Bintang Bahasa logo Here's a simple little exercise to practice 'buku' (book), 'majalah' (magazine), 'koran' (newspaper) 'rumah' (house), 'kerja' (work) 'tinggal' (live) and other words.

If you can, try listening to the dialogue while you do the exercise and click on the answer before you hear it.

Apa ini? / Apa itu? :    (What's this? / What's that?)
(notice that definitions are provided for every new word, and try holding your mouse over the words in the dialogue.)

What's this?Apa ini? (Ini apa?) 
It's a book. / This is a book.Ini ______. bukumajalah
Whose book (is it)?______ siapa BukuMajalah
(It's) My book.______ saya. BukuMajalah
 
What's that?Apa itu? 
That's a house.Itu ______. koranrumah
Whose house (is it)?______ siapa? KoranRumah
(It's) My house.______ saya. KoranRumah
 
Where's your house?______ kamu di mana? KoranRumah
Where do you live?Kamu ______ di mana? tinggalkerja
My house is over there.______ saya di sana. KoranRumah
 
Where's your book?______ kamu di mana? BukuMajalah
My book is at my house.______ saya di ______. BukuMajalah
 koranrumah
Whose house is this?Ini ______ siapa? koranrumah
This is my house.Ini ______ saya. koranrumah
Where's my book?______ saya di mana? BukuMajalah
Here it is.Di sini. 
Your book is here.______mu ada di sini. BukuMajalah
 
What's that?Apa itu? 
That's a magazine.Itu _______. bukumajalah
Where's the magazine?Di mana _______nya? bukumajalah
It's over there.Di sana. 
It's on the table.Di atas meja. 
Thanks Mom.Terima kasih. Bu. 
 
What's that?Apa itu? 
That's a book and a magazine.Itu ______ dan _______. bukumajalah
(It's a book and a magazine.) bukumajalah
 
What's that?Apa itu? 
That's a magazine.Itu _______. bukumajalah
(It's a magazine.) 
It's there.Itu di situ. (Itu di sana.) 
The magazine is on the table._______ itu di atas meja BukuMajalah
 
This is a newspaper.Ini _______. koranrumah
It's here.Itu di sini. Ada di sini. 
The newspaper is on the table._______ itu di atas meja. KoranRumah
That is a letter.Itu surat. 
It's over there.Itu di sana. 
It's on the table.Ada di atas meja. 
The letter is on the table.Surat itu di atas meja. 
 
That's a letter and a magazine.Itu surat dan _______. bukumajalah
They're over there.Ada di sana. 
They're on the table.Ada di atas meja 
 
What's that?Apa itu? 
That's a car.Itu mobil. 
Where's the car?Mobil di mana? 
It's over there.Di sana. 
The car is over there.Mobilnya di sana. 
 
What's this one?Yang ini apa? 
It's a book.Itu ______. bukumajalah

     
(Put your mouse over the blank to see the answer.)

How'd you make out? This exercise is intentially very, very simple, but if you're absolutely brand new to learning Bahasa, then this and the other exercises are perhaps just right to ever so slowly 'activate' your 'Bahasa thinking'.

The next step is to try and type in the missing bahasa word. Some students will progress very quickly to this level, others will take longer. It doesn't matter, just go at your own pace.

Apa ?    Try this style!
Either continue with 'Apa ini? Apa itu?' or try some of the other exercises with this portion of the dialogue.

Exercises: (choose the correct missing words)
ini, itu, di, ke    sini, sana, mana    saya, kamu, dia   
apa, siapa, mana    mana, yang, itu    mau, ada   
macam-macam  (various)

Also try our 10 words a day section.

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