Colloquial Indonesian The Complete Course for Beginners Colloquial Series

Colloquial Indonesian: The Complete Course for Beginners has been carefully developed by an experienced teacher to provide a step-by-step course to Indonesian as it is written and spoken today.

Combining a clear, practical and accessible style with a methodical and thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Indonesian in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required.

Colloquial Indonesian is exceptional; each unit presents a wealth of grammatical points that are reinforced with a wide range of exercises for regular practice.

Key features include:

• A clear, user-friendly format designed to help learners progressively build up their speaking, listening, reading and writing skills
• Jargon-free, succinct and clearly structured explanations of grammar
• An extensive range of focused and dynamic supportive exercises
• Realistic and entertaining dialogues covering a broad variety of narrative situations
• Helpful cultural points explaining the customs and features of life in Indonesian
• An overview of the sounds of Indonesian

Balanced, comprehensive and rewarding, Colloquial Indonesian is an indispensable resource both for independent learners and students taking courses in Indonesian..

Audio material to accompany the course is available to download free in MP3 format from www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. Recorded by native speakers, the audio material features the dialogues and texts from the book and will help develop your listening and pronunciation skills.

Introduction, A guide to transcription and pronunciation, 1 Nama saya John Stanton My name is John Stanton 2 ltu bukan isteri John Hardy That is not John Hardy's wife 3 Ada berapa hari dalam setahun7 How many days are there in a year? 4 Di mana Monumen Nasional7 Where is the National Monument? 5 Bagaimana rumah anda yang baru What's your new house like? 6 Apa and a suka berjalan Do you like walking? 7 Tanggal berapa hari ini7 What's today's date? 8 Saudara menunggu siapa Who are you waiting for? 9 Johnny membersihkan kamar tidurnya Johnny cleans his bedroom 10 Perjalanan ke Indonesia Flying to Indonesia 11 Apa kemejaku sudah dicuci7 Has somebody washed my shirt? 12 Tolong, ambilkan saya kertas ... Please could you get me ... some papers 13 Mana yang lebih enak Which is more enjoyable? 14 Dia mengasihi semua pegawainya The wise director 15 Jari kakinya terinjak orang Someone has stepped on his foot 16 Saya kecapean I'm so tired 17 Lebaran - hari raya nasional Lebaran - a national holy day, Ready reference grammar, Key to the exercises, Indonesian-English glossary, Grammatical index

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