Indonesian vocabulary
Indonesian grammar
54 curated grammar words at A1 / A2 / B1 levels. Pronunciation, example sentence, and teacher's notes on the trickier ones.
- di, at /dee/
- ke, to (direction) /keh/
- dari, from /DAH-ree/
- dengan, with /DEH-ngahn/
- untuk, for /OON-took/
- dan, and /dahn/
- atau, or /AH-tou/
- tapi, but /TAH-pee/
- karena, because /kah-REH-nah/
- juga, also /JOO-gah/
- sangat, very /SAH-ngaht/
- sudah, already /SOO-dah/
- belum, not yet /beh-LOOM/
- akan, will (future) /AH-kahn/
- sedang, currently (ongoing) /seh-DAHNG/
- jangan, don't (command) /JAH-ngahn/
- mungkin, maybe /MOONG-keen/
- pasti, certainly /PAHS-tee/
- biasa, normal /bee-AH-sah/
- istimewa, special /ees-tee-MEH-wah/
- masing-masing, each /MAH-seeng MAH-seeng/
- lain, other /LAH-een/
- sendiri, alone /sehn-DEE-ree/
- nah, well /nah/
- tuh, there (pointing casual) /tooh/
- dong, please /dohng/
- kok, why/how (surprised) /kohk/
- sih, softener particle /seeh/
- lho, emphasis particle /loh/
- setiap, every /seh-TEE-ahp/
- beberapa, several /beh-beh-RAH-pah/
- semua, all /seh-MOO-ah/
- sebagian, some /seh-bah-GEE-ahn/
- seluruh, entire /seh-LOO-roo/
- bukan, not (with nouns) /BOO-kahn/
- tetapi, but (formal) /teh-TAH-pee/
- jadi, so /JAH-dee/
- sebagai, as / in the capacity of /seh-bah-GUY/
- bahwa, that (conjunction) /BAH-wah/
- adalah, is / am / are (formal equative) /ah-dah-LAH/
- pada, on / at / to (formal) /PAH-dah/
- oleh, by (passive agent) /OH-leh/
- yang, which / who / that (relativizer) /yahng/
- jika, if (formal) /JEE-kah/
- kalau, if / when (casual) /KAH-low/
- ketika, when (at the time that) /keh-TEE-kah/
- sementara, while / temporarily /seh-mehn-TAH-rah/
- terhadap, towards / against / regarding /ter-HAH-dahp/
- melalui, through / via /meh-LAH-loo-ee/
- apapun, anything / whatever /AH-pah-poon/
- siapapun, anyone / whoever /see-AH-pah-poon/
- kapanpun, anytime / whenever /KAH-pahn-poon/
- dimanapun, anywhere / wherever /dee-MAH-nah-poon/
- tidak ada, there is no / nothing /TEE-dahk AH-dah/