Speak Standard Indonesian

In this book, Speak Standard Indonesian, various Indonesian and Jakartan dialects are explained to help beginners understand informal and colloquial Indonesian. It aims to give the learner a grounding in Indonesian conversation. It provides over 200 dialogues exercise, the key to those numerous situations that make the merest day-to-day communication an obstacle course: meeting new acquaintances, identifying and describing objects, making appointments, dealing with the practical nitty-gritties of traveling and settling down in an Indonesian-speaking society.