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Pronoun
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June 18, 2011 · Dr. George Quinn, Dr. Uli Kozok, Indonesian Way, Pronoun · Dr. George Quinn

“You” Avoidance

Contributed and posted by ‘The Indonesian Way’, a textbook for the Indonesian language by George Quinn and Uli Kozok. The use of second person pronouns is one of the most difficult areas of…
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June 17, 2011 · Dr. George Quinn, Dr. Uli Kozok, Indonesian Way, Pronoun, Useful Words, Vocabulary Updates · Dr. George Quinn

Bapak and Ibu

Contributed and posted by ‘The Indonesian Way’, a textbook for the Indonesian language by George Quinn and Uli Kozok. In English, basically we have just one second person pronoun: “you”. Except in a…
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June 1, 2011 · Articles, Dr. George Quinn, Dr. Uli Kozok,Pronoun · Dr. George Quinn

Is Indonesian a non-sexist language?

Contributed and posted by ‘The Indonesian Way’, a textbook for the Indonesian language by George Quinn and Uli Kozok. The third-person pronouns of English compel us to specify male (he, his), female (she,…
you
May 27, 2011 · Dr. Uli Kozok, Pronoun · Prof. Dr. Uli Kozok

Anda and Kamu

There are many words for “you”: Anda is just one of them and is by no means the most commonly used. In fact Anda is a fairly recent invention, dating from the 1950s. It is…
January 20, 2011 · Dr. Uli Kozok, Formal Grammar, Pronoun,Vocabulary Updates · Prof. Dr. Uli Kozok

‘Bapak’ with Capital Letter?

You should note that when the kinship terms bapak (a father) and ibu (a mother) are used as second person pronouns (i.e. meaning “you”) they are written with an initial capital letter, but when they are…
June 1, 2010 · Dr. Uli Kozok, Pronoun · Prof. Dr. Uli Kozok

Kami versus Kita

“We” is a small word and it can sometimes be a small problem for English speaking students of Indonesian. The problem is that there are two words for “we” in Indonesian: kami and…
June 1, 2010 · Dr. Uli Kozok, Pronoun · Prof. Dr. Uli Kozok

-Nya

“–nya” is used as the counterpart of the English possessive pronoun “its”, i.e. it refers to something inanimate or non-human. It makes no distinction between male and female. If you really need to know the…

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