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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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