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learning resources miscellany pronunciation |
| The letters are pronounced much as in English, except for... | |
|---|---|
| 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!