Indonesian Language Skills

 I made a post at the start of 2022 titled The Usual Suspects in which I wrote:

With the start of a new year, I usually try to kick start some projects that have languished over the previous year. One of those is my Indonesian language skills. Just as in Mathematics where I examine the number associated with my diurnal age, I thought I might be able to examine, on a daily basis, at least one Indonesian word or phrase that I was unfamiliar or uncertain about. 

I don't think my Indonesian language skills have improved much over the past year unfortunately and I failed to an Indonesian word or phrase on a daily basis. Let's look back at my posts over the years relating to the language:

• Indonesian Language on Saturday, 26th December 2020
  
  
• Translating Figurative Language on Sunday, 30th October 2022
  
  
• The Usual Suspects on Tuesday, 4th January 2022
  
  
• New Year Resolutions on Thursday, 31st December 2020
  
  
• More Word Game Adventures on Saturday, 5th February 2022
  
  
• Indonesian Vocabulary: Present for the Missus on Sunday, 3rd January 2021 
  
  
• INDONESIAN: The 101-200 Most Frequently Used English Words Translated on Wednesday, 6th December 2017
  
  
• INDONESIAN: The 201-300 Most Frequently Used English Words Translated on Friday, 25th December 2020
  
  
• Indonesian Vocabulary: Pisah on Saturday, 29th May 2021
  
  
• Word Visualisation on Wednesday, 14th April 2021
  
  
• INDONESIAN: The 100 Most Frequently Used English Words Translated on Friday, 1st December 2017
  
  
• Google Translate on Saturday, 22nd August 2020
  
  
• Pointing the Finger: Indonesian Style on Wednesday, 3rd March 2021

There's enough material here for some useful revision. The problem with my posts is that I tend not to look back at them once I've made them. I need to keep looking for innovative ways to improve my language skills. 

Let's try chess. What are the Indonesian names for the various pieces and moves? Here are some taken from this website.

• King - Raja
• Queen - Menteri
• Rook - Benteng
• Bishop - Gaja
• Knight - Kuda
• Pawn - Pion/Bidak
• Check - Skak
• Checkmate - Skak Mati
• Chess - Catur
• Chess Pieces - Bidak Catur
• Chess Board - Papan Catur
• Chess Game - Percaturan

Just in conclusion, this tweet caught my eye and I decided to play the game.

I came up with FREEDOM, RELAXATION and PROGRESS. So this could define my year: feel that I have the freedom to experiment in whatever way I choose, enjoy the relaxation that comes from this sense of freedom and sit back and watch as I make awesome progress in Indonesian language skills, guitar playing, mathematics, gardening, chess, meditation or whatever else I find of interest.

It occurred to me that I should make more use of Pinterest. I've had an account for a long while now but haven't made much use of. To this end I've created a board called Indonesian Language and Figure 2 shows my first addition to it. Most of these words I already knew but it's important to be reminded of them and see them in print so that they embed themselves more deeply in my memory.

Figure 1

I've also started playing KATLA again. See Figure 2. It turns out that "kanal" is just the phonetic spelling of the English word "canal".

Figure 2