Increase control of context-related vocabulary and extend knowledge of grammatical elements including:

  • describing people and things using, for example:
    • compound nouns (sayur-mayur, merah darah)
    • acronyms (puskesmas) and abbreviations (SMU, HP)
    • indicators of groups or plurals (kaum, para, kalian)
    • terms of address (Kak, Dik, Mas, Mbak, Bang) and particles (diminutive Si and honorific Sang)
    • classifiers (buah, helai, potong, ikat)
  • describing the qualities of people and things using, for example:
    • adjectives using me-/me-kan (menarik, menakjubkan, mengesankan)
    • adjectives using the prefix pe- (to describe enduring attributes of behaviour or character such as pemalu, pendiam, pemarah, pemalas)
    • comparatives (kurang, tidak begitu, agak,
      se-) and superlatives (ter-)
  • referring to the past, present and future and relating events in time using adverbs, for example, dulu, yang lalu, yang akan datang, dua minggu lagi
  • well-wishing, for example, mudah-mudahan, semoga
  • expressing imagination by using imagery (angin bertiup kencang; bunga-bunga berwarna-warni), metaphor (adalah; burung bernyanyi di pohon) and simile (Matanya seperti bintang kejora; Kata-katanya bagai air mengalir)
  • maintaining interaction using rhetorical devices, for example, Betul?; Bukan? and verbal fillers such as kalau saya tidak salah, omong-omong, begini…
  • expressing emphasis, for example, deh, dong, sih, bukan main [adjective] nya

Further develop a metalanguage to discuss and explain grammatical forms and functions
(ACLINU081)

Increase control of context-related vocabulary and extend knowledge of grammatical elements including:

  • describing people and things using, for example:
    • compound nouns (sayur-mayur, merah darah)
    • acronyms (puskesmas) and abbreviations (SMU, HP)
    • indicators of groups or plurals (kaum, para, kalian)
    • terms of address (Kak, Dik, Mas, Mbak, Bang) and particles (diminutive Si and honorific Sang)
    • classifiers (buah, helai, potong, ikat)
  • describing the qualities of people and things using, for example:
    • adjectives using me-/me-kan (menarik, menakjubkan, mengesankan)
    • adjectives using the prefix pe- (to describe enduring attributes of behaviour or character such as pemalu, pendiam, pemarah, pemalas)
    • comparatives (kurang, tidak begitu, agak,
      se-) and superlatives (ter-)
  • referring to the past, present and future and relating events in time using adverbs, for example, dulu, yang lalu, yang akan datang, dua minggu lagi
  • well-wishing, for example, mudah-mudahan, semoga
  • expressing imagination by using imagery (angin bertiup kencang; bunga-bunga berwarna-warni), metaphor (adalah; burung bernyanyi di pohon) and simile (Matanya seperti bintang kejora; Kata-katanya bagai air mengalir)
  • maintaining interaction using rhetorical devices, for example, Betul?; Bukan? and verbal fillers such as kalau saya tidak salah, omong-omong, begini…
  • expressing emphasis, for example, deh, dong, sih, bukan main [adjective] nya

Further develop a metalanguage to discuss and explain grammatical forms and functions
(ACLINU081)