learning resources miscellany pronunciation |
The letters are pronounced much as in English, except for... | |
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c as ch | cinta (to love) |
g always hard as in girl | gila (crazy) |
h very soft, often silent | habis (finished), sounds like abis |
kh as a hard k (Arabic) | khabar (news) |
ng always soft as in hanger | hilang (lost) |
ngg always hard, as in hunger | mangga (mango) |
r trilled as in Spanish | baru (new) |
a as in father | satu (one) |
e usually like the u in but | empat (four) |
e stressed or at the end of a word, as é in passé | desa (village) |
i like the ee in feet | tiga (three) |
o as in so | bodoh (stupid) |
u as in humor | tujuh (seven) |
au like the ow in how | pulau (island) |
ai like the word eye | pantai (beach) |
These are the books that I'm currently studying. No comments yet because, well, I haven't finished reading them yet!