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[–] skittlebrau@lemmy.world 39 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

I love the simplicity of Indonesian.

There is no ‘the’.

If you want to say the word for a group of something, you can usually double up the noun.

Book = buku

Many books = buku-buku

There are no conjugations or tenses since it’s implied based on context.

Eg. Tadi pagi saya pergi ke pasar.

Literally translated as “This morning I go to market”. Since the morning occurs in the past, the past tense is implied and understood.

In informal conversations, you can also usually drop the subject if you’re talking about yourself.

[–] PlexSheep 2 points 1 year ago

Japanese also gets rid of the article, and the subject is very often dropped because it's clear from context. Plural just does not seem to exist at all, because who cares if you have an apple or apples.

Sleep. (ねる。) For example can be a complete sentence. It's also somewhat possible in English but it's rare.

A: what did you do on the weekend? B: Sleep.

I love Japanese grammar, it's fun to learn. But Indonesian seems to have fun and simple grammar too.

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