INDONESIAN SLANG: COLLOQUIAL INDONESIAN AT WORK PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Christopher Torchia | 288 pages | 10 Sep 2011 | Tuttle Publishing | 9780804842075 | English | Boston, United States Indonesian Slang - Blow Job Tutorial | Qindas Nanda In Yogyakarta, where I am — located in the centre of Java and the traditional heartland of Javanese culture — Javanese is commonly spoken, partly as a reflection of cultural pride. A food vendor who pushes his wooden cart along my street every morning selling soto ayam spicy chicken soup often breaks into Javanese, making our conversations difficult for me to follow. He recently asked me something three times before I understood. The question, when I got it, revealed a pride in his heritage: had I yet seen wayang kulit shadow puppet play , the quintessentially Javanese cultural performance? The country has close to the freest speech in Asia, and young Indonesians are fanatical fans of Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, using the platforms to evolve their own language with new and borrowed words. As Andini and I scrolled through Indonesian Twitter feeds during class one day, road-bumps of slang brought me to abrupt and frequent halts. Yet standard Indonesian — Bahasa Indonesia baku — remains the best way I have to communicate here, and for me, the language serves its original purpose. When someone speaks to me in a way I easily understand, I read significance into it, knowing they are likely tailoring it for me, adapting themselves, breaking things down as a conscious act of inclusion. This happened when I took a motorbike taxi home from class. I understood my young driver near-perfectly. My own questions he answered in a way designed to ensure clarity. I awkwardly said some just- memorised slang, and he offered a thumbs-up. Lost in Translation is a BBC Travel series exploring encounters with languages and how they are reflected in a place, people and culture. Travel Menu. It describes Indonesians and their fears, beliefs, history and politics, as well as how they live, fight, grieve and laugh. Indonesian is a variant of Malay, the national language of Malaysia, and many of its expressions come from the Malay heartland of Sumatra island. Indonesian has also incorporated terms from Javanese, the language of the dominant ethnic group in a huge nation of more than 17, islands. Although Indonesian is officially a young language, it contains words from Sanskrit, Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, Portuguese and English, a legacy of the merchants, warriors, laborers and holy men who traveled to the archipelago over the centuries. The Indonesian language was a nationalist symbol during the campaign against Dutch rule in the 20th century. Indonesians who fought against colonialism made it the national language in their constitution when they declared independence in Two generations later, modern Indonesians loveword play. The tongue slips and skids, chopping words, piling on syllables and flipping them. Indonesians turn phrases into acronyms and construct double meanings. Their inventions reflect social trends, mock authority, or get the point across in a hurry. This book divides Indonesian expressions into categories such as food and wisdom, politics and personalities. The format is the same in each chapter. Louisa Willoughby Monash University Verified email at monash. Monash University. Verified email at monash. Sociolinguistics Linguistics Intercultural Communication. Articles Cited by Co-authors. Title Sort Sort by citations Sort by year Sort by title. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. 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Languages can give us insights about a country's culture and people like no other source. Sometimes a funny book, but also an honest book that doesn't mask the ugliness. There are no discussion topics on this book yet. About Christopher Torchia. Christopher Torchia. Books by Christopher Torchia. Shortened phrases, words read backwards, syllables twisted around, glued-on prefixes and even entirely invented words keep expanding the already long list of daily slang. Your ice cream melts under the Bali heat. If you begin crying or ranting about it, some might call your reaction lebay. You see a group of friends wearing glimmering ball gowns to a beach bar. Baper is a contraction of the phrase bawa perasaan , which translates to taking everything too personally or getting carried away with your emotions. It can be used for any emotion, but lately the narrative around this word has been revolving around romantic feelings. Woles is an interjection you say to someone to get them to calm down. Generally, the word is used to describe or label anything considered tacky or plebeian. A hairstyle could be alay because the cut or colour is off or trying too hard. The way someone texts is considered alay if he or she mixes the alphabet with symbols and numbers to m4k3 oUt w0rd5. Alay is also a noun to label someone that does alay things. When a peer asks you too many personal questions, you can playfully dismiss them by saying kepo , followed by a courteous friendly laugh. That means that person is being a little bit nosy and should mind his or her own business. It is rude to say to people older than you, but among friends the word is common and totally acceptable. It has the connotation of not being able to get a suitable partner instead of being single by choice. A friend asks if you want to get together for a drink later tonight. You really want to, but the prospect of leaving the comforts of your room seems too daunting. We all have those kind of days. Instead of wasting brain power meticulously crafting lies or excuses, simply say mager ; they will understand. The two words have their roots in thug-speech, although now widely used and understood by virtually everyone. Cewek is generally used to identify someone of a female gender, and cowok if male. Nongkrong basically means hanging out and chilling, getting together — not necessarily with a specific plan in mind. The whole point is to be around your friends; whether you talk about random things or do nothing together is of no importance. (PDF) Indonesian Slang in Internet Chatting | Howard (Howie) Manns - There are hundreds of regional languages and dialects, sometimes spoken intact, sometimes blended with Bahasa Indonesia. In Yogyakarta, where I am — located in the centre of Java and the traditional heartland of Javanese culture — Javanese is commonly spoken, partly as a reflection of cultural pride. A food vendor who pushes his wooden cart along my street every morning selling soto ayam spicy chicken soup often breaks into Javanese, making our conversations difficult for me to follow. He recently asked me something three times before I understood. The question, when I got it, revealed a pride in his heritage: had I yet seen wayang kulit shadow puppet play , the quintessentially Javanese cultural performance? The country has close to the freest speech in Asia, and young Indonesians are fanatical fans of Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, using the platforms to evolve their own language with new and borrowed words. As Andini and I scrolled through Indonesian Twitter feeds during class one day, road-bumps of slang brought me to abrupt and frequent halts. Yet standard Indonesian — Bahasa Indonesia baku — remains the best way I have to communicate here, and for me, the language serves its original purpose. When someone speaks to me in a way I easily understand, I read significance into it, knowing they are likely tailoring it for me, adapting themselves, breaking things down as a conscious act of inclusion. This happened when I took a motorbike taxi home from class. I understood my young driver near-perfectly. My own questions he answered in a way designed to ensure clarity. I awkwardly said some just-memorised slang, and he offered a thumbs-up. Lost in Translation is a BBC Travel series exploring encounters with languages and how they are reflected in a place, people and culture. Made from cheap papers and typed with typewriter machine. Not a place to roast cats for dinner. Pronouced "chat oh-fen". This term basically means that two people in a relationship are living together without being married, i. To Kumpul kebo in Indonesia is considered immoral and sometimes illicit. For these reasons and also those relating to religion, Asian culture and general ethics, it is very much frowned upon in modern Indonesian society to do such a thing. In this era, slang language vocabulary was formed by inserting the infix -ok- after the first consonant of a word, and deleting the last syllable, creating a totally new word. For example, the word Bapak is broken into B-ok-apak and the last -ak is deleted, and the resulting word is Bokap which used as a slang for Father, even until now. The word Sekolah School is transformed into Skokul, but this word is slowly become outdated and by s the word is not used anymore.