Learn the top adjectives to describe people
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| Hi, everyone. |
| I'm Blanka. |
| Halo semua, saya Blanka. |
| Welcome to the Indonesian Whiteboard Lessons. |
| In this lesson, |
| you'll learn top adjectives to describe people. |
| Let's get started. |
| Okay |
| let's look at the vocabulary. |
| First, we have |
| tinggi |
| tall |
| pendek |
| short |
| kurus |
| skinny |
| gemuk, |
| fat |
| cantik |
| beautiful |
| tampan |
| handsome. |
| As in English |
| cantik usually used for a girl or woman |
| and |
| tampan for a boy or a man. |
| Okay, next is |
| lucu |
| cute. |
| Lucu can also mean funny or amusing |
| or something that looks unusual |
| weird, or peculiar. |
| Gagah |
| sturdy. |
| Muda |
| young. |
| Tua |
| old. |
| Berambut panjang |
| long-haired. |
| The last one |
| berambut pendek |
| short-haired. |
| Let's look at the dialogue. |
| When I read |
| I want you to pay attention to the adjective. |
| Find what the adjective is and see how it's used in the dialogue. |
| Itu saudara laki-laki saya. |
| That's my brother. |
| Dia kurus sekali. |
| He's very skinny. |
| Do you know which one is the adjective? |
| Kurus |
| skinny. |
| Now let's look at some speaking examples. |
| Dia lucu sekali. |
| He's so cute. |
| Which one is the adjective? |
| Lucu |
| cute. |
| Dia tua sekali. |
| She's very old. |
| Which one is the adjective? |
| Tua |
| old. |
| Now let's look at the sentence pattern. |
| This pattern will be the structure that all of our dialogues will follow. |
| Dia plus adjective. |
| He or she is adjective. |
| In the Indonesian language |
| there is no specific word for he or she as there is in English. |
| Instead, the pronoun ""dia"" is used for both he and she. |
| Similarly, the possessive pronoun his or her is translated as ""dia punya"" in Indonesian. |
| This lack of gender specific pronouns reflects the more neutral approach to gender |
| in Indonesian language compared to languages like English, |
| which distinguishes between masculine and feminine pronouns. |
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