Hi everyone! Are you learning Indonesian? Check out IndonesianPod101: bit.ly/Indonesianpod101 for a HUGE collection of lessons for learners of all levels. A free account gives you access to some of them, then you can upgrade if you want ALL of them. :) For 33 other languages, check out my review! langfocus.com/pod101/. (Note: if you sign up for a premium account, Langfocus gets a small referral fee that helps support this channel. But if I didn't like it, I wouldn't recommend it!)

If you're not Indonesian and you speak standard Indonesian, it is OK. Indonesian will respond to you with standard Indonesian too.

Indonesia adalah bahasaku Ulangan bahasa Indonesia: 70 Ulangan bahasa Inggris: 96

I'm from Mexico 🇲🇽 and I'm trying to learn this beautiful language since I have so many friends from Indonesia (Sumatra, Java and Gorontalo). I hope I can learn since the alphabet is not different like the other languages from Asia. Thanks for this video, it's very interesting.

A West Papuan here, :), to answer your question, I only speak Standard Indonesian when I have to read an official document or present something in class. For everyday use however, with friends, parents, teachers, and even strangers, I use a dialect called Papuan Malay. Though for older people, I use a more polite version. Standard Indonesian is usually considered too stiff by people around here. I can write in Standard Indonesian very well though. p.s. To be truthful, I think I speak English way better than I speak Standard Indonesian, haha.

Japanese: has various levels of politeness Indonesian: has various levels of *casualty*

Fun fact, "apakah kamu mau duduk?" "apa kamu mau duduk?" "kamu mau duduk? " "apa mau duduk?" "mau duduk?" "duduk?" they all can have the same meaning, which is "do you want to sit?" and the shorter it is the less formal it can be

As a Filipino, I really wanted to learn Bahasa Indonesia. Hopefully I could meet someone to teach me or exchange language hehe (Saya cinta bahasa indonesia

I learnt Indonesian at high school in Sydney (Australia) in 1968-69 and as a part-time course at Uni in 1970. I also studied German. The one thing we had to do extra was to learn a bit of Nederlands because most of the history books for Indonesia were still in Nederlands. At the end of 1970 I moved to Cape Town (South Africa) and due to my German and Nederlands studies, I quickly learnt Afrikaans, and I was also surprised that my Indonesian was also helpful with the Cape Malays who also spoke/speak a broken form of Malay, which I could reasonably understand.

Fun fact: Most of indonesian students got higher english score than indonesian language

English : i told you not to do that Indonesia : kan

After never encountering Indonesian before, it seems like the most perfect and utilitarian language out there

As an Indonesian learner, I did find it helpful to initially learn standard Indonesian. It's especially helpful when reading official documents, news or literature, and if you plan to travel throughout different provinces of Indonesia, since everyone can speak it. However once you settle in one area, I do think it's better to learn the bahasa gaul or the local language of that area, it allows you communicate and bond with the locals even better.

Javanese is more simple! 1.English: Walking on side of the road carefully. 2.Indonesian: Berjalan di pinggir jalan dengan hati hati. 3.Javanese: Mlipir. (Edit:Thanks for 1000 likes)

Aku org Brunei yg bisa/dapat/boleh memahami bahasa melayu Indonesia dan bahasa melayu Malaysia.. sebab kenapa? sebab kita ini serumpun yg sejak awal bahasa melayu adalah bahasa kita di NUSANTARA tpi setelah dipisahkan oleh penjajah... rata2 skrg bnyk org nga/tidak kenal apa itu serumpun... jdi jgn hairan kalau ada org ckp/bilang "ini bukan bahasa melayu, ini adalah bahasa indonesia ataupun ini bukan bahasa indonesia, ini adalah bahasa melayu" ... sebab kita ini adalah serumpun pada awalnya.. !!

I'm a surigaonon( a Philippine dialect) and Indonesian words is also similar in my language, I've been thinking if could learn Indonesian- because for me it's interesting.

We speak standard Indonesian in formal situation such as school, media, writing, and any formal context. For bahasa gaul, actually, since I am from Sumatra, I rarely speak bahasa gaul but still understand when people speak bahasa gaul. So in informal situation, I just mix standard indonesian and bahasa gaul because some people find it's weird and awkward if you just speak standard indonesian

An Indonesian viewer here, and here are my answers to the questions you asked at the end of the video : Personally, my native language is Bahasa Indonesia, neither one of all other variety of languages spoken here. It's because I was raised speaking Bahasa Indonesia since my parents are from different ethnicity and they also had to live approximately 1000 kilometers away from where they originated. I use standard Indonesian to speak to older people, to speak in classrooms, or to speak formally. It is (obviously) a more polite language to use. Bahasa Indonesia and bahasa Gaul is very similar in comparison with English and its Slang words. If you use standard Indonesian at the wrong time, you will often get called a person that's 'impolite'. For bahasa Gaul, I use it casually in day-to-day basis to friends and on the internet, and to family members. People prefer using bahasa Gaul since it is very simple and if you speak the language, you'll also get called 'gaul' or 'kekinian' (Which in English, roughly translates to 'a cool kid' or 'a modern kid'). If you're close enough with a person, it is preferred to use bahasa Gaul instead of standard Indonesian. Some people can get uncomfortable if you use standard Indonesian to speak with someone close enough since you will sound very serious, and in most cases people will think that there is a problem. Hence why you used standard Indonesian to sound more mature in the 'problem-solving progress'. Hopefully my answer could help you guys in determining 'when to' and 'when not to' use bahasa Gaul/bahasa Indonesia. Cheers! *Keep up the good work, Paul!

This video is a result of careful & serious research. As an Indonesian, I really appreciate your effort in making this video. Thank you!

Great video. Been studying and speaking bahasa Indonesian for ~ 1 year living in Indo. It's definitely very regionalized with people still using some words from their home areas regardless of where they live, and most people understand the variations from Java, but maybe not from Sumba. As for the formal part of the language, you only read it but never speak it.

god! I'm impressed with how you present about Bahasa Indonesia, I can't even do it better though I'm Indonesian. for the questions, I can't remember vividly the last time I'm speaking in Standard Indonesian. Maybe in middle school when I was doing my presentation? and still, I mixed it a bit with my local dialect. But if it comes to writing for assignments, sure it's a must to use it. I can't call my Sulawesi dialect Bahasa Gaul since it's a bit different. But let's just take it that way. The answer is I use it daily either when I speak to or text with my teacher, friends, or family.

FYI, most of indonesians are born bilingual.. except for the one who lived in the city like Jakarta for a looong time.(they just can understand the bahasa indonesia in his/her childhood) Their first or second language is bahasa indonesia, and their second or first language is their tribe's language :) annndd we got english in the school.. soo basically some students or educated ppl can speak 3 language.. trilingual.(if they studied well) some muslims(not all muslims) can also fluently speak arabic, some chinese(not all of chinese) in here can also fluently speak chinese(mandarin/cantonese/etc), and also in some highschool, arabic, mandarin, japanese, french, german are being thought. So.. some indonesians can speak up to 5 languages(or more).. even not fluently.

we're also learn Bahasa Indonesia in Rotterdam Greetings from Dutch 🇳🇱🇳🇱🇳🇱

Every time that I see each of these videos I keep wondering about the biological mechanism in the human brain to come up with so many different ways of communication. It's amazing how in some languages the human has been able to construct sentences to express some ideas that cannot have an exact equivalent in another language. It happens the most when you use local phrases and coloquial language. You get the idea perfectly in your language, but you struggle thinking about which words to use if you tried to translate it. Things don't get so easy once you start to get away from the basic standard language, and you don't have to go all the way to slang. Just normal uncommon phrasing still using standard words can throw you off.

Native German speaker here - the Dutch loan words throw me for a loop when I come across them.

Awesome, I love it. When I lived in Jakarta as a Marine guarding the U.S. Embassy I mainly spoke Bahasa Jakarta or "Jakartay" as we would sometimes say when I spoke with my Indonesian friends. We never called it Bahasa Gaul. We always considered it slang and were sometimes admonished by older people as they considered it improper. I miss Indonesia. Of all the countries I have visited and learned languages I loved Indonesia the most.

every single language in the word: exists indonesian: i bet we can simplify it.

As someone who wants to learn every South East Asian languages, I really appreciate your videos! Terima kasih!

What a great video. Keep sharing Paul👍

Salam perkenalan dari Malaysia. Sedih sekali saya baca komen dari sesetengah pihak yang cuba mengadu domba rakyat Indonesia dan rakyat Malaysia. Kalau mengikut sejarah, memang Malaysia (dulunya Tanah Melayu), Kepulauan Indonesia, Brunei, selatan Thailand, dan selatan Filipina dahulunya adalah dari rumpun yg sama iaitu yg dikenali sebagai "Nusantara". Itulah sebabnya bahasa dan adab budaya kita adalah hampir sama. Jadi janganlah agen provokasi cuba melaga-lagakan rakyat-rakyat dari negara-negara serumpun ini dgn mengatakan satu pihak mencuri budaya dari satu pihak yang lain. Tiada gunanya bermusuhan. Allah jadikan kita ini asalnya dari yg satu iaitu Nabi Adam a.s. yg diperbuat dari tanah yg hina. Kita pula dijadikan dari air mani yg hina. Janganlah kita termakan dgn pujukan syaitan yg merupakan musuh kita yg sebenar yg memang mahukan umat manusia ini bermusuhan antara satu sama lain. Saya sayang negara saya Malaysia. Begitu juga saya sayang negara lain seperti Indonesia, Brunei, Singapura dan lain-lain.

Actually, STANDART BAHASA INDONESIA are only used at the moment : 1. Formal 2. Textbook 3. News (on TV) In daily life, we using our local language 😁 and also Bahasa Gaul 😂

_Saya lebih suka bicara bahasa standar indonesia dan dicampur dengan beberapa bahasa melayu. Karena menurut saya itu lebih elegan dan terkesan sopan._

As an Indonesian, I'm very impressed with your deep knowledge of my language. Thanks for making this video! Love from Indonesia.

Literally any country: we have gramatical gender Indonesian: *HUMAN IS HUMAN*

English : "Who is she?" "I dont know" "Why did she do that?" "I have no idea" Indonesian : "Sapetuh? "Au" "Paintuh? "Au"

My native language is minang, one of local language in west sumatera province. Bahasa Indonesia is my 2nd language. As minangnese, we recognized learning bahasa Indonesia is not that hard. The most difficult thing is the pronunciation. It needs more more practice to hide your minang accent when you speak bahasa Indonesia. For some people who speak bahasa Indonesia as their 2nd langiage "including me 😂" It's kinda proudness and prestige if you can speak bahasa Indonesia without your local language accent, it sounds like next level of your bahasa skill. Fortunately, i lived 2 years in Jkt and i catched up fast to get rid of my minang accent. I usually speak bahasa Indonesia in formal situation such as: job interview, meeting, and speak to my boss in the office. I speak bahasa gaul with my friends who originally come from Jkt and any other regions but West sumatera. Because it will sound weird and uncommon when u speak bahsa indonesia or bahasa gaul with friends who come from the same region, u can speak your native language instead. English is my third language since in Indonesia we learn English from elementery school to college level, so i think, most indonesian youth are able to speak English and put it to their 3rd language.

Thanks my mate, I'm from Indonesia and I'm so gratefull to know something much more of Indonesia from your youtube videos. It's a pleasure, thank you

Holy cow! I'm Indonesian and I can say that this is so spot on! You even mention about "bahasa gaul" while most teachers from elementary to high school are so embarrassed to even mention it in class. How come you know a lot about Indonesian, even more than most Indonesian themselves. Your description is so accurate and I understand how you ask one of your Indonesian friend to pronounce the word. Because most bule (white people foreigner) would pronounce it in a funny way (mostly positive though). But still, great one! :)

Bahasa Indonesia is simple! easy! Meanwhile, Getting more than 90 score in Bahasa Indonesia is virtually impossible Getting more than 90 score in English is fairly easy True, eh?

Terimakasih sudah di jelaskan tentang bahasa saya dan bahasa gaul yang menjadi bahasa baru di negara saya Indonesia ❤️

Very informative! Thank you! ☺️

I’m from 🇲🇽 and I’m learning this beautiful language!

My experience while travelling trough Indonesia: 1) It's super easy to learn as mutch bahasa indonesia as you need to express you'r basic needs 2) It makes super fun to speak, cause you basically can't go wrong: you're learning words and put them together and every new word you've learned is directly usable because gramma is so ridiculously easy. 3) Specially if you travelling outside of the big citys, you might have problems with only speaking english and only having a few keywords in indonesian can help a lot. 4) The indonesian people are really loving it when foreigners speak ther language: I mean they appeared allways very friendly and lovely and they really trying to be helpfull even when you're only speaking english and they might not get evrything you saying,- but with only a few words in indonesian they will appreciate you'r efforts a lot! Like sometimes you won't even have to bargain for a reasonable price or they will offer a free ride or something... 5) All that really opened my eyes for what a lingua franca is capable of: bahasa indonesian makes it super easy to communicate by being super easy to speak and learn (at least on a basic level). And it really let me think what a future lingua franca should accomplish. I enjoyed speaking indonesian so mutch: feel so right simple mean thing-thing by speak word-word lol

Saya sangat suka video berbahasa Indonesia ini yang sangat penting bagi kami

Terima kasih, Bung Paul. Anda berkenan belajar bahasa Indonesia. Matur nuwun.

Saya Suka Kamu, just put this together lol, I'm visiting Indonesia next few weeks! Greeting from Laos!!

Sejauh ini saya berbicara bahasa Indonesia formal/baku hanya dalam forum akademik. Untuk berkomunikasi dengan pedagang atau siapapun dalam situasi keseharian, saya menggunakan bahasa Indonesia nonformal/gaul atau bahasa Jawa yang merupakan bahasa ibu saya. Selain itu, saya juga berbicara dengan bahasa Sunda sebagai bahasa persahabatan saya yang kedua. So far, I only speak the standard Indonesian in the academic forum. To communicate with traders or whoever they are in daily situation, I using non standard Indonesian or Javanese which is my native language. Beside that, I also speaking Sundanese as my second friendly language. Karo kanca-kancaku sing cedhek, aku ngomong nganggo basa jawa. Lamun sareng rencang anu ti sunda, abdi ge nyariosna nganggo basa sunda.

So helpful and informative. Thank you!

That very great and correct, I think this video good for resources for history homework ,

English: "may i buy some snack, please? Indo: "Beliii" (sambil ngaduk² beras)

i’m going to be an exchange student in indonesia for a whole year! this was very informative, thank you!

Saya banyak belajar bahasa Indonesia secara terinci melalui blog anda. Terima kasih 🙏

actually, Bahasa Indonesia has a formal and informal speech. It is impolite to use 'kamu' or 'kalian' to your parents or elders or strangers. You need to use the word Ayah, Ibu, Abanf, Kakak, Mas, Mbak. If you're foreigners we will understand or 'memaklumi', but still we consider it to be impolite.

I'm originally from the US, and have been living in Indonesia for over 8 years now. Great intro to the language! Glad you brought up the differences between gaul and standard. For sure, I rarely use proper Indonesian except for formal writing. I am an artist, and so a degree of gaul is still normal in more formal art settings like lectures and classes. It's just too stiff to use the really proper language. I live in Solo, central Java and the Gaul is pretty different from Jakarta, very heavily mixed with kasar (informal/rough) level Javanese language. I also have close friends from Papua and east Indonesian accents and vocab is really different. But Indonesian in all its forms is very fun to learn, and of course Indonesians are in general super friendly and love to teach it.

i cant believe i learn indonesia languange more from bule...

Wow , its so detail bro.. 👍

Mantap sekali. Terima kasih sudah membuat video ini.

1. speak bugis when talk to my dad 2. speak ambonese when talk to my mom 3. speak javanese to the local people where i live 4. speak bahasa indonesia when traveling around indonesia and in formal situation 5. speak english when talk with foreigner

12:51 I am a native Filipino studying Indonesian as my first secondary language. I picked it for two particular reasons: 1) I watched your video on how similar Indonesian and Filipino are so I decided to learn it, 2) it will set me up for more complex languages I'm planning on learning like Swedish and Japanese. I don't really have any close friends or relatives that are native to Indonesia, rather I have one facebook friend who is Malaysian. We speak in English most of the time, but when I want to practice my Indonesian, I talk to her in that language and she can still understand pretty much everything. I feel like standard Indonesian is good for beginners and in my opinion, if you want to actually learn casual conversations, you might as well experience living in Indonesia so you can get the real deal. Either way, standard Indonesian is good for starters, but if you want to learn the dialects, might as well go to Indonesia. Which I wish I could do though, there's still a pandemic and I'm only 14 as of writing this comment.

Terima kasih sudsah upload video ini

Buat pertanyaannya.. saya jawab. Kita menggunakan bahasa Indonesia untuk orang yang baru kita kenal.. Kita menggunakan bahasa Indonesia gaul untuk orang yang sudah dekat dengan kita.. contoh: teman/sahabat. Dan kita menggunakan bahasa ibu/daerah saat bertemu dengan sesama 1 suku. Contoh: Jawa dengan Jawa. Dan sampai kapan? Sampai kita meninggal. Kenapa? Karena kita menghargai bahasa kita sendiri. Sesuai dengan sumpah pemuda, 1 Tanah Air, 1 Bangsa, 1 bahasa: bahasa Indonesia 👍

My GF is Indonesian, but was adopted too early in her life to learn the Bahasa indonesia. We're currently thinking of relocating to Jakarta and "start a new life" there. (we visited Singapore/Bali the other year and fell in love with the Indonesian culture/people and of course, the FOOD! Still have Whatsapp-friends from there) This video was really inspiring and i love the simplicity of your explanation Paul. Thank you! Have a pleasent end of summer! Stay safe!

Halo, saya dari Indonesia. Jadi, semenjak saya menonton video tadi, saya mendapat pertanyaan. Jadi, saya mau jawab dulu ya! Kalau mau berbahasa Indonesia itu untuk berkomunikasi dengan orang luar. Tapi kalau mau berbahasa gaul, itu untuk penduduk sekitar seperti teman, orang dekat, atau penduduk sedaerah/ (Translation) If we want to speak Standard Indonesian, we are to speak it if we encounter someone from the outer regions. But if we want to speak our Bahasa Gaul, we are to speak it to close friends or relatives, or countenances with fellow Indonesians in their current area or the area their living in (Jakarta, North Sulawesi). (I didn't use Google Translate). Terima kasih. I love the video.

Thank You Very Much For your accurate information about different bahasa verssions

Initially I didn't really care about the languages Indonesian or Malay until I started leaning on them for influence in one of my conlangs. And in doing so it's caused me to develop an interest in them and now I kind of want to learn the language! I love how they look and sound and I like the logic the logic behind the grammar. It doesn't seem like a hard language to learn at all. I also find it quite interesting that in spite of this being the official language there is actually 700 different languages or dialects spoken in different regions in the history behind all that is so interesting. I'm happy for the Indonesian people that they could retain their language and culture cuz like you said, in colonies a lot of peoples didn't get to do that. Anyway I love this beautiful language and Malay Malay is pretty cool too.

(sorry for bad english) I'm native Indonesian. Most Indonesian will speak their regional language when meet any other people from the same region. But as you said in the video, we will use Bahasa Indonesia as lingua franca. Mandatory to learn since kindergarden until highschool. For me, i use Bahasa Indonesia in formal form when i speak to my teacher or older people for the shake of speak politely. Usually hear it on tv news, read it on newspaper or online newsportal and textbook. Other than that, Bahasa Indonesia in "gaul" or non formal will be spoken everytime alongside with regional language.

04:29 "Indonesian is still the second language of most Indonesian", That's true. Other than Jakarta, many Indonesians are still more comfortable using their own native language. In fact there are still many Indonesians who can't even speak Indonesian, especially in rural areas.

we use nonformal with friends but formal in school and polite with older. We will speak with SI if the person we talk to is foreigner 😊 we are gonna help them to learn bahasa❤

You have really important and powerfull points here... which indonesian student should learn about their language and its historical background.

Halo semua, Nama saya Rafael dan aku orang Brazil yang cinta Indonesia! 🇧🇷🇮🇩 Aku punya channel KZfaq untuk bicara tentang budaya, bahasa dan hal yang menarik antara Brazil dan Indonesia. Aku kira teman2 akan suka! Ayo kenal, Bule Lokal! 😅😉

how to speak indonesian language tutorial watched by mostly indonesian. -.-

Thank you for your explaination about our language 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

Saya bangga jadi indonesia,sukses selalu buat chanel ini.😊🙏

omg dude, u nailed it, I dont even know where to begin with if I had to explain how to speak indonesian, Im indonesian, and to what extent we speak standard indonesian? its when you talk with someone at work to show respect or when you speak with strangers to ask a place you wanna go, its just more polite when you use standard indonesian. and we speak bahasa gaul in daily activities like when you talk with friends, not random friends more like close friends or family or gf/bf. Its just to make the conversation you have is not as stiff as you have with your boss, sometimes even your boss want you to speak bahasa gaul to make others think him as a friendly guy

English: Wait a minute. Bahasa: tunggu sebentar. Simple: bentar ya/ bentar/ entar/ ntar/ tar.

Wow, thank you for making this video about Indonesian Language 🙂

As an Indonesian.. I normally use standard language for formal purposes... Meet with official, parents, much older people... Like other language... Generally speaking formal language should b used only for official purposes... Or to th someone whom ar higher social status, older, respected figure, unknown person. For th friend, colleagues.... We can relax a bit/much

Oh wow... thank YOU for calling it Indonesian instead of *cringe* 'Bahasa'. You're absolutely spot on with your explanation. And the inclusion of the Formosa hypothesis in your Melayu video ... the linguist in me is well-impressed. Some feedback/notes - at least my take on it, I bet some Indonesians would disagree :D - I'd refer to colloquial Indonesian as "bahasa sehari-hari" (daily speech). "Bahasa gaul" tends to refer to the ultra-cool speech of youth which you didn't cover. Some vocabulary or grammatical appropriations from "bahasa gaul" will eventually enter "bahasa sehari-hari" although not all. "Bahasa gaul" is a bit more similar to verlan in French, it is somewhat a "code" until one day it entered daily speech. By this time the actual "bahasa gaul" has moved on to new iterations. - In your examples, I think you should integrate a subjectless example. In daily usage of Indonesian we almost always drop the subject. Obviously this is deliberately to trap you second-language learners when you thought you got the affixes and phonetics right ;) For example, the most common version of "do you want to sit?" would be "mau duduk?" The pronouns are rarely used, though sometimes we'd contextualise it. E.g. "ibu... mo duduk?" [ma'am, would you like to sit?] or "eh... mo duduk?" [hey... d'you wanna sit?] - Another big difference with colloquial Indonesian is the simplification of diphtongs. /au/ is almost always pronounced open /o/, /ia/ is /ya/ and so forth. Answering your question of the day: No one speaks standard Indonesian to another person. Think of the tu/vous difference on steroid. There are so many 'registers' that one could speak Indonesian in - all influenced by their home speech and their local dialect. The only time I ever spoke standard Indonsian was when I read my paper in class. Writing a formal letter (immigration, exam, government), on the other hand, is always in standard Indonesian. - Pure standard Indonesian is saved for newscasts and extremely formal speeches. It is also used in literature when describing things and events but not when writing out dialogues. - The most formal register two Indonesians would speak in is what I call "casual standard" where we use standard vocabulary but without certain affixes. For example, 'pemakan' or 'dimakan' is used but 'memakan' is unlikely. Additionally, second-person pronoun is never used here, instead the honorific term would be used such as 'bapak' or 'ibu' or nothing. Light news, job interviews would use this register. - Then there's home Indonesian that varies greatly from family to family. But it's a mix of being casual yet restrained. Most kids would never dare saying "gue" to their parents but would do so to their siblings. Some wouldn't even use a first-person pronoun and instead use their own name to refer to themselves. - The "among equals" speech depends on the persona one wishes to projects. For example, girls may say 'aku' instead of 'gue' or 'saya' and it sort of sounds cute. (That said, among Javanese speakers it is completely normal to say 'aku', while for Sundanese speakers they would use the particle 'mah' after 'saya' to lessen the formality of the pronoun). - The "lesser than me" speech probably has the most diversity as it normally incorporates the bad words from the local languages. I suppose we dig deep when we swear :D That's definitely a longer comment than I intended to write LOL. But yeah, keep up the good work! And thanks for doing the video on this not-so-well-known language.

I'm Indonesian, firstly, it's kind of funny experience when someone from another country explaining how to study our native language, good job Langfocus :D for your question: we commonly used bahasa Indonesia for a formal occasion, speak to our boss, to someone older, or new friend (i think it's because we think it's more proper and polite) we commonly used bahasa gaul for a casual occasion, speak to someone with same age and friend or intimate friend. in addition, we usually used our local native language with someone from same region.

As an Indonesian myself the answer regarding your question at the end. Using the standard indonesian is the formal way of speaking. In Indonesia especially where i am from which is tangerang which is part of the greater jakarta area using Bahasa Gaul is normal but based on my friends outside of this from my area especially from other islands using bahasa gaul is not normal but we still speak formally to someone who is older or at school or during meeting in other words where you are doing something more formal. If you are just talking to your friend bahasa gaul is acceptable.

Do you think it would be a good idea if langfocus did a video examining & comparing the different creoles & dialects of Indonesian & Malay together?

i studied indo for a while and found the "real spoken" variant to be easier to communicate with since that is really spoken there. in case: Kamu instead of Anda, Aku instead of Saya gak instead of tidak. what i found confusing though is the way they chat :D i guess you already found out that indonesians love skipping the Vocals in chat so in the end you are left with a whole bunch of consonants in a sentence that don't really make sense if you just started learning the language

Bahasa Indonesia: Meninggal Wafat Gugur Mati Berpulang Tewas Mampus Modar Arti sama tapi beda penggunaan... Update : + Mangkat + Koit + Kojor

So great to tell about Indonesian. Thanks for Introducing our country in the world. Indonesian has many International tourist to visited bali, Lombok, wakatobi, and other tourism places. It's mean could be increas economic financial

Semoga bahasa Indonesia makin di kenal dunia dan di sukai bangsa2 lain

To; Langfocus 1. We use formal language in speeches, talking to teachers or older people. Whereas, we use slang for peers. 2. Actually, in everyday conversation we rarely use Indonesian as in the textbook, because it's too formal and rigid. But the funny thing is, on average, many of us (students) have higher grades in English lessons than Indonesian. 😂🤣

It is fun to see Indonesian language get broken down by language expert, and more importantly, a foreigner, who is free from the bias of having Indonesian language as his native language

Thank's langfocus you so clever, you can communication with gaul Indonesian Compersasion

thank you for the discussion and at the same time introducing Indonesian🇲🇨🇲🇨

*Langfocus* *:* *Hey dude, Indonesian is easier...* *BAHASA Gaul* *:* *Hold my AQUA🧴*

Me : hmm indonesian pretty easy eh... Suffixes and affixes : let me introduce ourselves

I'm Indonesian and I'm happy to see people love the country of Indonesia greetings from Indonesia

hi bro, I'm from Indonesia, and I'm very proud, EXCELLENT FRIEND

Bahasa Indonesia: where everything is formal Bahasa Gaul: where everything is informal We indonesian love simplicity and keep everything simple :p

Padi = Rice Gabah = Rice Beras = Rice Beras patah2(menir) = Rice Nasi = Rice Nasi satu biji (upo) = Rice Kerak nasi = Rice Dll

Hello Paul. I am Ebron Amaral and I am from Timor-Leste also known as East Timor which located in South East Asia. Timor-Leste has two neighbors countries such as Indonesia and Australia. Watch your videos that you upload on the Langfocus channel and they are so interesting and help to have more understanding of the roots of the languages worldwide. Therefore would you please make a video of my country Timor-Leste about the National Language as well as regional languages? Thanks and hope to watch it on your KZfaq channel of Lnagfocus.

Clear explanation

EN : Your Video really nice SI : Video anda sangat bagus BG : video lu ntaps bro easy simple : ntaps lah.

thank you!! I was born in Java in the mid-70's, but i was adopted, so grew up speaking Dutch and English, being raised in Wash., DC. Thanks for the history lesson and all the useful info.

I love this video, ty