Bahasa indonesia resources I need some help

Philemon · February 25, 2020, 12:33pm

Hi,
I was wondering, where I can find indonesian books in original version ? (Or Ebooks)
What contents do you use to learn indonesian ? (Podcasts, radios, youtube channels…)
I’m in France and it’s quite difficult to find good contents.

Thank you !

mr_edres · February 25, 2020, 5:36pm

May I know why are you learning Indonesian?

nobody · February 25, 2020, 5:48pm

Yes, I’ve found it difficult to find suitable content. As usual, it depends on your interests and levels. I am currently using the following resources:

Textbooks: I’m reviewing my Assimil book (just wonderful) and I just finished this reader, which I found very useful: https://amzn.to/2vfCMj6
I find the Didi and friends’ YT channel with songs and stories for kids simply awesome. Many songs are subtitled and the episodes themselves are great for vocabulary building and developing listening comprehension, even without subtitles. A big plus for me personally is that the original program is in fact Malaysian but it aalso has an Indonesian version (and several others). I often compare the Malay and Indonesian versions, which allows me to progress in both versions of the language. Here is the Indonesian channel: Didi & Friends - Lagu Anak-Anak Indonesia - YouTube
And this is the Malay one: Didi & Friends - Lagu Kanak Kanak - YouTube
Now for the part that really connects to your question: as for native books, it’s hard to find good free material that you can import into Lingq. What I’ve found most useful is to buy books from Google Play. There’s a big, diverse collection and most books are cheap (some free) and you can translate words and phrases from within the site, although I also use Google Translate often. You can find both books written in formal Indonesian and in Bahasa Gaul, which I find great. Here are a couple of books that I’ve been reading:
https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Anik_Kurniati_Dongeng_Kerajaan_Nusantara?id=YIU4DwAAQBAJ
https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Irwan_Winardi_360_Cerita_Jenaka_Nasruddin_Hoja?id=kGUHBgAAQBAJ

Currently I’m reading the series of comics “Manjali” which are based on Indonesian folklore and written in pure bahasa gaul The built-in translator sometimes gets confused by the comic layout but I don’t mind writing down unknown words on Google translator. Btw, for an introduction to Bahasa Gaul I recommend both the Wikipedia article “Indonesian slang” and this book: https://amzn.to/3922Vke

Finally, as for material that you can actually import to Lingq and it’s interesting, unfortunately there’s not much that I could find, that’s why I’m no t actually using it very much at this stage. One exception are some websites that publish Indonesian legends. For example: https://histori.id/

nobody · February 25, 2020, 6:29pm

Who are you asking? I’m learning both Indonesian and Malay mostly because I like the language and culture. I’d also like to visit Bali and maybe some other islands: Flores, etc.

Philemon · February 25, 2020, 6:59pm

Thank you very much it’s very kind of you, it will be useful ! Thx again.

Philemon · February 25, 2020, 7:04pm

i don’t know if you are asking me, but my goal is to be able to read Pramoedya Ananta Toer. (the Buru Quartet)

Philemon · March 7, 2020, 10:11am

Here, you have some cartoons in indonesian :

Documentaries channel :

Street inteviews playlist :

Doreamon episodes dubbed into indonesian with subtiles

I keep looking !