Indonesian sports

11 curated sports at A1 / A2 / B1 levels. Every entry includes pronunciation and an example sentence, with usage notes where they help.

• bulu tangkis, badminton /BOO-loo TAHNG-kees/
• bola basket, basketball /BOH-lah BAHS-ket/
• bola voli, volleyball /BOH-lah VOH-lee/
• tenis, tennis /TEH-nees/
• joging, jogging /JOH-geeng/
• pencak silat, pencak silat (Indonesian martial art) /PEHN-chahk SEE-laht/
• atlet, athlete /AHT-let/
• stadion, stadium /STAH-dee-ohn/
• menang, to win /MEH-nahng/
• kalah, to lose (a game) /KAH-lah/
• pertandingan, match / game /per-tahn-DEENG-ahn/

Sports in context

Reading a word inside something you can nearly follow is what makes it stick. These stories use the vocabulary above:

• Main Bola Sore Hari, Football in the Afternoon Getting a game together, choosing teams and keeping score.
• Olahraga Favorit Kamu Apa?, What Is Your Favourite Sport? Comparing favourite sports and deciding what to play at the weekend.

Related topics

• Technology 30 words
• Time 65 words
• Transport 23 words
• Travel 32 words
• Verbs 205 words
• Weather 19 words