1st Edition
Understanding Indonesian Grammar A student's reference and workbook
By James Neil Sneddon
Copyright 2000
254 Pages
by
Routledge
254 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
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Understanding Indonesian Grammar is a reference and workbook designed primarily for intermediate and advanced students in senior years of high school and at university. It provides a clear, non-technical description of the important structures in the language, together with practical exercises. It can be used with any Indonesian language course. * Units are largely self-contained, enabling... Read more
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS viii
INTRODUCTION ix
GLOSSARY xii
1 Prefixes 1
2 Noun affixes 5
3 Transitive and intransitive verbs 13
4 Active and passive 19
5 Intransitive verbs 26
6 Verbal suffixes -kan and -i 2
7 Verbs with prefix per- 47
8 Ter- verbs 51
9 Ke-...-an verbs 58
10 Ber-...-kan verbs 61
11 Ber-...-an verbs 63
12 Base-meN- verbs 66
13 Noun phrases 68
14 Adjective phrases 73
15 Predicate phrases 77
16 Negatives 80
17 Baru 85
18 Prepositions 87
19 Ada 91
20 Functions of -nya 94
21 Numbers 97
22 Arithmetic 103
23 Reflexives 105
24 Clause word order 108
25 Relative clauses 113
26 Topic-comment clauses 124
INTRODUCTION ix
GLOSSARY xii
1 Prefixes 1
2 Noun affixes 5
3 Transitive and intransitive verbs 13
4 Active and passive 19
5 Intransitive verbs 26
6 Verbal suffixes -kan and -i 2
7 Verbs with prefix per- 47
8 Ter- verbs 51
9 Ke-...-an verbs 58
10 Ber-...-kan verbs 61
11 Ber-...-an verbs 63
12 Base-meN- verbs 66
13 Noun phrases 68
14 Adjective phrases 73
15 Predicate phrases 77
16 Negatives 80
17 Baru 85
18 Prepositions 87
19 Ada 91
20 Functions of -nya 94
21 Numbers 97
22 Arithmetic 103
23 Reflexives 105
24 Clause word order 108
25 Relative clauses 113
26 Topic-comment clauses 124
Biography
James Neil Sneddon PhD is an associate professor in the School of Languages at Griffith University, with long experience teaching Indonesian language and linguistics. He is the author of Indonesian Reference Grammar (1996).
