Start at Level 1 — each level has 10 new words.
1,000 words and phrases for living in Indonesia, ordered for survival: greetings and politeness first, then numbers and prices, getting around, food, home, health, work, family, travel and conversation. Every word has a pronunciation guide, a formality label, audio and a real example sentence.
1) Open a level and flip through 10 word cards — listen to each one. 2) Take the 10-question quiz: guess the meaning, guess the word, or listen and choose. 3) Pass with at least 6 correct (3 lives) to unlock the next level. Words you miss go to Review Hard Words, and words you know come back in Today's Review on a spaced schedule.
Indonesian is spelled the way it sounds. The guide uses English-style syllables; CAPITALS show the syllable to lean on (stress is light in Indonesian). The audio uses your device's Indonesian (id-ID) voice — if your device has none, it may read the word with an English voice, so install an Indonesian voice in your text-to-speech settings.
| a | as in “father” — saya |
| e | usually a short “uh” (benar = buh-NAR); sometimes “eh” (enak = EH-nahk) |
| i, u | “ee” and “oo” — ini, tutup |
| c | always “ch” as in “chair” — cari |
| j | as in “jump” — jalan |
| ng | as in “sing”, also at the start of a word — ngobrol |
| ny | as in “canyon” — nyaman |
| sy | “sh” as in “she” — insyaallah |
| kh | a throaty “kh” as in Scottish “loch” — khawatir |
| r | a light rolled r — rumah |
Formal use with superiors, officials, strangers and in work email · Neutral safe almost everywhere · Informal only with friends and people your age.
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