In the blog series of Speak Indonesian Like a Sundanese, we have discussed about words which are often used by Sundanese people when speaking Indonesian. Three of which are sok, atuh, and geura. What’s unique in Sundanese dialect is that these three words alone can be combined in any order to form a sentence and […]
The word geura is often heard in conversations of people in West Java region. This word gives an intention to ask the person the sentence is being spoken to to promptly do something. Placement In verbal conversation, this word could be placed before or after verb, or at the end of a clause. Now that […]
There is an Indonesian term sok which means berlagak (show off, boast). But don’t confuse that sok with sok we are going to discuss now. The word sok used in Sundanese dialect comes from Sundanese language, which has a very different meanings. Then what is Indonesian sok in Sundanese? It’s légék. 1. silakan (please) While […]
Merakit sebuah HTPC memang merupakan kegiatan yang menyenangkan sekaligus melelahkan. Menyenangkan karena kita bisa membuat sendiri mesin hiburan idaman yang bisa memutar musik, video blu-ray, siaran televisi, youtube, dan main game dalam satu perangkat saja. Melelahkan karena mencari komponen-komponen yang tidak lazim digunakan pada PC pada umumnya bukanlah hal yang mudah. Berikut ini beberapa hal […]
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Recently I just switched my laptop with a MacBook. Due to the new hardware components on this early 2015 series, Linux couldn’t detect the SSD, even with the latest 4.0 kernel. Hence I have to familiarize myself with Mac OS X. The first thing to do beside migrating all files was to install all applications […]
A word that is often heard in many conversations: atuh. Though this is also commonly used in other dialects, the word has a few meanings when spoken by Sundanese dialect. The word atuh can be placed in front or at the end of the sentence, depending on the meaning. 1. Emphasizing Certainty One use of […]
Continuing the series, we have previously discussed a commonly used particle téh. Now I will add another similar particle which is also commonly used in Sundanese dialects: mah. This particle is not unique to Sundanese, as we also often hear it from other dialects. 1. Subject Indicator Similar to téh, mah is also used to […]
If you ever learn bahasa (Indonesian) you might have noticed that colloquial Indonesian is very diverse, influenced by local dialects. As a person who was born and grown up in Bandung, I didn’t know what makes Sundanese dialects different from Jakartanese, Medanese, Balinese, Javanese, or other dialects. Yet somehow, hearing non Sundanese tried mimicking Sundanese […]
After a while working on a few projects with Bootstrap, I finally decided that I really don’t like Bootstrap. Okay before you continue reading, I should give a notice that this post might contain rants than reasoning. …ok so you decided to continue reading anyway… It’s been a while after Bootstrap became popular when I […]