Why do they speak...
For non-native speakers who learned Indonesian language, if you go to some place in Indonesia and listen to conversations of the natives there, you may realize that you don’t understand many words they say. They tend to talk with shorter words than what you have learned in class. But don’t worry, they will still understand your proper class taught way of speaking and respect you more because you know good grammar.
So these are several examples that I can think of for now:
- Verbs beginning with me-, most of the time the word me- can be omitted or replaced with nge-, ng- or ny-.
Menyapu –> nyapu
Menyetrika –> nyetrika
Memasak –> masak
Mencuci –> nyuci
Menipu –> nipu
Membasuh –> ngebasuh / basuh
- In Java island, and maybe Bali and Lombok, in casual conversation it is more common to replace the suffix –kan with –in.
Memperkenalkan –> ngenalin (k replace with ng)
Menidurkan –> nidurin
Meniupkan –> niupin
Diambilkan –> diambilin
- Prefix be- is also sometimes omitted during casual conversation
Begitu –> gitu
Berdamai –> damai
Berlari –> lari
Bergoyang –> goyang
Can anyone think of any more examples?