Instant Indonesian by Stuart Robson & Julian Millie
Do you want to speak simple Indonesian but have no time for studying? Are you visiting Indonesia for a short time and want a phrase book to help you communicate? If so, Instant Indonesian is the book for you.
It’s amazing how 100 key words and phrases can provide instant communication. The idea for this language aid is simple: learn 100 words and phrases and say 1,000 things. The trick is knowing which 100 words to learn.
The authors have solved that specific problem, selecting only those words that you’ll hear and use again and again. Even with a vocabulary this small, you’ll be surprised how quickly, fluently and effectively you can communicate in Indonesian.
You’ll be flabbergasted at what you can get across with a vocabulary of only 100 key words. When I first started learning Indonesian, I can remember being able to cruise for weeks using variations on makan, tidur, mandi, terlambat, sebentar lagi, sekarang, belum and sudah (eat, sleep, bathe, too late, in a little while, now, not yet, already).
From the beginning, this guide will encourage you to use what words you do know skilfully in infinite combinations of sentences! In one month of diligent work, you’ll be able to speak pasar melayu (market talk), an extremely useful level of proficiency.
Don’t worry about grammatical errors as this self-consciousness is a tremendous block to learning. You have to make mistakes to learn. Children are quite willing to be wrong; that’s why they can lean a foreign language so quickly. Children don’t care about being grammatically correct. Speaking perfect Indonesian is of little concern to Indonesians; you’ll always be given the benefit of the doubt and score points for trying!
Whether it be meeting and relating to people, going shopping, bargaining, asking directions, taking public transport, ordering food and drinks, this reasonably-priced little book is your instant passport to communicating in Indonesian - the most highly evolved and most sophisticated pidgin language in the world.
Instant Indonesian: How to Express 1,000 Different Ideas with Just 100 Key Words and Phrases by Stuart Robson & Julian Millie, pocket size, 160 pages, ISBN 0-8048-3371-0. Price: Rp45,000.
Available at Periplus Bookshops in the Bali Galleria and in the Matahari in Kuta, Warung Made in Seminyak, Ngurah Rai Airport (both international and domestic terminals), in Gramedia Bookstores, and in Ary’s, Ganesha and Periplus bookshops of Ubud.
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