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For most people who is Indonesian language to learn one of the easiest languages undoubtedly. It has a very simple grammatical structure, it has no time and uses the same alphabet as English and many other languages. Even better, the language is very tonal and therefore words are very easy to spell
The non-native speakers of Indonesia, there are six basic skill levels .:
1. No word: This is obviously the level everyone is, begin to learn and the level at which remain some expats, even if they live in Indonesia for 50 years before. Many of those who from the stage progress can be two on stage or beyond in the first stage can remain as well, because they speak with her mother and Indonesian accent no Indonesian understand a word they say anyway.
2. Taxi language: The basic vocabulary of this language is four words; kiri kanan Terus and "Stop", and for most expats each of these words must show through animated and gestures are accompanied - regularly points to the left or , forefinger for Terus sweep right for Kiri or kanan straight down and forward, and vigorously on the driver's shoulder knock to "stop". At the end of adventurers Expat can add the word berapa in a questioning tone, to find out how much the trip cost, but the majority will only read the meter, hand over the amount rounded to the nearest ten thousand thousand ~~ POS = HEADCOMP and off. Some are cursory 'makasih' Add as they leave the taxi. However, there are some expats who is involved in a tense and time-consuming stand-off with the driver, as he fumbles animatedly pretending to look, during the Expat hope of waiting get tired and can hold it in his pockets for change. I have seen this fight go on for some time, as my friend Jock gets the English teacher from a taxi.
to bring 3. Enough in trouble: At this stage, non-native speakers of Indonesian can confidently make their way around in taxis to restaurants and amaze visitors (and fellow expats who still on stage one). As long as everything goes to plan, this level is quite impressive, but things can go wrong when Indonesians assume that the expats' Indonesian is fluent and begin to speak at the same speed they would speak to an Indonesian. This is when expats go for a new pair of shoes shopping at the end of home with a bag of sugar and a toothbrush.
4. Conversational: At this stage the Expat speaks pretty good Indonesian and can actually get with an Indonesian by a call by understand most of what is said and knowingly at the right times Nod. Occasionally there will be a word or phrase that the expat has not heard before, but in general the importance to be taken out of the context and the Expat is having a notion of what to leave the conversation went, and the Indonesian after go home convinced that speaks fluent Indonesian expat. Later, both to find out how wrong they were.
5. Fluent spoken: This is the phase in which Indonesians expats ask on their Indonesian compliment and how long they have been in the country. Any reply will be met with a look of surprise, either because the Expat has for such a long time here, or because the Expat has learned so well in such a short time Indonesian. In any case, the call will often go into areas that are most foreigners do not really comfortable talking to someone they just met, so that the expat is pretending to be at the end of the stage, to avoid that the more embarrassing to share details of their lives.
6. Fluent in spoken and written: Very few will reach this stage, and those who smoke in Indonesia's Restaurants kreteks and reading sit Kompas do pride. Many are also Batik wear all the time, bringing her hand to her chest after shaking hands with you and go, as no tomorrow.
The vast majority of expats is no matter how long they have been somewhere between stages two and three, in Indonesia. Where are they standing?
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