations after each video to help you master the language independently. You will also have a downloadable vocabulary list for each lesson.
You are expected to allocate a few minutes to watch each video and 30-45 minutes to complete the interactive exercises independently. You're free to study whenever you want, for as long as you want, wherever you are without any disruption to your daily routine.
This 12-Day Self-Study course will equip you with all the essentials you need to "hit the road running" at lightning speed and give you the "Survival Language" you need to start using Bahasa Indonesia.