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

Everyday register: safe classroom speech. A teacher and learner use clear but conversational classroom Indonesian. The sound claims remain precise rather than oversimplified. Everyday wording appears first; a standard reference is shown underneath when the wording differs.

1. Hari ini kita belajar bunyi c.
   Today we are learning the c sound.
2. Jadi, c bunyinya kayak ch dalam bahasa Inggris?
   Does c sound like ch in English?
   Standard reference: Apakah c berbunyi seperti ch dalam bahasa Inggris?
3. Iya. Sekarang coba ucapkan ng.
   Yes. Now try the ng sound.
   Standard reference: Ya. Sekarang coba bunyi ng.
4. Ng kayak di kata senang?
   Ng like in senang?
   Standard reference: Ng seperti dalam senang?
5. Betul. Ny kayak di kata banyak.
   Correct. Ny is like in banyak.
   Standard reference: Benar. Ny seperti dalam banyak.
6. C, ng, dan ny.
   C, ng and ny.
7. Huruf e bisa punya dua bunyi.
   The letter e can represent two common sounds.
   Standard reference: Huruf vokal e bisa mewakili dua bunyi yang umum.
8. Oke, saya coba lagi.
   Okay, I will try once more.
   Standard reference: Baik, saya coba sekali lagi.

Vocabulary in this dialogue

• hari ini, today
• kita, we (including you)
• belajar, to study
• c, c-sound (always 'ch')
• jadi, so
• seperti, like
• dalam, inside
• bahasa Inggris, English (language)
• ya, yes
• sekarang, now
• coba, try (imperative)
• ng, ng-sound (as in 'sing')