maybe i’m not a good citizen, but yes, i hate bahasa indonesia.
it was begun when i had my engineering economy exam today (this post is written on March 27th 2009). this subject is just one from reasons why i love my civil-engineering-life. i have a great lecturer in that class. the best i think.
in that class, he always give us some exercises in English. he took those from a textbook, that haven’t been translated in Bahasa Indonesia. i really enjoy the book. and i definitely think that English is the best languange when we talk about science.
so, i studied it with an English textbook (even his slides are in English!) and understand the problems in English.
then, in my exam room, i found out that the question is ALL in Bahasa Indonesia. suddenly, my brain was freezing for a while. i read that paper for the first 15 minutes, and try to answer all those question DOUBTFULLY. huahahahahha
okay, here is the thing:
i realize that i’m not good enough in English, but i think when you read the same textbook, you better buy the English one. sometimes, some English word can not be translated perfectly in Bahasa Indonesia.
for example:
what is ‘engineering’ means in Bahasa Indonesia? it can be translated to ‘teknik’ and ‘rekayasa’. it just definitely two different words with different mean.
and i have some text book, some of them has been translated. and honestly, i’ve met some difficulties to understand all those Bahasa Indonesia words. heu.
but, it doesn’t mean i really hate Bahasa Indonesia.
i speak Bahasa Indonesia with my friends. and i’ve just realize that Bahasa Indonesia is easy to learn. thereis no grammar, right? you don’t have to change the verb into V2 or something like that. see?
but there’s something…
“kadang lebih menyentuh untuk mengatakan sesuatu dalam Bahasa Inggris” =)
hmm,,jgn gitu nis…
coba dari awal tu kata2 “engineer” tu dari indonesia..
ato bahasa kita yg bahasa internasional…
gak akan gitu kan jadinya?
kita yg harus nyesuaiin krn b.inggris adalah bahasa internasional…hoho
tp kata2 trakhir mu tu bener bgt,,lbh menyentuh kl pake b.inggris..lbh kluar smua apa yg mau kita omongin…
b.indonesia tu kelemahannya adalah gk ada grammar,padahal grammar tu sesuatu yg menandakan sekarang,dulu,ato akan…dan itu sesuatu yg penting…
tp b.indonesia tu jauh lbh susah dari b.inggris lo nis…
contohnya: cb kita ngomong b.indonesia sesuai EYD,susah kan?
haha=p
once i met a girl, she said that she hates English. I said to her, “English language never done anything wrong to you, so why do u hate it?” She said because she never get good mark for English subject in her school! It happens many times, ppl hate a subject, because they have difficulty on that subject. But actually, the subject it self is neutral. English is good language. But it also has weakness. Try to search on google with this word: Crazy English. U may find an article telling that English language is “crazy”, so it can make u laugh. Indonesian language is so simple and has no tenses (Indonesian do has grammar), it can be advantages, but also disadvantages. Ppl have different way to express feeling. Some ppl say it’s easier to express a feeling in English, but some ppl will say different. I think any language has weakness. But I’m sure if you know the history of Indonesian Language..you’ll be proud with Indonesian language..LONG LIVE BAHASA INDONESIA!