Vowels
examples: kata, mata, taman, cara
"I" in Bahasa Indonesia sounds like the 'ee' when you say "bee" or "see".
examples: kiri, pipi, dinding, pinggir
"U" in Bahasa Indonesia sounds like the "oo" when you say "look" or "boost".
examples: untuk, cukup, lucu, mutu
"E" in Bahasa Indonesia has two sounds
(1) it sounds like the "e" in "ten" or "self"
examples: cek, encer
(2) it sounds like the "e" in "her" or "merge".
examples: eneg, lemper
"O" in Bahasa Indonesia also has two sounds
(1) it sounds like the "o" in "low" or "go"
examples: toko, Solo
(2) it sounds like the "o" in "hot" or "rod"
examples: dorong, rokok
Diphthongs
In my opinion, in Bahasa Indonesia, diphthongs are not really diphthongs. Officially we have "ai" and "au", which are supposed to sound like "y" in "my" or "by", and "ow" in "how" and "cow". However, most of the time, the combination of two vowels in Bahasa Indonesia would be pronounced separately.
For example:
"cair" is "ca - ir" instead of "cayr" but "kedai" is "ke-day" instead of "ke-da-i"
"bau" is "ba-u" instead of "bow" but "kerbau" is "ker- baw" instead of "ker-ba-u"
It needs practice to be able to resist the natural way we say things. When we see: "lanjut", English speakers tend to say "layn-jot" while it is supposed to sound like "larn-joot". Here are the Indonesian vocabulary we learned today to help you practice.
Vocabulary:
kata = word
mata = eye
taman = garden / park
cara = method / how to
kiri = left
pipi = cheek
dinding = wall
pinggir = edge (of something)
untuk = for
lucu = funny
cukup = enough
mutu = quality
cek = check or cheque
encer = liquid
eneg = nauseous
lemper = a kind of indonesian food made of rice
toko = shop
Solo = a name of a city in Indonesia
dorong = push
rokok = cigarette
cair = liquid
kedai = eatery
bau = smell
kerbau = water buffalo
lanjut = continue
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