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TY Indonesian 1
Teach Yourself Indonesian Ch. 1
Question | Answer |
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a | English a in 'Far' but slightly shorter |
e | When unstressed English a in 'Among' When stresses English e in 'Let' |
i | In open syllables English ee in 'Seen' In closed syllables English i in 'Tin' |
o | English o in 'Hob' |
u | English u in 'Put' but slightly longer |
ai | In open syllables English i in 'Like' In closed syllables slight pause in between |
au | In open syllables English ow in 'Cow' In closed syllables slight pause in between Exceptions: Mau and Bau are pronounced with a slight pause |
oi | English oy in 'Boy' |
b | At the beginning of a syllable English b in 'Bad' When final letter English p |
c | English ch in 'Chair' |
d | At the beginning of word English d in 'Day' When final letter English t |
f | English f in 'Far' often replaced with p |
g | English g in 'Go' |
h | At the beginning of word and between identical vowels English h in 'Hat' At end of word h is pronounced softly Between non identical vowels h is not pronounced Exceptions:In Tuhan, Mahir, Lahir, Pihak, Rohani, Rahib, and Johar the h is pronounced |
j | English g in 'Gentleman' |
k | English k in 'King' non aspirated |
kh | German ch in 'Ich' or Scottish ch in 'Loch' |
l | English l in 'Loose' |
n | English n in 'No' |
ngg | English ng in 'Longer' |
ny | English n in 'New' |
m | English m in 'Man' |
p | English p in 'Pen' non aspirated |
r | Italian r trilled |
s | English ss in 'Boss' |
sy | English s in 'Suit' |
t | English t in 'Tin' non aspirated |
w | English w in 'Were' |
y | English y in 'Year' |
z | English z in 'Zoo' |