The Indonesian Language (Bahasa Indonesia)

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  • čas přidán 14. 10. 2016
  • Today's video is all about the Indonesian language (Bahasa Indonesia), its history and development, its features, and its colloquial varieties called Bahasa Gaul. Special thanks to Evan Chandra for his audio samples and help with Bahasa Gaul!
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  • @Langfocus
    @Langfocus  Před 4 lety +539

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    • @AuliaPutri-ce2md
      @AuliaPutri-ce2md Před 4 lety +4

      Teach me about english grammarr pleasee... It's the most important for me... 🙏

    • @bayuww1417
      @bayuww1417 Před 4 lety +5

      Just for Reference
      3.18 : we don't call "motherland" but "waterland".
      Thanks for video. Nice work

    • @andreyanno6271
      @andreyanno6271 Před 4 lety +9

      @@bayuww1417 bahas inggris Tanah air kan emang Motherland,, tanah air itu konteksnya bukan air, tp satu kesatuan tanah dan air

    • @valirkazam536
      @valirkazam536 Před 4 lety +1

      Gak pakai sedang langsung mereka memasak itu sudah jadi future

    • @MerahPutih14
      @MerahPutih14 Před 4 lety

      @@AuliaPutri-ce2md buat apaan? Buat keluar negeri lu?

  • @pantheratigris5311
    @pantheratigris5311 Před 5 lety +2859

    If you're not Indonesian and you speak standard Indonesian, it is OK. Indonesian will respond to you with standard Indonesian too.

    • @KarrasBastomi
      @KarrasBastomi Před 5 lety +70

      This

    • @Si_nengatcha
      @Si_nengatcha Před 5 lety +61

      True

    • @yaaakaleee4911
      @yaaakaleee4911 Před 5 lety +346

      yeah , but if you are Indonesian using standard maybe we will giving you a smile for fun

    • @prasetyanandage
      @prasetyanandage Před 5 lety +19

      True

    • @noname-pe1fn
      @noname-pe1fn Před 5 lety +159

      Well, mostly people who always use local language in conversation they will reply with standard bahasa indonesia (with local accent of course).
      They never use this bahasa gaul, I found this kind of people in rural area in java, bali etc.

  • @yez1062
    @yez1062 Před 4 lety +1484

    Japanese: has various levels of politeness
    Indonesian: has various levels of *casualty*

    • @edelweissurya6409
      @edelweissurya6409 Před 3 lety +203

      wait until you hear about javanese

    • @sigitprabowo363
      @sigitprabowo363 Před 3 lety +151

      @@edelweissurya6409 3 levels of language with three level of casualty haha

    • @alexkoumis858
      @alexkoumis858 Před 3 lety +202

      you mean casualness? Casualty is for the hospital...;-)

    • @sigitprabowo363
      @sigitprabowo363 Před 3 lety +25

      @@alexkoumis858 yeah, thanks for reminding us

    • @commenter2941
      @commenter2941 Před 2 lety +17

      i think that is "casualness", why casualty is "accident"

  • @koolchick20
    @koolchick20 Před 2 lety +802

    I'm from Mexico 🇲🇽 and I'm trying to learn this beautiful language since I have so many friends from Indonesia (Sumatra, Java and Gorontalo). I hope I can learn since the alphabet is not different like the other languages from Asia.
    Thanks for this video, it's very interesting.

    • @axeptry97
      @axeptry97 Před 2 lety +11

      i will teach you

    • @sahrielnewbie9054
      @sahrielnewbie9054 Před 2 lety +13

      i want to teach you, in order you teach me spanish 😁

    • @karinsetiamukti4450
      @karinsetiamukti4450 Před 2 lety +11

      saludas desde indonesia, yo aprendo español 😁

    • @koolchick20
      @koolchick20 Před 2 lety +5

      @@karinsetiamukti4450 ¡Excelente! Saludos Karin 😀

    • @lappipihentai5000
      @lappipihentai5000 Před 2 lety +6

      Aprender nuevos alfabetos no es tan difícil, aprendí a leer el alfabeto del árabe en una semana más o menos.

  • @RobertMurphy-sx8lc
    @RobertMurphy-sx8lc Před rokem +97

    I learnt Indonesian at high school in Sydney (Australia) in 1968-69 and as a part-time course at Uni in 1970. I also studied German. The one thing we had to do extra was to learn a bit of Nederlands because most of the history books for Indonesia were still in Nederlands. At the end of 1970 I moved to Cape Town (South Africa) and due to my German and Nederlands studies, I quickly learnt Afrikaans, and I was also surprised that my Indonesian was also helpful with the Cape Malays who also spoke/speak a broken form of Malay, which I could reasonably understand.

  • @crystalizedapple5891
    @crystalizedapple5891 Před 3 lety +2471

    Fun fact,
    "apakah kamu mau duduk?"
    "apa kamu mau duduk?"
    "kamu mau duduk? "
    "apa mau duduk?"
    "mau duduk?"
    "duduk?"
    they all can have the same meaning, which is "do you want to sit?" and the shorter it is the less formal it can be

    • @riah375
      @riah375 Před 3 lety +46

      @BlueScreen yea lmao

    • @crystalizedapple5891
      @crystalizedapple5891 Před 3 lety +38

      @BlueScreen that probably happened before

    • @09dindaayularasati65
      @09dindaayularasati65 Před 3 lety +261

      Or just tap the empty seat next to you

    • @dhedetry8571
      @dhedetry8571 Před 3 lety +284

      ''sini''
      Tapping the chair
      Wait, that is ordering, not asking

    • @hafizilmi7255
      @hafizilmi7255 Před 3 lety +124

      Usually I'll use "kamu mau duduk?" because it's simple
      But "duduk?" is kinda cringe

  • @farrelsirah
    @farrelsirah Před 5 lety +2203

    Indonesia adalah bahasaku
    Ulangan bahasa Indonesia: 70
    Ulangan bahasa Inggris: 96

    • @ray_zor5585
      @ray_zor5585 Před 5 lety +107

      How to Indonesia 101.
      Sama njir...

    • @Hi-wb7tr
      @Hi-wb7tr Před 5 lety +32

      Gw bgt

    • @fitriaahsani1286
      @fitriaahsani1286 Před 5 lety +302

      Soalnya ujian bahasa indonesia modelnya
      Opsi A: benar
      Opsi B: mungkin benar
      Opsi C: agak lebih benar dari sebelumnya
      Opsi D: sebenernya sih ini bener juga
      Opsi E: ternyata juga benar
      Beda sama b.inggris yg 'rules'nya (grammar, tenses, dll) jelas

    • @duduliando2430
      @duduliando2430 Před 5 lety +55

      Saya sarjana teknik mesin , ipk diatas 3 , hampir semua dapat A Dan B, inggris1,2,3dapat A tapi Bahasa Indonesia saya D , ,,, jujur jujur jujur

    • @agustinusjepri4312
      @agustinusjepri4312 Před 5 lety +6

      Very simple

  • @yourgirl8320
    @yourgirl8320 Před 2 lety +249

    A West Papuan here, :), to answer your question, I only speak Standard Indonesian when I have to read an official document or present something in class. For everyday use however, with friends, parents, teachers, and even strangers, I use a dialect called Papuan Malay. Though for older people, I use a more polite version. Standard Indonesian is usually considered too stiff by people around here. I can write in Standard Indonesian very well though.
    p.s. To be truthful, I think I speak English way better than I speak Standard Indonesian, haha.

    • @arsyapermana1
      @arsyapermana1 Před 2 lety +9

      Papuan Malay kinda have different structures from standard Indonesian, that what i find it interesting.
      When i listening to papuan malay song, its always sounds beautiful because simple and meaningful at the same time
      Maybe religion is the biggest factor that you can speak english better?

    • @yourgirl8320
      @yourgirl8320 Před 2 lety +15

      @@arsyapermana1 ahaha I suppose Papuan songs are like that, and no, I just go to an international school :)

    • @emanuelutolua9724
      @emanuelutolua9724 Před 2 lety +2

      Do you also speak any Papuan language(s)?

    • @yourgirl8320
      @yourgirl8320 Před 2 lety +7

      @@emanuelutolua9724 I understand the Dani language but cant speak it very well 😅

    • @emanuelutolua9724
      @emanuelutolua9724 Před 2 lety +5

      @@yourgirl8320I'll check out the Dani language - sounds interesting.Thank you, @yourgirl;)!

  • @weldisini1282
    @weldisini1282 Před 3 lety +395

    As a Filipino, I really wanted to learn Bahasa Indonesia. Hopefully I could meet someone to teach me or exchange language hehe
    (Saya cinta bahasa indonesia

    • @helldronez
      @helldronez Před 2 lety +3

      nice, have a discord? 😂

    • @weldisini1282
      @weldisini1282 Před 2 lety +3

      @@helldronez can telegram? 😂

    • @karinkerin_
      @karinkerin_ Před 2 lety +7

      Oh my, can i be your friend? :D i wanna learn Filipino too(even though not really that fluent but at least i can😁)

    • @edricpranatajoe4173
      @edricpranatajoe4173 Před 2 lety

      Bagus

    • @wtfrudointhere
      @wtfrudointhere Před 2 lety +1

      hi, ahaha... im learning some tagalog words also

  • @dvst4610
    @dvst4610 Před 7 lety +1111

    An Indonesian viewer here, and here are my answers to the questions you asked at the end of the video :
    Personally, my native language is Bahasa Indonesia, neither one of all other variety of languages spoken here. It's because I was raised speaking Bahasa Indonesia since my parents are from different ethnicity and they also had to live approximately 1000 kilometers away from where they originated.
    I use standard Indonesian to speak to older people, to speak in classrooms, or to speak formally. It is (obviously) a more polite language to use. Bahasa Indonesia and bahasa Gaul is very similar in comparison with English and its Slang words. If you use standard Indonesian at the wrong time, you will often get called a person that's 'impolite'.
    For bahasa Gaul, I use it casually in day-to-day basis to friends and on the internet, and to family members. People prefer using bahasa Gaul since it is very simple and if you speak the language, you'll also get called 'gaul' or 'kekinian' (Which in English, roughly translates to 'a cool kid' or 'a modern kid'). If you're close enough with a person, it is preferred to use bahasa Gaul instead of standard Indonesian. Some people can get uncomfortable if you use standard Indonesian to speak with someone close enough since you will sound very serious, and in most cases people will think that there is a problem. Hence why you used standard Indonesian to sound more mature in the 'problem-solving progress'.
    Hopefully my answer could help you guys in determining 'when to' and 'when not to' use bahasa Gaul/bahasa Indonesia.
    Cheers!
    *Keep up the good work, Paul!

    • @theatycraft_dc8827
      @theatycraft_dc8827 Před 5 lety +4

      Wow

    • @fadelengelen2217
      @fadelengelen2217 Před 5 lety +41

      Anak gaul = kids nowaday

    • @Loonaurtheworld
      @Loonaurtheworld Před 5 lety +15

      @@fadelengelen2217 kids jaman now 😂😂😂

    • @aqimjulayhi8798
      @aqimjulayhi8798 Před 5 lety +36

      In Malaysia, the bahasa gaul word 'lu' is usually associated with gangsterism. "Lu mau apa?" sounds very threatening.

    • @novanvandamma915
      @novanvandamma915 Před 5 lety +65

      @@aqimjulayhi8798 Yes, it also has that same connotation in Indonesia if you used it that way, that's why you only used it with your friends, or younger guys.
      Some places, such as Medan People has an offensive angry-like tone to say something, combine it with 'Lu mau apa?' and it does make your soul a bit shaken. Lmao. But seriously.
      Some of my friends use "Aku" normally instead and it does sound funny, because it has intimate and girly connotation, you used it on your family, lover, or close friend (only girls).
      Please pardon my long ass comment.

  • @Azra00911
    @Azra00911 Před 5 lety +1656

    English : i told you not to do that
    Indonesia : kan

  • @UV980
    @UV980 Před rokem +32

    After never encountering Indonesian before, it seems like the most perfect and utilitarian language out there

    • @wisemonkey9858
      @wisemonkey9858 Před rokem +9

      That’s why it was ideally suited to become a trading language lingua franca across Maritime Southeast Asia

    • @carkawalakhatulistiwa
      @carkawalakhatulistiwa Před 9 měsíci +2

      unlike espargaro which is an artificial language. Indonesian language is a language that is used by many people and is native language

  • @kurtjamesbrenalivo3604
    @kurtjamesbrenalivo3604 Před rokem +17

    I'm a surigaonon( a Philippine dialect) and Indonesian words is also similar in my language, I've been thinking if could learn Indonesian- because for me it's interesting.

  • @AlwaysOnForever
    @AlwaysOnForever Před 4 lety +2380

    Fun fact:
    Most of indonesian students got higher english score than indonesian language

    • @agungpratama6134
      @agungpratama6134 Před 4 lety +157

      Correct

    • @chum.8226
      @chum.8226 Před 4 lety +116

      Lah kok tau

    • @aryaksatrya3898
      @aryaksatrya3898 Před 4 lety +317

      Cuz they put high standards on indonesian language than english

    • @albar-maulana
      @albar-maulana Před 3 lety +360

      Because in public school we learned all aspect that cover indonesian langugae including : literature, history, anything that related with language
      While in english subject, we only learn the tiniest piece of language, which is grammar.

    • @bintangprisanto5448
      @bintangprisanto5448 Před 3 lety +5

      Ya karena gak usah belajar bhs

  • @DimiStranaHD
    @DimiStranaHD Před 7 lety +2320

    Aku org Brunei yg bisa/dapat/boleh memahami bahasa melayu Indonesia dan bahasa melayu Malaysia.. sebab kenapa? sebab kita ini serumpun yg sejak awal bahasa melayu adalah bahasa kita di NUSANTARA tpi setelah dipisahkan oleh penjajah... rata2 skrg bnyk org nga/tidak kenal apa itu serumpun... jdi jgn hairan kalau ada org ckp/bilang "ini bukan bahasa melayu, ini adalah bahasa indonesia ataupun ini bukan bahasa indonesia, ini adalah bahasa melayu" ... sebab kita ini adalah serumpun pada awalnya.. !!

  • @anggapranata9619
    @anggapranata9619 Před 3 lety +154

    We speak standard Indonesian in formal situation such as school, media, writing, and any formal context. For bahasa gaul, actually, since I am from Sumatra, I rarely speak bahasa gaul but still understand when people speak bahasa gaul. So in informal situation, I just mix standard indonesian and bahasa gaul because some people find it's weird and awkward if you just speak standard indonesian

    • @ahab9712
      @ahab9712 Před rokem +2

      Now this fascinates me. Like, you are from Indonesia but it is awkward if you speak Indonesian, the language of Indonesia. It seems wierd to me. But this is common throughout Asia, to have lots of local languages rather than one langauge for the country.

    • @prezentoappr1171
      @prezentoappr1171 Před rokem +2

      @@ahab9712 Diglossia i think Paul already talk about this

    • @hilmatrix
      @hilmatrix Před rokem +8

      ​@@ahab9712I think it is because standard indonesia seems too polite if used to talk with friends, it is as if employee talking with boss or student with school principal, so we use bahasa gaul to relax the tension 😅

    • @pangitak
      @pangitak Před 9 měsíci

      I have questions are u also using formal bahasa Indonesia to ur fellow Indonesia but different at locality

    • @anggapranata9619
      @anggapranata9619 Před 9 měsíci +1

      @@pangitak Yes, but with some adaptation on how they speak bahasa Indonesia. Because each region has their own uniqueness in speaking bahasa Indonesia. As time goes, Bahasa Indonesia has experienced assimilation with local languages, especially Javanese, Sundanese, Betawi, Jakarta accents, etc

  • @najjems
    @najjems Před 2 lety +46

    As an Indonesian learner, I did find it helpful to initially learn standard Indonesian. It's especially helpful when reading official documents, news or literature, and if you plan to travel throughout different provinces of Indonesia, since everyone can speak it.
    However once you settle in one area, I do think it's better to learn the bahasa gaul or the local language of that area, it allows you communicate and bond with the locals even better.

    • @muhammadbasir83
      @muhammadbasir83 Před rokem

      I do agree with you. So, how is your progress..?

    • @user-nn7lv4ft2j
      @user-nn7lv4ft2j Před 4 měsíci

      Kami punya ribuan lebih bahasa dan suku kalau mau belajari semua bahasa daerah perlu waktu ratusan tahun untuk itu, tapi kami bersatu dengan bahasa indonesia

    • @rusticcloud3325
      @rusticcloud3325 Před 2 měsíci +1

      Correct way of thinking! Standard Indonesian is really useful for reading various infos. But adjusting to local dialects is very useful too albeit should be done later.

  • @sugiripmurti
    @sugiripmurti Před 5 lety +1174

    This video is a result of careful & serious research. As an Indonesian, I really appreciate your effort in making this video. Thank you!

  • @DBT1007
    @DBT1007 Před 7 lety +713

    FYI, most of indonesians are born bilingual.. except for the one who lived in the city like Jakarta for a looong time.(they just can understand the bahasa indonesia in his/her childhood)
    Their first or second language is bahasa indonesia, and their second or first language is their tribe's language :) annndd we got english in the school.. soo basically some students or educated ppl can speak 3 language.. trilingual.(if they studied well)
    some muslims(not all muslims) can also fluently speak arabic, some chinese(not all of chinese) in here can also fluently speak chinese(mandarin/cantonese/etc), and also in some highschool, arabic, mandarin, japanese, french, german are being thought.
    So.. some indonesians can speak up to 5 languages(or more).. even not fluently.

    • @kuaci6522
      @kuaci6522 Před 7 lety +50

      lol so true.

    • @elpuuut
      @elpuuut Před 7 lety +81

      Dzulfiqar Bagas Tito plus who has parents from different part of Indonesia gonna learn both languages fluently or not. I live in tangsel with mom from sumbar and dad from jateng. i can understand padang and javanese languages lil bit, and because tangsel was still part of west java (not banten yet) when i was a kid, i learned sundanese at school too.

    • @dianagoei4968
      @dianagoei4968 Před 7 lety +11

      this is so true for me. hahaha

    • @RadenPrabowo1
      @RadenPrabowo1 Před 7 lety +41

      People from certain area in East Java ( cities like Probolinggo, Situbondo ... near Madura) many of them are trilingual. They speak Bahasa Indonesia, Javanese and Madurese.

    • @Girvid
      @Girvid Před 7 lety +8

      And what about the Dutch language?

  • @garrettjohnston2577
    @garrettjohnston2577 Před 2 lety +20

    Great video. Been studying and speaking bahasa Indonesian for ~ 1 year living in Indo. It's definitely very regionalized with people still using some words from their home areas regardless of where they live, and most people understand the variations from Java, but maybe not from Sumba. As for the formal part of the language, you only read it but never speak it.

  • @nandhaazmi
    @nandhaazmi Před 2 lety +25

    _Saya lebih suka bicara bahasa standar indonesia dan dicampur dengan beberapa bahasa melayu. Karena menurut saya itu lebih elegan dan terkesan sopan._

    • @HestonSinurayaJogja
      @HestonSinurayaJogja Před rokem +10

      Anda perlu menambahkan imbuhan ber pada kata bicara agar menjadi bahasa Indonesia standar.

    • @LeroyUrocyon
      @LeroyUrocyon Před měsícem +2

      Saya juga melakukan hal yang sama seperti Anda, ada juga halaman di mana Anda bisa mengubah tulisan latin menjadi Jawi

  • @sirbjergsen308
    @sirbjergsen308 Před 5 lety +606

    every single language in the word: exists
    indonesian: i bet we can simplify it.

  • @syxca
    @syxca Před 5 lety +1361

    we're also learn Bahasa Indonesia in Rotterdam
    Greetings from Dutch 🇳🇱🇳🇱🇳🇱

    • @smuggirl8541
      @smuggirl8541 Před 5 lety +39

      No way

    • @syxca
      @syxca Před 5 lety +85

      @@smuggirl8541 ikr? its kinda ironic but is true and btw I've tasted one of your meals called "karak telor" i think?

    • @smuggirl8541
      @smuggirl8541 Před 5 lety +31

      @@syxca ohhh okay. Then you like that meals ? I mean, I just don't tasted it yet. Cause I'm in Sumatra, and too far to go to Jakarta.

    • @syxca
      @syxca Před 5 lety +29

      @@smuggirl8541 no... i didn't like it but i mean i do love it bcz the unique taste,i just forgot the name

    • @AgneshaMarlenggaPutra
      @AgneshaMarlenggaPutra Před 5 lety +26

      @@syxca kerak telor is from Batavia tradition. (Jakarta)

  • @HelgeMoulding
    @HelgeMoulding Před rokem +13

    Native German speaker here - the Dutch loan words throw me for a loop when I come across them.

    • @edwina.haloho757
      @edwina.haloho757 Před rokem +1

      Several words in german that similar to Indonesian :
      Tasche - tas
      Musik - musik
      Hemd - hem (usually by batak people)
      Stadion - stadion
      Verboten - perboden
      Motorrad - motor
      Pantoffeln - pantopel
      Lupe - lup
      Busse - bus
      Taxi - taksi
      Chor - koor
      Koffer - koper
      Schlappen - selop
      München - Munchen
      Wien - Wina
      Schweiz - Swiss

  • @SomeoneCommenting
    @SomeoneCommenting Před 2 lety +34

    Every time that I see each of these videos I keep wondering about the biological mechanism in the human brain to come up with so many different ways of communication. It's amazing how in some languages the human has been able to construct sentences to express some ideas that cannot have an exact equivalent in another language. It happens the most when you use local phrases and coloquial language. You get the idea perfectly in your language, but you struggle thinking about which words to use if you tried to translate it. Things don't get so easy once you start to get away from the basic standard language, and you don't have to go all the way to slang. Just normal uncommon phrasing still using standard words can throw you off.

  • @thatjuicychicken1650
    @thatjuicychicken1650 Před 5 lety +1785

    Javanese is more simple!
    1.English: Walking on side of the road carefully.
    2.Indonesian: Berjalan di pinggir jalan dengan hati hati.
    3.Javanese: Mlipir.
    (Edit:Thanks for 1000 likes)

  • @Babamcat
    @Babamcat Před 6 lety +890

    Actually, STANDART BAHASA INDONESIA are only used at the moment :
    1. Formal
    2. Textbook
    3. News (on TV)
    In daily life, we using our local language 😁 and also Bahasa Gaul 😂

    • @budimanlim9330
      @budimanlim9330 Před 6 lety +7

      I cannot agree more with you.This is the first time I make a comment on youtube, but since I really when people say it, I decided to comment.

    • @hidupbahagia988
      @hidupbahagia988 Před 6 lety

      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_loanwords_in_Indonesian#From_Dutch

    • @domarash5821
      @domarash5821 Před 6 lety +22

      But it's the fact,. Ppl who wanna learn bahasa just feels frustrated.

    • @humb1s3rvant
      @humb1s3rvant Před 6 lety +48

      Yes..I was in Jakarta for 11months and this is true..I didn't understand a single thing on the street, nor what my wife says to her family, and cannot hold a conversation in Bahasa because either the other person doesn't care to speak it slowly, or doesn't revert to English to communicate..I can learn fluent Bahasa all day at work, but at home if I don't know regional or local language no one cares..same in Africa, they all speak French but go home and speak locally..americans don't usually have a need to be tri-lingual; we can travel to a different state and everyone speaks English. Asian languages are not based in Latin either, so French and Spanish come easier to us..aku Tak tahu

    • @marcellatanwijaya4945
      @marcellatanwijaya4945 Před 6 lety +19

      StarGazing that is right ^^ and mostly, we use bahasa Indonesia when we are studying
      We use bahasa gaul in our daily life

  • @adzraishmah6719
    @adzraishmah6719 Před rokem +14

    god! I'm impressed with how you present about Bahasa Indonesia, I can't even do it better though I'm Indonesian.
    for the questions, I can't remember vividly the last time I'm speaking in Standard Indonesian. Maybe in middle school when I was doing my presentation? and still, I mixed it a bit with my local dialect. But if it comes to writing for assignments, sure it's a must to use it.
    I can't call my Sulawesi dialect Bahasa Gaul since it's a bit different. But let's just take it that way. The answer is I use it daily either when I speak to or text with my teacher, friends, or family.

  • @anchortv1
    @anchortv1 Před 3 lety +2

    What a great video. Keep sharing Paul👍

  • @lonnstar
    @lonnstar Před 7 lety +393

    Awesome, I love it. When I lived in Jakarta as a Marine guarding the U.S. Embassy I mainly spoke Bahasa Jakarta or "Jakartay" as we would sometimes say when I spoke with my Indonesian friends. We never called it Bahasa Gaul. We always considered it slang and were sometimes admonished by older people as they considered it improper. I miss Indonesia. Of all the countries I have visited and learned languages I loved Indonesia the most.

    • @rethadh4615
      @rethadh4615 Před 7 lety +6

      Lonnie Smith come again then... 😊

    • @donkeytrump
      @donkeytrump Před 7 lety +18

      you're right "bahasa gaul" mean for slang word (slang language).
      slang = gaul, language = bahasa.
      older people dont know the "present" slang word so they considered it improper. maybe they know "past" slang word that used by many people in past (when he/she was teenager).

    • @ThanosWasRight98
      @ThanosWasRight98 Před 7 lety +2

      Lonnie Smith yeah me too....

    • @ejhaaaa
      @ejhaaaa Před 7 lety

      Lonnie Smith do you like kerupuk?

    • @ChurchOfTheHolyMho
      @ChurchOfTheHolyMho Před 6 lety +3

      I only spent 10 weeks in Indonesia, but absolutely loved it. Someday I will return and learn the language!

  • @renzevenir4853
    @renzevenir4853 Před 7 lety +773

    Bahasa Indonesia is simple! easy!
    Meanwhile,
    Getting more than 90 score in Bahasa Indonesia is virtually impossible
    Getting more than 90 score in English is fairly easy
    True, eh?

    • @adobenchara6757
      @adobenchara6757 Před 7 lety +49

      yeah because none of the datasheets like mosfets or BJTs published in bahasa indonesia, jd sbnernya BI itu susah... wkwkwk

    • @renzevenir4853
      @renzevenir4853 Před 7 lety +13

      Tiger Turtle True enough, wkwkwkwk

    • @naufalhafizhfanani6917
      @naufalhafizhfanani6917 Před 7 lety +44

      IRFZ44 because in my opinion bahasa indonesia in details is way harder than english

    • @dreamrose7718
      @dreamrose7718 Před 7 lety +25

      But.. but I got both 90 for Bahasa and English.

    • @faris911
      @faris911 Před 7 lety +1

      damn right i couldn't agree more😂

  • @hijeffhere
    @hijeffhere Před 2 lety +13

    As someone who wants to learn every South East Asian languages, I really appreciate your videos!
    Terima kasih!

  • @brainscale_quiz
    @brainscale_quiz Před 2 lety +14

    My native language is minang, one of local language in west sumatera province. Bahasa Indonesia is my 2nd language. As minangnese, we recognized learning bahasa Indonesia is not that hard. The most difficult thing is the pronunciation. It needs more more practice to hide your minang accent when you speak bahasa Indonesia. For some people who speak bahasa Indonesia as their 2nd langiage "including me 😂" It's kinda proudness and prestige if you can speak bahasa Indonesia without your local language accent, it sounds like next level of your bahasa skill. Fortunately, i lived 2 years in Jkt and i catched up fast to get rid of my minang accent.
    I usually speak bahasa Indonesia in formal situation such as: job interview, meeting, and speak to my boss in the office. I speak bahasa gaul with my friends who originally come from Jkt and any other regions but West sumatera. Because it will sound weird and uncommon when u speak bahsa indonesia or bahasa gaul with friends who come from the same region, u can speak your native language instead.
    English is my third language since in Indonesia we learn English from elementery school to college level, so i think, most indonesian youth are able to speak English and put it to their 3rd language.

  • @safuanlatif
    @safuanlatif Před 6 lety +1850

    Salam perkenalan dari Malaysia. Sedih sekali saya baca komen dari sesetengah pihak yang cuba mengadu domba rakyat Indonesia dan rakyat Malaysia. Kalau mengikut sejarah, memang Malaysia (dulunya Tanah Melayu), Kepulauan Indonesia, Brunei, selatan Thailand, dan selatan Filipina dahulunya adalah dari rumpun yg sama iaitu yg dikenali sebagai "Nusantara". Itulah sebabnya bahasa dan adab budaya kita adalah hampir sama. Jadi janganlah agen provokasi cuba melaga-lagakan rakyat-rakyat dari negara-negara serumpun ini dgn mengatakan satu pihak mencuri budaya dari satu pihak yang lain.
    Tiada gunanya bermusuhan. Allah jadikan kita ini asalnya dari yg satu iaitu Nabi Adam a.s. yg diperbuat dari tanah yg hina. Kita pula dijadikan dari air mani yg hina. Janganlah kita termakan dgn pujukan syaitan yg merupakan musuh kita yg sebenar yg memang mahukan umat manusia ini bermusuhan antara satu sama lain.
    Saya sayang negara saya Malaysia. Begitu juga saya sayang negara lain seperti Indonesia, Brunei, Singapura dan lain-lain.

    • @ccarlos20111
      @ccarlos20111 Před 6 lety +100

      saya setuju ... yang paling penting...kita semua bersama...kita satu nusantara ;-)

    • @bintaraarjuna9394
      @bintaraarjuna9394 Před 6 lety +28

      Safuan Abdul Latif nusantara kan yang menamakan dari tanah indonesia

    • @kevinsamara
      @kevinsamara Před 6 lety +48

      🇮🇩🇲🇾🇧🇳🇸🇬

    • @supriyatno8078
      @supriyatno8078 Před 5 lety +32

      Gua gak merasa serumpun ama loe.. Gua bukan melayu...

    • @supriyatno8078
      @supriyatno8078 Před 5 lety

      Kok piliphine gak ada

  • @IndieNesia
    @IndieNesia Před 4 lety +776

    English :
    "Who is she?"
    "I dont know"
    "Why did she do that?"
    "I have no idea"
    Indonesian :
    "Sapetuh?
    "Au"
    "Paintuh?
    "Au"

  • @ardihandoko6288
    @ardihandoko6288 Před 2 lety +6

    Buat pertanyaannya.. saya jawab.
    Kita menggunakan bahasa Indonesia untuk orang yang baru kita kenal..
    Kita menggunakan bahasa Indonesia gaul untuk orang yang sudah dekat dengan kita.. contoh: teman/sahabat.
    Dan kita menggunakan bahasa ibu/daerah saat bertemu dengan sesama 1 suku. Contoh: Jawa dengan Jawa.
    Dan sampai kapan? Sampai kita meninggal. Kenapa? Karena kita menghargai bahasa kita sendiri. Sesuai dengan sumpah pemuda, 1 Tanah Air, 1 Bangsa, 1 bahasa: bahasa Indonesia 👍

  • @AstariPahlevi
    @AstariPahlevi Před 2 lety +7

    As an Indonesian, I'm very impressed with your deep knowledge of my language. Thanks for making this video! Love from Indonesia.

  • @foxtrotgolf4957
    @foxtrotgolf4957 Před 4 lety +1870

    Literally any country: we have gramatical gender
    Indonesian: *HUMAN IS HUMAN*

    • @ashraarrafi5810
      @ashraarrafi5810 Před 4 lety +29

      I think only german that has gramatical gender🤔. Can you explain?

    • @foxtrotgolf4957
      @foxtrotgolf4957 Před 4 lety +78

      @@ashraarrafi5810 Die Der und Das, defined language can be spass

    • @wdhyrhrj4414
      @wdhyrhrj4414 Před 4 lety +98

      @@ashraarrafi5810 well dutch has grammatical genders too. As well as french, spanish, portuguese, and italian

    • @aureavita8653
      @aureavita8653 Před 4 lety +163

      *I HUMAN YOU HUMAN EVERYONE IS HOOMAN*

    • @yiumyoumsan6997
      @yiumyoumsan6997 Před 4 lety +120

      @@ashraarrafi5810 One thing that is really good about Indonesian language is we basically didn't separate anything based on gender. We don't have 'der' 'die' and 'das' like German does. It isn't separated by gender. We also didn't have gender differentiation for 3rd point of view (sry I don't know how to word it better lol) like English that has he, she, and it. Even we don't separate siblings by gender like English does!

  • @MrGorgeousnature
    @MrGorgeousnature Před 5 lety +360

    Saya Suka Kamu, just put this together lol, I'm visiting Indonesia next few weeks! Greeting from Laos!!

  • @lunagrey7050
    @lunagrey7050 Před 2 lety +1

    Very informative! Thank you! ☺️

  • @xandugusu9686
    @xandugusu9686 Před rokem +5

    actually, Bahasa Indonesia has a formal and informal speech. It is impolite to use 'kamu' or 'kalian' to your parents or elders or strangers. You need to use the word Ayah, Ibu, Abanf, Kakak, Mas, Mbak. If you're foreigners we will understand or 'memaklumi', but still we consider it to be impolite.

  • @011azr
    @011azr Před 7 lety +211

    Holy cow! I'm Indonesian and I can say that this is so spot on! You even mention about "bahasa gaul" while most teachers from elementary to high school are so embarrassed to even mention it in class. How come you know a lot about Indonesian, even more than most Indonesian themselves. Your description is so accurate and I understand how you ask one of your Indonesian friend to pronounce the word. Because most bule (white people foreigner) would pronounce it in a funny way (mostly positive though). But still, great one! :)

    • @011azr
      @011azr Před 7 lety +13

      As for your questions, I'm Javanese and I use Javanese mixed with Indonesia "bahasa gaul" version in my daily life. If I were to speak to non-Javanese Indonesian, I will use "bahasa gaul". The only time that I will use formal Indonesian is when I'm writing stuff for school or when I deliver a speech. That's it. You will get ridiculed if you use formal Indonesian in your daily conversation. Also, most people will look at you weirdly like you're some kind of alien. Ironically, the teachers in our school ask us to use the formal, proper unbutchered version of Indonesian. Yet, no one will ever use it outside of formal occassions.

    • @011azr
      @011azr Před 7 lety +20

      Also, you forget the annoying "wkwkwkwkwkwkwkwkwkwk" that we're really proud of!

    • @alfarinaherdianti
      @alfarinaherdianti Před 7 lety +11

      011azr most teachers in Indonesian school are not familiar with linguistics, assimilation of language and concept of creole that's why some of them even condemn the use of this variety of Bahasa Indonesia. I remember the fuss when Debby Sahertian popularized the use of distictive variety of bahasa gaul. Man... too many negative comments back then. Just because most of us can't embrace the growth of our language.
      But I understand the concern of using too much bahasa gaul sometimes will lead people to forget formal form of Bahasa Indonesia for formal occasions especially in classrooms and in writting letters/email, because that happens a lot 😀

    • @weirdmv6406
      @weirdmv6406 Před 7 lety +3

      wkwkwkwkwkwkwkwkwkwkwk

    • @poorcollectorshw2087
      @poorcollectorshw2087 Před 7 lety

      I speak the "Bahasa Gaul" every time. in home, office, formal and informal business meeting and even a governmental meeting....

  • @m.asyfa.95
    @m.asyfa.95 Před 5 lety +121

    Sejauh ini saya berbicara bahasa Indonesia formal/baku hanya dalam forum akademik. Untuk berkomunikasi dengan pedagang atau siapapun dalam situasi keseharian, saya menggunakan bahasa Indonesia nonformal/gaul atau bahasa Jawa yang merupakan bahasa ibu saya. Selain itu, saya juga berbicara dengan bahasa Sunda sebagai bahasa persahabatan saya yang kedua.
    So far, I only speak the standard Indonesian in the academic forum. To communicate with traders or whoever they are in daily situation, I using non standard Indonesian or Javanese which is my native language. Beside that, I also speaking Sundanese as my second friendly language.
    Karo kanca-kancaku sing cedhek, aku ngomong nganggo basa jawa. Lamun sareng rencang anu ti sunda, abdi ge nyariosna nganggo basa sunda.

  • @biancawibowo5051
    @biancawibowo5051 Před 2 lety

    Thanks my mate, I'm from Indonesia and I'm so gratefull to know something much more of Indonesia from your youtube videos. It's a pleasure, thank you

  • @hendrocahyono913
    @hendrocahyono913 Před 2 lety +2

    Terima kasih, Bung Paul. Anda berkenan belajar bahasa Indonesia. Matur nuwun.

  • @jerkingofwar
    @jerkingofwar Před 7 lety +160

    i cant believe i learn indonesia languange more from bule...

    • @jerkingofwar
      @jerkingofwar Před 7 lety +2

      i am indonesia btw

    • @linkanletlora
      @linkanletlora Před 7 lety +4

      Me too, I'm embarrassed..

    • @zennakimimuki8716
      @zennakimimuki8716 Před 7 lety +2

      generasi sekarang mesti tidak tahu.
      miris...kalau tidak tahu sejarah bangsa sendiri.

    • @jerkingofwar
      @jerkingofwar Před 7 lety +6

      Zenna Kimimuki
      ni ngomongin bahasa kok situ ngomongin sejarah, salah komen gan

    • @zennakimimuki8716
      @zennakimimuki8716 Před 7 lety +12

      @kingofwar : hadeh..kamu nonton ini video ilmu apa aja yg kamu dapat?
      bahasa itu ada sejarahnya,bahasa apapun itu dan akan terus seperti itu,kenapa? karena bahasa akan selalu mengalami adaptasi dengan mengikuti peradaban,pendidikan dan urbanisasi.
      jadi pentinglah manusia mengetahui sejarah itu sendiri.
      dan juga bahasa adalah hal terpenting dalam interaksi antara satu individu dan individu lainnya.

  • @candrapanulukng1126
    @candrapanulukng1126 Před 4 lety +208

    English: Wait a minute.
    Bahasa: tunggu sebentar.
    Simple: bentar ya/ bentar/ entar/ ntar/ tar.

  • @ethansmith788
    @ethansmith788 Před 2 lety

    So helpful and informative. Thank you!

  • @ticktack.gaming9892
    @ticktack.gaming9892 Před 2 lety +7

    Terimakasih sudah di jelaskan tentang bahasa saya dan bahasa gaul yang menjadi bahasa baru di negara saya Indonesia ❤️

  • @youngthek2466
    @youngthek2466 Před 5 lety +407

    i’m going to be an exchange student in indonesia for a whole year! this was very informative, thank you!

    • @malaikat3748
      @malaikat3748 Před 4 lety +50

      Just don't speak formal to your friends, speak formal to only elders and teachers :)
      For young teachers i still use slang words tho because i feel more close to them using slang words.

    • @strydergreenleaf8121
      @strydergreenleaf8121 Před 4 lety +3

      youngthek howsa goingg?? where r u from btw

    • @caz8135
      @caz8135 Před 3 lety +1

      So you're back now? How was it?

    • @youngthek2466
      @youngthek2466 Před 3 lety +32

      @@caz8135
      hi! i’ve been back for a while, because covid happened. it was the most wonderful experience i’ve ever had even though it was really hard living in a different culture and learning a new language, but i had wonderful friends who helped me learn and taught me many things! most of my host families were okay, but i definitely liked some more than others. my favorite place i visited was Gunung Bromo, but my favorite vacation was to Bali, because i went with my school friends and we had a great time. my favorite food was ayam geprek and i miss authentic nasi goreng. if there’s anything else you wanna know, just ask!

    • @caz8135
      @caz8135 Před 3 lety +1

      @@youngthek2466 wow I'm glad you had such great experience. Where are you from originally? Isn't it hard learning Indonesian?

  • @vnzandroid
    @vnzandroid Před 6 lety +751

    how to speak indonesian language tutorial watched by mostly indonesian. -.-

    • @twohandedswordsman852
      @twohandedswordsman852 Před 5 lety +61

      Bud Bud they just want to make sure that if there is a tiny mistake

    • @rusdi_tfk
      @rusdi_tfk Před 5 lety +2

      Bud Bud nice joke

    • @honeylimelidia2503
      @honeylimelidia2503 Před 5 lety +24

      You're right.
      I don't know why I'm watching this.

    • @deshi1004
      @deshi1004 Před 5 lety +42

      wkwk.. iya ya.. maybe bcoz I want to know how foreign people thought or see Indonesian language and how to describe/explain it.

    • @swgadrunq1700
      @swgadrunq1700 Před 5 lety

      Bud Bud EXACTLY

  • @BalsiahJuara-oi4hr
    @BalsiahJuara-oi4hr Před 6 měsíci +5

    Semoga bahasa Indonesia makin di kenal dunia dan di sukai bangsa2 lain

    • @loquemantoya
      @loquemantoya Před 3 měsíci

      malaysia,singapura,brunei,thailand tidak perlu belajar bahasa indo pak,kerana kami sudah faham bahasa indo itu..kerana apa?kerana bahasa indo itu bahasa melayu..

  • @ahmadyani7450
    @ahmadyani7450 Před 2 lety +1

    Saya banyak belajar bahasa Indonesia secara terinci melalui blog anda. Terima kasih 🙏

  • @oenwilson2486
    @oenwilson2486 Před 3 lety +286

    12:51 I am a native Filipino studying Indonesian as my first secondary language. I picked it for two particular reasons: 1) I watched your video on how similar Indonesian and Filipino are so I decided to learn it, 2) it will set me up for more complex languages I'm planning on learning like Swedish and Japanese. I don't really have any close friends or relatives that are native to Indonesia, rather I have one facebook friend who is Malaysian. We speak in English most of the time, but when I want to practice my Indonesian, I talk to her in that language and she can still understand pretty much everything. I feel like standard Indonesian is good for beginners and in my opinion, if you want to actually learn casual conversations, you might as well experience living in Indonesia so you can get the real deal. Either way, standard Indonesian is good for starters, but if you want to learn the dialects, might as well go to Indonesia. Which I wish I could do though, there's still a pandemic and I'm only 14 as of writing this comment.

    • @vivaldir682
      @vivaldir682 Před 3 lety +5

      You can learn with me if you want, I speak standard Indonesia quite well. But, if you want to learn slang/gaul words, I can teach you too

    • @alifizzuddin7233
      @alifizzuddin7233 Před 2 lety +10

      Because indonesia language based on Malay language...that why Malaysian mostly understand

    • @kevinac4130
      @kevinac4130 Před 2 lety +2

      And, tagalog also has similarities with Indonesian, especially javanese

    • @CODMGAMEPA8
      @CODMGAMEPA8 Před 2 lety +1

      @@vivaldir682 no you have to learn with real indonesian bc indonesian know alot than other countrie of indonesia

    • @meganimearu19
      @meganimearu19 Před 2 lety

      I'm native. I'm happy to help you in learning bahasa Indonesia

  • @irmalutfiyani642
    @irmalutfiyani642 Před 4 lety +292

    English: "may i buy some snack, please?
    Indo: "Beliii" (sambil ngaduk² beras)

  • @krisnaaji5646
    @krisnaaji5646 Před 2 lety +2

    That very great and correct, I think this video good for resources for history homework ,

  • @mstshekhakhatun5835
    @mstshekhakhatun5835 Před 3 lety +6

    Saya sangat suka video berbahasa Indonesia ini yang sangat penting bagi kami

  • @arirudenko
    @arirudenko Před 4 lety +347

    I'm originally from the US, and have been living in Indonesia for over 8 years now. Great intro to the language! Glad you brought up the differences between gaul and standard. For sure, I rarely use proper Indonesian except for formal writing. I am an artist, and so a degree of gaul is still normal in more formal art settings like lectures and classes. It's just too stiff to use the really proper language. I live in Solo, central Java and the Gaul is pretty different from Jakarta, very heavily mixed with kasar (informal/rough) level Javanese language. I also have close friends from Papua and east Indonesian accents and vocab is really different. But Indonesian in all its forms is very fun to learn, and of course Indonesians are in general super friendly and love to teach it.

  • @louisblanc6019
    @louisblanc6019 Před 5 lety +580

    I’m from 🇲🇽 and I’m learning this beautiful language!

    • @jonijono114
      @jonijono114 Před 5 lety +16

      If you want to learn more about bahasa Indonesia, you can visit my channel.

    • @budi.haryono
      @budi.haryono Před 5 lety +6

      Glad to hear that 👍

    • @louisblanc6019
      @louisblanc6019 Před 5 lety +10

      Budi Haryono Yeah, I think Indonesia is beautiful country and the language too

    • @budi.haryono
      @budi.haryono Před 5 lety +8

      @@louisblanc6019 ¡Gracias! 😊

    • @rajamalarramayah1025
      @rajamalarramayah1025 Před 3 lety

      Very simple language

  • @kidandkath1167
    @kidandkath1167 Před 2 lety +1

    Mantap sekali. Terima kasih sudah membuat video ini.

  • @mariskabelina9719
    @mariskabelina9719 Před 2 lety +4

    I'm an Indonesian who saw this in 2022

  • @grandsaucier3263
    @grandsaucier3263 Před 4 lety +477

    My experience while travelling trough Indonesia:
    1) It's super easy to learn as mutch bahasa indonesia as you need to express you'r basic needs
    2) It makes super fun to speak, cause you basically can't go wrong: you're learning words and put them together and every new word you've learned is directly usable because gramma is so ridiculously easy.
    3) Specially if you travelling outside of the big citys, you might have problems with only speaking english and only having a few keywords in indonesian can help a lot.
    4) The indonesian people are really loving it when foreigners speak ther language: I mean they appeared allways very friendly and lovely and they really trying to be helpfull even when you're only speaking english and they might not get evrything you saying,- but with only a few words in indonesian they will appreciate you'r efforts a lot! Like sometimes you won't even have to bargain for a reasonable price or they will offer a free ride or something...
    5) All that really opened my eyes for what a lingua franca is capable of: bahasa indonesian makes it super easy to communicate by being super easy to speak and learn (at least on a basic level). And it really let me think what a future lingua franca should accomplish.
    I enjoyed speaking indonesian so mutch: feel so right simple mean thing-thing by speak word-word lol

    • @lycannn
      @lycannn Před 4 lety +71

      in my opinion, Indonesia is very different from other countries. I once spoke English with the wrong style of speech and writing to Westerners ... they even mocked and insulted me. in Indonesia, if you experience errors in Indonesian, Indonesian people will help you to correct it.

    • @halagavi
      @halagavi Před 4 lety +27

      Unpopular opinion: I rather have a conversation with foreigners (bule) in formal Indonesian rather than their forced & failed Bahasa Gaul (or any other dialects) in professional/ semi-casual settings.
      ...I know, if they never got the chance to try & use those then they will never become fluent. I appreciate your effort, but you already speak soooo much better in formal language, so why bother :/
      PS: It's always hilarious when bules try to make sense of Bahasa Gaul & its set of unwritten rules, especially when they forced their phonology unto it lol

    • @dein6656
      @dein6656 Před 4 lety +10

      Makasih kakak... 😁
      Moga makin lancar bahasa indonesianya...

    • @zeinhermanto3354
      @zeinhermanto3354 Před 4 lety +7

      It always be easy if you only learn the basic Bahasa Indonesia not include the accent and grammar
      But if you want to influent it never be easy

    • @halagavi
      @halagavi Před 4 lety +16

      @@zeinhermanto3354 just like English, Bahasa Indonesia native speakers also make mistakes. Like, a lot. But usually, we know and understand our affixes by heart, and will immediately know if it's used incorrectly (and will correct it right away if it came from us, at least that's how people around me do it). We also know a fuckton of vocabs, ones that aren't very useful (and thus foreigners usually don't learn) but we just... know.

  • @kickaryaa5609
    @kickaryaa5609 Před 7 lety +117

    1. speak bugis when talk to my dad
    2. speak ambonese when talk to my mom
    3. speak javanese to the local people where i live
    4. speak bahasa indonesia when traveling around indonesia and in formal situation
    5. speak english when talk with foreigner

  • @syahrizaljusri6814
    @syahrizaljusri6814 Před 2 lety +2

    Wow , its so detail bro.. 👍

  • @IniAidan
    @IniAidan Před rokem +5

    I'm Indonesian and I'm happy to see people love the country of Indonesia greetings from Indonesia

  • @bulelokal2959
    @bulelokal2959 Před 4 lety +173

    Halo semua,
    Nama saya Rafael dan aku orang Brazil yang cinta Indonesia! 🇧🇷🇮🇩
    Aku punya channel CZcams untuk bicara tentang budaya, bahasa dan hal yang menarik antara Brazil dan Indonesia. Aku kira teman2 akan suka! Ayo kenal, Bule Lokal! 😅😉

  • @janigoni8859
    @janigoni8859 Před 4 lety +457

    Halo, saya dari Indonesia. Jadi, semenjak saya menonton video tadi, saya mendapat pertanyaan. Jadi, saya mau jawab dulu ya! Kalau mau berbahasa Indonesia itu untuk berkomunikasi dengan orang luar. Tapi kalau mau berbahasa gaul, itu untuk penduduk sekitar seperti teman, orang dekat, atau penduduk sedaerah/ (Translation) If we want to speak Standard Indonesian, we are to speak it if we encounter someone from the outer regions. But if we want to speak our Bahasa Gaul, we are to speak it to close friends or relatives, or countenances with fellow Indonesians in their current area or the area their living in (Jakarta, North Sulawesi). (I didn't use Google Translate). Terima kasih. I love the video.

  • @mangfuadhisyamudin6768

    Terima kasih sudsah upload video ini

  • @bimznp46
    @bimznp46 Před 2 lety

    Thank you for your explaination about our language 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

  • @JoelOman1980
    @JoelOman1980 Před 3 lety +319

    My GF is Indonesian, but was adopted too early in her life to learn the Bahasa indonesia. We're currently thinking of relocating to Jakarta and "start a new life" there. (we visited Singapore/Bali the other year and fell in love with the Indonesian culture/people and of course, the FOOD! Still have Whatsapp-friends from there) This video was really inspiring and i love the simplicity of your explanation Paul. Thank you! Have a pleasent end of summer! Stay safe!

    • @naomi8036
      @naomi8036 Před 3 lety +15

      No offense but you look like Rick Astley

    • @JoelOman1980
      @JoelOman1980 Před 3 lety +16

      @@naomi8036 Non taken! That's a fantastic comment! Does it mean I can "Rick n' roll" people for real? 🙈😝🕺🏼

    • @Ikxi
      @Ikxi Před 3 lety +5

      @@naomi8036 Who would take that as an offense?

    • @lestatschlongh8065
      @lestatschlongh8065 Před 3 lety +5

      @@naomi8036 never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down, never gonna run around and desert you

    • @lusiputri9724
      @lusiputri9724 Před 3 lety +1

      gunakan Indonesian atau Indo language, jangan bilang can you speak BAHASA INDONESIA??, WHATTT?? ini kek mengaburkan kepelilikan bahasa indonesia, karna semakin kesini Org luar hanya gunakan kata BAHASA nya saja, its mean KATA Bahasa itu milik smw negara ASEAN, pada akhirnya nama negara kita selalu tenggelam dan pastinya dgn konsiprasinya maka semua PER BAHASSAAN akan merujuk pada negara selain Indonesia, dimana mreka sudah mulai sama sperti B indo, sperti nilai CPO, be smart guys dgn konspirasi, kita uda cape konsisten menduniakan eh mreka yg tuai cuan dan berkahnya

  • @Hi.Nanahere
    @Hi.Nanahere Před 4 lety +136

    To; Langfocus
    1. We use formal language in speeches, talking to teachers or older people. Whereas, we use slang for peers.
    2. Actually, in everyday conversation we rarely use Indonesian as in the textbook, because it's too formal and rigid. But the funny thing is, on average, many of us (students) have higher grades in English lessons than Indonesian. 😂🤣

    • @lusiputri9724
      @lusiputri9724 Před 3 lety

      gunakan Indonesian atau Indo language, jangan bilang can you speak BAHASA INDONESIA??, WHATTT?? ini kek mengaburkan kepelilikan bahasa indonesia, karna semakin kesini Org luar hanya gunakan kata BAHASA nya saja, its mean KATA Bahasa itu milik smw negara ASEAN, pada akhirnya nama negara kita selalu tenggelam dan pastinya dgn konsiprasinya maka semua PER BAHASSAAN akan merujuk pada negara selain Indonesia, dimana mreka sudah mulai sama sperti B indo, sperti nilai CPO, be smart guys dgn konspirasi, kita uda cape konsisten menduniakan eh mreka yg tuai cuan dan berkahnya

    • @kholif238
      @kholif238 Před 2 lety +4

      @@lusiputri9724 neng lu kenapa? Disini org luar cuma ngejelasin bahasa indonesia itu doang. Lu pikirnya YT buat cari duit doang? Betul, tapi bisa juga nge edukasi org luar yg minat sama bahasa

    • @hudaalfaa
      @hudaalfaa Před rokem +1

      @@lusiputri9724 mbak, tadi habis ngelem merek apaan? Kayaknya efeknya manjur banget

  • @lalapoofficial2598
    @lalapoofficial2598 Před 2 lety +1

    Saya bangga jadi indonesia,sukses selalu buat chanel ini.😊🙏

  • @pedroantoniomoreno1258

    Thank You Very Much For your accurate information about different bahasa verssions

  • @haniefhan1058
    @haniefhan1058 Před 4 lety +87

    I'm Indonesian,
    firstly, it's kind of funny experience when someone from another country explaining how to study our native language, good job Langfocus :D
    for your question:
    we commonly used bahasa Indonesia for a formal occasion, speak to our boss, to someone older, or new friend (i think it's because we think it's more proper and polite)
    we commonly used bahasa gaul for a casual occasion, speak to someone with same age and friend or intimate friend.
    in addition, we usually used our local native language with someone from same region.

  • @gargarbad6047
    @gargarbad6047 Před 5 lety +70

    It is fun to see Indonesian language get broken down by language expert, and more importantly, a foreigner, who is free from the bias of having Indonesian language as his native language

  • @konosuba3417
    @konosuba3417 Před 6 měsíci +3

    we use nonformal with friends but formal in school and polite with older. We will speak with SI if the person we talk to is foreigner 😊 we are gonna help them to learn bahasa❤

  • @jangkarbumiwasesa5797

    Sangat mengedukatif bro.....gas poooool... Bro

  • @jackhoward8
    @jackhoward8 Před 4 lety +295

    04:29 "Indonesian is still the second language of most Indonesian", That's true. Other than Jakarta, many Indonesians are still more comfortable using their own native language. In fact there are still many Indonesians who can't even speak Indonesian, especially in rural areas.

    • @nawafamjadr
      @nawafamjadr Před 4 lety +2

      @D J totally agree

    • @agam212mh
      @agam212mh Před 4 lety +2

      It's so true

    • @mmarch58
      @mmarch58 Před 4 lety

      not only in Jakarta. But also in Medan, North Sumatera. but ofcourse with local accent.

    • @rosyidharyadi7871
      @rosyidharyadi7871 Před 3 lety +10

      I live in Jakarta rn, yet I still prefer talking in Javanese whenever possible. Cursing flows much better in Javanese. In Indonesian, it doesn't "bite", if you know what I mean.

    • @Hmmm777
      @Hmmm777 Před 3 lety

      You have exposed me

  • @lt8303
    @lt8303 Před 7 lety +261

    Oh wow... thank YOU for calling it Indonesian instead of *cringe* 'Bahasa'. You're absolutely spot on with your explanation. And the inclusion of the Formosa hypothesis in your Melayu video ... the linguist in me is well-impressed.
    Some feedback/notes - at least my take on it, I bet some Indonesians would disagree :D
    - I'd refer to colloquial Indonesian as "bahasa sehari-hari" (daily speech). "Bahasa gaul" tends to refer to the ultra-cool speech of youth which you didn't cover. Some vocabulary or grammatical appropriations from "bahasa gaul" will eventually enter "bahasa sehari-hari" although not all. "Bahasa gaul" is a bit more similar to verlan in French, it is somewhat a "code" until one day it entered daily speech. By this time the actual "bahasa gaul" has moved on to new iterations.
    - In your examples, I think you should integrate a subjectless example. In daily usage of Indonesian we almost always drop the subject. Obviously this is deliberately to trap you second-language learners when you thought you got the affixes and phonetics right ;) For example, the most common version of "do you want to sit?" would be "mau duduk?" The pronouns are rarely used, though sometimes we'd contextualise it. E.g. "ibu... mo duduk?" [ma'am, would you like to sit?] or "eh... mo duduk?" [hey... d'you wanna sit?]
    - Another big difference with colloquial Indonesian is the simplification of diphtongs. /au/ is almost always pronounced open /o/, /ia/ is /ya/ and so forth.
    Answering your question of the day:
    No one speaks standard Indonesian to another person. Think of the tu/vous difference on steroid. There are so many 'registers' that one could speak Indonesian in - all influenced by their home speech and their local dialect. The only time I ever spoke standard Indonsian was when I read my paper in class. Writing a formal letter (immigration, exam, government), on the other hand, is always in standard Indonesian.
    - Pure standard Indonesian is saved for newscasts and extremely formal speeches. It is also used in literature when describing things and events but not when writing out dialogues.
    - The most formal register two Indonesians would speak in is what I call "casual standard" where we use standard vocabulary but without certain affixes. For example, 'pemakan' or 'dimakan' is used but 'memakan' is unlikely. Additionally, second-person pronoun is never used here, instead the honorific term would be used such as 'bapak' or 'ibu' or nothing. Light news, job interviews would use this register.
    - Then there's home Indonesian that varies greatly from family to family. But it's a mix of being casual yet restrained. Most kids would never dare saying "gue" to their parents but would do so to their siblings. Some wouldn't even use a first-person pronoun and instead use their own name to refer to themselves.
    - The "among equals" speech depends on the persona one wishes to projects. For example, girls may say 'aku' instead of 'gue' or 'saya' and it sort of sounds cute. (That said, among Javanese speakers it is completely normal to say 'aku', while for Sundanese speakers they would use the particle 'mah' after 'saya' to lessen the formality of the pronoun).
    - The "lesser than me" speech probably has the most diversity as it normally incorporates the bad words from the local languages. I suppose we dig deep when we swear :D
    That's definitely a longer comment than I intended to write LOL. But yeah, keep up the good work! And thanks for doing the video on this not-so-well-known language.

    • @lucthenerd
      @lucthenerd Před 6 lety

      Luwito Tardia Thumbs up! Couldn't express this better.

    • @panteklintang
      @panteklintang Před 6 lety +1

      Keren opini anda tentang nilai linguistikmu

    • @johndawgman
      @johndawgman Před 6 lety +6

      But Indonesia is the fourth most populated country! It's a bummer more people don't take an interest in one of the major languages used there. Also, thanks for the nice informative comment.

    • @affanruslandi2070
      @affanruslandi2070 Před 6 lety +16

      I just would like to add more explanations.
      *
      - In daily speech or bahasa sehari-hari or bahasa gaul, despite subjectless example in a sentence, there are verbless examples in a sentence.
      - Ex: If we have a question "Where do/will you go to Bandung?", instead of saying "Kamu/lo pergi ke Bandung kapan?" Indonesians tend to say "Kamu/lo ke Bandung kapan?". It's the same with honorific person "Bapak pergi ke Bandung kapan?" becomes "Bapak ke Bandung kapan?" These interrogative sentences can become affirmative sentences like "Saya pergi ke Bandung besok." --> "Saya ke Bandung besok." which means "I (am going to / will) go to Bandung tomorrow."
      - Another example is with the verb adalah, ialah, or merupakan. Instead of saying "Dia adalah polisi." We say "Dia polisi."
      - In this point, we have to remark that verbless sentence exists in affirmative, negative, or interrogative sentence. BUT, subjectless sentence JUST exists in interrogative or imperative sentence. But, note that subjectless sentence in imperative sentence is standard Indonesian.
      *
      - We have to specify that it's not second-person pronoun which is replaced by honorific term. BUT, it's single-formal-second person pronoun "Anda" which is replaced by honorific terms like "Bapak/Pak", "Ibu/Bu", "Mas", and "Mbak".
      Please, accept my apologies for making mistakes in my comment.
      Oh iya, saya mau tanya. Mas bisa bahasa Prancis ya? 😊

    • @frahhscloset3430
      @frahhscloset3430 Před 6 lety

      Pin! Pin! Pin! Pin! Pin!
      Ggwp :v

  • @exgangster843
    @exgangster843 Před 3 lety +7

    As an Indonesian..
    I normally use standard language for formal purposes...
    Meet with official, parents, much older people...
    Like other language... Generally speaking formal language should b used only for official purposes... Or to th someone whom ar higher social status, older, respected figure, unknown person.
    For th friend, colleagues.... We can relax a bit/much

  • @kittyjones8703
    @kittyjones8703 Před 3 lety

    You have really important and powerfull points here... which indonesian student should learn about their language and its historical background.

  • @Mamomamomo
    @Mamomamomo Před 7 lety +117

    (sorry for bad english)
    I'm native Indonesian.
    Most Indonesian will speak their regional language when meet any other people from the same region. But as you said in the video, we will use Bahasa Indonesia as lingua franca. Mandatory to learn since kindergarden until highschool.
    For me, i use Bahasa Indonesia in formal form when i speak to my teacher or older people for the shake of speak politely. Usually hear it on tv news, read it on newspaper or online newsportal and textbook. Other than that, Bahasa Indonesia in "gaul" or non formal will be spoken everytime alongside with regional language.

    • @JakeLovesSteak
      @JakeLovesSteak Před 7 lety +9

      It's very interesting to learn about all of this. Also, your English writing is actually quite good.

    • @jsmxwll
      @jsmxwll Před 7 lety +5

      Thank you for your insight. Your written English is pretty good. Good work.

    • @jordyderaedt8741
      @jordyderaedt8741 Před 7 lety +3

      victor pramusanto i think it's nice how south american and asian cultures are extra polite to the elderly or parents. Here in western europe you speak just like you do to your friends... culture shock...

    • @Mamomamomo
      @Mamomamomo Před 7 lety

      Jordy de Raedt yes, even sometimes they would called the elder directly to their name, same with me culture shock. But it's nice to learn any antro-socio-logy things.

    • @Mamomamomo
      @Mamomamomo Před 7 lety +1

      Wutsizface keep your great work bro! Terimakasih :)

  • @samiurrahman9112
    @samiurrahman9112 Před 3 lety +3

    Saya orang Bangladesh, saya mengikuti saluran youtube ini untuk waktu yang lama

  • @learnindonesianwithmaria8771

    Wow, thank you for making this video about Indonesian Language 🙂

  • @mudapahlevi5019
    @mudapahlevi5019 Před 7 lety +96

    omg dude, u nailed it, I dont even know where to begin with if I had to explain how to speak indonesian, Im indonesian, and to what extent we speak standard indonesian? its when you talk with someone at work to show respect or when you speak with strangers to ask a place you wanna go, its just more polite when you use standard indonesian.
    and we speak bahasa gaul in daily activities like when you talk with friends, not random friends more like close friends or family or gf/bf. Its just to make the conversation you have is not as stiff as you have with your boss, sometimes even your boss want you to speak bahasa gaul to make others think him as a friendly guy

    • @fdlarts7676
      @fdlarts7676 Před 7 lety +14

      Your english is spot on btw

    • @ketenanganhati1791
      @ketenanganhati1791 Před 6 lety

      Sange lu tong, kita ngomong pake bahasa daerah sehari hari, bukan bahasa gaul🙀

    • @nathanaelchristopher2571
      @nathanaelchristopher2571 Před 5 lety

      @@ketenanganhati1791 bhasa daerah bagaimane gue tinggal di bekasi udeh campur aduk dengak bnyak suku ya meski lebih dominan betawinye

  • @Cupapet93
    @Cupapet93 Před 3 lety +218

    Me : hmm indonesian pretty easy eh...
    Suffixes and affixes : let me introduce ourselves

    • @ryeryeryerye
      @ryeryeryerye Před 3 lety +32

      Most of them is formal, which isn’t really used

    • @kalvinpratama4828
      @kalvinpratama4828 Před 3 lety +3

      Did you mean prefixes and suffixes? Since affixes already included those two.

    • @bagasmuhammadalfatih3707
      @bagasmuhammadalfatih3707 Před 3 lety +8

      but there is an advantage when you using suffixes and affixes
      the advantage: if you don't know the verb is, then you can use the suffixes to make some kind of loading screen

    • @smileofdean
      @smileofdean Před 3 lety +1

      @@ryeryeryerye nope, when you master it, it means you can save time to remember new words because affixes can change the meaning and even part of speech.

    • @TriWidyan
      @TriWidyan Před 3 lety +1

      @@ryeryeryerye nope even slang has their suffixes and affixes.

  • @juliomandiaga9612
    @juliomandiaga9612 Před 2 lety +48

    If you are a Tagalog speaker you'll recognize these patterns between Indonesian and Tagalog
    Mencopet = Mangkupit,
    Menampar = Manampal
    Menebus = Manubos
    Kependekan = kapandakan
    Kepastian = kapasyahan
    Kekurangan=kakulangan
    kurungan = kulungan
    Hadapan = harapan
    Sandaran = Sandalan
    Penyepit - pang-ipit
    Pembilang = pamilang
    Pengangkut- panghakot

    • @erikr8886
      @erikr8886 Před 2 lety

      Tagalog is the language i really interest to learn beside thai

    • @tuahsakato17
      @tuahsakato17 Před rokem

      Malay influence, Malay brothers united

    • @ndakkemanece
      @ndakkemanece Před rokem +1

      Cadel
      R = L

    • @kamijo1412
      @kamijo1412 Před rokem

      i am shock i can understand 😱

    • @prezentoappr1171
      @prezentoappr1171 Před rokem

      @@ndakkemanece lebih jauh alternation nya sedap\sarap, itlog telur dll lupa tp ada video perbandingan oleh langfocus tentang tagalog-indonesia

  • @canagi7210
    @canagi7210 Před 3 lety +2

    As an Indonesian myself the answer regarding your question at the end. Using the standard indonesian is the formal way of speaking. In Indonesia especially where i am from which is tangerang which is part of the greater jakarta area using Bahasa Gaul is normal but based on my friends outside of this from my area especially from other islands using bahasa gaul is not normal but we still speak formally to someone who is older or at school or during meeting in other words where you are doing something more formal. If you are just talking to your friend bahasa gaul is acceptable.

  • @Fiqri26_
    @Fiqri26_ Před 5 lety +55

    EN : Your Video really nice
    SI : Video anda sangat bagus
    BG : video lu ntaps bro
    easy simple : ntaps lah.

  • @lbpramono
    @lbpramono Před 5 lety +632

    Bahasa Indonesia:
    Meninggal
    Wafat
    Gugur
    Mati
    Berpulang
    Tewas
    Mampus
    Modar
    Arti sama tapi beda penggunaan...
    Update :
    + Mangkat
    + Koit
    + Kojor

  • @evpiyo
    @evpiyo Před 9 měsíci

    So great to tell about Indonesian. Thanks for Introducing our country in the world. Indonesian has many International tourist to visited bali, Lombok, wakatobi, and other tourism places. It's mean could be increas economic financial

  • @kk.raff_2639
    @kk.raff_2639 Před 2 lety

    Thank's langfocus you so clever, you can communication with gaul Indonesian Compersasion

  • @ekoprasetio7676
    @ekoprasetio7676 Před 5 lety +559

    Padi = Rice
    Gabah = Rice
    Beras = Rice
    Beras patah2(menir) = Rice
    Nasi = Rice
    Nasi satu biji (upo) = Rice
    Kerak nasi = Rice
    Dll

  • @FaizAgilWirawan
    @FaizAgilWirawan Před 7 lety +497

    we mostly speak bahasa gaul instead of the standard language.
    but if u speak the standard language, we can understand.

  • @lowkeyloki5359
    @lowkeyloki5359 Před 2 lety

    Well searched, good job.

  • @wongweleri7239
    @wongweleri7239 Před 2 lety

    Halooo ..maaf baru menemukan channel nya.saya suka chanel yang mengembangkan budaya dan bahasa Indonesia.

  • @marhaenslav1582
    @marhaenslav1582 Před 3 lety +106

    *Langfocus* *:* *Hey dude, Indonesian is easier...*
    *BAHASA Gaul* *:* *Hold my AQUA🧴*

    • @distortedenergy
      @distortedenergy Před 3 lety +3

      Amer :v

    • @marhaenslav1582
      @marhaenslav1582 Před 3 lety +10

      @@distortedenergy ya sih, tapi orang Indonesia lebih familiar dengan AQUA, baik dari anak-anak sampai orang tua

    • @swarnadwipa9816
      @swarnadwipa9816 Před 3 lety

      Produk p3r4nc15 wkwkwkwk

    • @prds25386
      @prds25386 Před 3 lety

      gw tiba tiba nyadar kl botol aqua gw dah abis

    • @maulana_clan
      @maulana_clan Před 3 lety

      Tungtung tungtuung tuung tuuung...

  • @jduarr_273
    @jduarr_273 Před 3 lety +145

    English: "the day after tomorrow"
    Indonesia: "lusa"

    • @abdulgafur6123
      @abdulgafur6123 Před 3 lety +5

      Makassar : membara

    • @augariiru3116
      @augariiru3116 Před 3 lety +8

      @Redlight Excuse me sir,Malay Is a Lingua Franca back in The Colonial era

    • @voicelessuvularplosive
      @voicelessuvularplosive Před 3 lety +3

      @Redlight "lusa" is also used by the indonesian

    • @hollowhoagie6441
      @hollowhoagie6441 Před 3 lety +3

      The word "overmarrow" does exist to mean "the day after tomorrow" but it is archaic unfortunately

    • @milkeyway7105
      @milkeyway7105 Před 3 lety +1

      @Redlight you don't even watch the video huh, lmao

  • @crisphminecraft7973
    @crisphminecraft7973 Před 2 lety +4

    I'am Filipino and I am learning how to speak bahasa Indonesia 🇵🇭🇮🇩🇵🇭🇮🇩

  • @ynwa4355
    @ynwa4355 Před 2 lety

    Keren broo.. 😁👍👍 thanks