Articles tagged ‘Basa Bali’
Bahasa Indonesia / Basa Bali : Words beginning with ‘p’
By Nick | November 27th, 2007 |
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Visitors to Bali will see signs featuring words they do not understand. in the interests of expanding one’s vocabulary, here is a selection of words in Bahasa Indonesia and Basa Bali beginning with the letter ‘p’.
Basa Bali: Is learning Balinese a good idea?
By Nick | October 28th, 2006 | 3 Comments »
Basa Bali, the language of the Balinese has some similarities with Bahasa Indonesia. It is though, a separate language in its own right. For people coming to Bali, or living in Bali, is learning Basa Bali worth the effort?
Traditional Balinese script alive and well in Singaraja
By Nick | September 1st, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Basa Bali (Balinese) is traditionally written in a script called aksara, which bears no resemblence to western script. Driving around Bali you will see ‘Matur Suksma’ (thank you) written on stone markers at the edge of a village. This will be paired with its aksara equivalent. You will also see the traditional script on temples. [...]
Bahasa Bali: Balinese
By Nick | August 15th, 2006 | 6 Comments »
Most people in Bali speak Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia) and many speak some English. All Balinese however, speak Balinese (Bahasa Bali). In villages and towns across the island, kids are brought up in the family home speaking Balinese, later learing Indonesian, the national language in school, or while mixing with friends. It is still possible to [...]
Fruits in Balinese
By Nick | May 2nd, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Here are some names of fruits in Basa Bali
Asking directions in Balinese
By Nick | February 9th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Learning some Basa Bali (Balinese) will win you friends and also help you travel in Bali. This is especially true when in village areas and talking with old people.
Balinese directions
By Nick | February 7th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
The Balinese use a system of directions which is based on their ancient animist culture. They believe the God live in the mountians, the demons live in the ocean and the people live in between. All Balinese temples are aligned with this in mind. Towards the ocean is kelod, towards the mountians is kaja. You [...]
Balinese numbers over 100
By Nick | February 6th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
With Balinese numbers over 100 you indicate the last 2 digits at the end. There are also some anomalies.
Balinese numbers over 30
By Nick | February 5th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Continuing our little journey into Basa Bali, here are the numbers from 30 to 100
Balinese numbers 10 to 30
By Nick | February 3rd, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Balinese numbers are related to numbers in Bahasa Indonesia, but have extra complicating factors. In most
languages that I’ve seen, once you’ve mastered 1-10, and 11-20, you are home free. Balinese has different names for numbers from 11-30.
