Systems of language

Recognise and reproduce the sound of the vowels and the letters of spoken Indonesian and recognise that Indonesian is written using the Roman alphabet
(ACLINU012)

Notice and use context-related vocabulary and some first elements of grammar to generate language for a range of purposes, including:

  • identifying people using pronouns, for example, Ibu and Pak and using concrete nouns for objects, for example, buku, tas, pintu, anjing, kucing
  • using imperatives to tell others to do something, for example, Duduklah; Lipat tangan; Tepuk tangan
  • referring to numbers of things using cardinal numbers, for example, nol-sepuluh, puluh, belas
  • negating verbs using tidak
  • understanding different question words and the anticipated answer, for example, Siapa?; Apa?; Berapa?; Di mana?
  • describing the colour and size, of an animal or thing using noun–adjective phrases, for example, bola merah, anjing besar, kucing kecil, saya pendek

(ACLINU013)

Understand that language is organised as ‘text’ and that different types of texts have different features
(ACLINU014)