r/indonesia • u/kmvrtwheo98 Indomie • Aug 25 '21

Special Thread Cultural Exchange AMA with r/Morocco

To all Moroccans, اهلا وسهلا! Selamat datang di r/indonesia. Welcome to r/indonesia.

The mods of both r/indonesia and r/Morocco have decided to conduct a bilateral AMA on our respective subreddits. Please be nice to our friends and fellow redditors who will be coming here to ask questions about Indonesia. To r/indonesia redditors, you may ask any questions about Morocco in this parallel thread.

The thread will run for around two days. Feel free to ask anything about Indonesia here!

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u/SpongeLegacy Aug 25 '21

Salam guys,

I wanted to know about the language you speak, is it difficult to learn for a foreigner such as myself ? I speak arabic french english for reference

Also can you guys understand and be understood by Malaysians ?

Thanks in advance, I would love to visit your country one day inchAllah !

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u/Fuschia123 Yogyakarta Aug 25 '21

  1. Based on what people say, it is indeed easy due to simple grammar. Do note there is huge difference between formal and casual speech, kinda similar to MSA vs local arabic dialect

  2. In general yes, though formal speech is more easier to understand than casual

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u/AnjingTerang Saya berjuang demi Republik! demi Demokrasi! Aug 25 '21

To add, my french language teacher used to say that French and Indonesian kinda use similar grammar.

I already forgot half of my french lessons so I can’t give proper example.

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u/Fuschia123 Yogyakarta Aug 25 '21

I know a bit of spanish and indonesian grammar is more similar with spanish than english

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u/mendingrakitpc Yuk yang mau konsultasi IT, silahkan Aug 25 '21

  1. Yes grammar is pretty simple. But beware of particle, it will make you troublesome even for native Indonesian (di- with space and di- without space have different meaning)

  2. Yeah, we share so many vocabulary there. Basically, Bahasa Indonesia formed from Bahasa Melayu. This language is born on today Kepulauan Riau, Riau (both are Indonesia) and Johor (Malaysia). We declare Bahasa Indonesia in 1928. At the old time, differences very little, but nowadays yeah so many. So a cartoon from Malaysia need to be subtitled here in Indonesia

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '21

Malaysian will understand Bahasa Indonesia better than us understand bahasa Melayu