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Learn Indonesian
Learn Indonesian with guided lessons in sounds, reading, vocabulary and grammar, plus interactive A1–A2 practice.
The Indonesian alphabet
All 26 Latin letters, their Indonesian names, and capital–lowercase pairs.
- A to E — Meet a, be, ce, de, e and practise telling them apart.
- F to J — Meet ef, ge, ha, i, je and practise telling them apart.
- K to O — Meet ka, el, em, en, o and practise telling them apart.
- P to T — Meet pe, ki, er, es, te and practise telling them apart.
- U to Z — Meet u, ve, we, eks, ye, zet and practise telling them apart.
Review your letters
Recognise every letter and match its capital and lowercase forms.
- Final review · the whole alphabet — One recognition question for every letter, in a fresh random order.
- Final review · capitals and lowercase — Match every capital with its lowercase partner, in a fresh random order.
A1–A2 · People and everyday words
A1 foundations: pronouns, possession and unchanged verbs.
- Pronouns and introductions — Choose pronouns by person, relationship and inclusion.
- Things, possession and no compulsory articles — Build noun phrases without English-style articles or case endings.
- Eating: makan — Use one common verb across singular, plural, inclusive and exclusive subjects.
- Drinking: minum — Use one common verb across singular, plural, inclusive and exclusive subjects.
- Living somewhere: tinggal — Use one common verb across singular, plural, inclusive and exclusive subjects.
A1–A2 · Build everyday sentences
Study and work, negation, questions and descriptions.
- Studying: belajar — Use one common verb across singular, plural, inclusive and exclusive subjects.
- Working: bekerja — Use one common verb across singular, plural, inclusive and exclusive subjects.
- Not: tidak and bukan — Negate actions, descriptions and identities appropriately.
- Bukan or tidak? Actions, qualities and identities — Choose the negative by what the sentence denies: an action, a quality, or an identity.
- Ask yes/no and information questions — Find a person, thing, location, time or quantity.
- Describe things and rooms — Use adjectives after nouns and as predicates.
A1–A2 · Food, travel and time
Quantities, locations, past context, ongoing actions and future plans.
- Food, quantities and prices — Order a simple meal and read amounts.
- Locations, directions and travel — Use di, ke and dari with everyday destinations.
- Past context, already and not yet — Distinguish time references from completion and ongoing action.
- Future plans and times — Use akan, time words and clock-time phrases.
A1–A2 · Requests and connected messages
A2-oriented requests, comparisons, reasons and written comprehension.
- Polite requests and practical needs — Ask permission, offer an invitation and read a prohibition.
- Compare rooms and travel choices — Express cheaper, faster and the cheapest.
- Daily routines, reasons and conditions — Write short connected messages about an ordinary day.
- Read and complete an everyday message — Use pronouns, negation, aspect and travel details in context.
Additional resources
Keep the full alphabet beside your lessons.