Cara Membaca Huruf Indonesia

By Speak Indo, original reading practice from the Speak Indo course.

How to Read Indonesian Letters. A teacher helps a learner hear three important Indonesian sounds.

The dialogue, line by line

1. Hari ini kita belajar bunyi c.
   Today we are learning the c sound.
2. Apakah c seperti c dalam cinta?
   Is c like the c in cinta?
3. Ya. Sekarang coba bunyi ng.
   Yes. Now try the ng sound.
4. Ng seperti dalam senang?
   Ng like in senang?
5. Benar. Ny seperti dalam banyak.
   Correct. Ny is like in banyak.
6. C, ng, dan ny.
   C, ng and ny.
7. Vokal Indonesia selalu jelas.
   Indonesian vowels are always clear.
8. Baik, saya coba sekali lagi.
   Okay, I will try once more.

Vocabulary in this dialogue

• hari ini, today
• kita, we (including you)
• belajar, to study
• c, c-sound (always 'ch')
• dalam, inside
• cinta, love
• ya, yes
• sekarang, now
• coba, try (imperative)
• ng, ng-sound (as in 'sing')
• senang, glad
• benar, correct