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| Monox D. I-Fly Senior Member Indonesia monoxdifly.iopc.us Joined 5128 days ago 762 posts - 664 votes  Speaks: Indonesian* | Message 89 of 403 13 March 2016 at 6:06pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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The name of the deuteragonist in this series is "Rajo Langit", which in Rejang language (the series takes place in Bengkulu, Sumatra) means "Sky King". I like that now I can write his name in Kanji, which is 空王. I have a dream that if someday I am able to make a long-running adction adventure action, I will name the deuteragonist 空王. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Monox D. I-Fly Senior Member Indonesia monoxdifly.iopc.us Joined 5128 days ago 762 posts - 664 votes Speaks: Indonesian* | Message 90 of 403 14 March 2016 at 6:15pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Finally I reached the hardest Kanji in grade 1, ito (糸) = thread. On a positive thought, though, the Arabic for "thread" is easy for me to memorize. It is "khayt". If the little dot on top of the "kh" letter is moved to the bottom instead, it will become "jayt" which has the same pronounciation as "jahit", the Indonesian word for "sew".
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| Monox D. I-Fly Senior Member Indonesia monoxdifly.iopc.us Joined 5128 days ago 762 posts - 664 votes Speaks: Indonesian* | Message 91 of 403 15 March 2016 at 6:06pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Turns out that the Indonesian word "istirahat" also comes from Arabic: 
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| Monox D. I-Fly Senior Member Indonesia monoxdifly.iopc.us Joined 5128 days ago 762 posts - 664 votes Speaks: Indonesian* | Message 92 of 403 16 March 2016 at 6:03pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Just learnt that the Kanji for "evening" is 夕. Does it also apply to "night" as well? Also, I wonder what's the difference between this Kanji (夕) and the Katakana for "ta" (タ). Can I distinguish them in a text?
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| Monox D. I-Fly Senior Member Indonesia monoxdifly.iopc.us Joined 5128 days ago 762 posts - 664 votes Speaks: Indonesian* | Message 93 of 403 17 March 2016 at 6:14pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
I think that's my best way of memorizing vocabularies from other languages. There is even one word which stands out the most. It is the formal word of "you". The Indonesian word is "anda", the Arabic word is "anta", and the Japanese word is "anata". It even still makes sense whether the Indonesian word came from Arabic or Japanese since most Indonesians are muslims whose center is in Arab while Japan has invaded Indonesia during World War II. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Monox D. I-Fly Senior Member Indonesia monoxdifly.iopc.us Joined 5128 days ago 762 posts - 664 votes Speaks: Indonesian* | Message 94 of 403 18 March 2016 at 6:09pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
I see... Javanese use similar system... To say "that person" one can say "tiyange niku" or "priyayine niku", but the latter is more polite although both of them are used in formal conversation.
Yes, it does. The most extreme example in my notes is how I memorized the Arabic word for "crow" (ghuroban). I connect it like this: Ghuroban -> Ghrob -> Chrob -> Chrov -> Crow. However, some of them were indeed thought as soon as I see those words, like how I associate the Arabic word for "trophy" (ka'sun) with the Japanese word for "win" (katsu).
No, I am not interested in their history. It's just fun to guess which words came from which language. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Monox D. I-Fly Senior Member Indonesia monoxdifly.iopc.us Joined 5128 days ago 762 posts - 664 votes Speaks: Indonesian* | Message 95 of 403 19 March 2016 at 6:03pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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The Arabic word for "power" is قوة, which is pronounced as "quwwah" and the ta' marbutoh in the last letter makes it can be read as "quwwat". Makes me realize that the Indonesian word for "strong" (kuat) also comes from Arabic, and the Indonesian word for "power" itself is "kekuatan" which is based on "kuat".
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| Monox D. I-Fly Senior Member Indonesia monoxdifly.iopc.us Joined 5128 days ago 762 posts - 664 votes Speaks: Indonesian* | Message 96 of 403 20 March 2016 at 6:15pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
The last part of my Grade 1 Kanji Japanese-Arabic flashcards:
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