Becik Ketitik, Ala Ketara

  • October 03, 2020

Becicik ketitik, ala ketara is a very famous idiom in Javanese and frequently used in many situations including the present time. [...]

Ketiban Sampur: A Javanese Idiom

  • August 06, 2020

I WAS BUT shocked when a fellow member of NBC (Nasi Bungkus Community) told me one Friday morning, "Masbro, sampean ketiban sampur [...]

Alasan Kenapa Kita Harus Melestarikan Bahasa Daerah

  • April 30, 2020

"Enak ya kamu, Rud, bisa ngomong beberapa bahasa berbeda!" Begitu ujar seorang teman, bule asal Belgia dalam bahasa Inggris. Wajahnya jelas menunjukkan antusiasme dan kekaguman pada saya dan seorang teman wanita yang akan ia persunting sebagai istri. Percakapan itu berlangsung di teras rumah mungil [...]

Silah-silahing Tembung aka Part of Speech in Javanese

  • April 20, 2020

Word is a primary component of a sentence. Without any words, a sentence cannot be produced so we won’t be able to speak or write [...]

Silah-silahing Katrangan or Types of Adverb

  • April 17, 2020

In the previous post I have presented how words are arranged in a sentence based on their function as subject, predicate, object, [...]

Understanding Ayahane Tembung aka Word Order in Javanese Sentence

  • April 16, 2020

Ayahane tembung, or known as lungguhing tembung, indicates how words are arranged in a sentence based on its function. In other words, parsing a sentence based on its ayahane tembung means to distinguish which one is the jejer, the wasesa, the lesan, and the katrangan. In English, jejer equals the [...]

The Structure of Javanese Sentence

  • April 14, 2020

The structure of a sentence in Javanese normally follows the standard pattern of sentences in Indonesian as well as in English. So the syntax is quite simple and clear-cut. It commonly starts with a subject, followed by a predicate, and ends with an object where necessary. It is important to note [...]

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