"Enak ya kamu, Rud, bisa ngomong beberapa bahasa berbeda!" ujar seorang teman, bule asal Belgia dalam bahasa Inggris. Wajahnya je...

Another Javanese expression that has similar meaning to  obah, mamah   is  ubet, ngliwet . Not only are they similar in meaning, but also pr...

The situation in our neighborhood has  recently   been a complete chaos. Neighbors in my block have seemed so easy to be instigated into hos...

The pandemic has been going for seven months now, particularly here in Indonesia. The deathly virus has significantly impacted both health a...

Becicik ketitik, ala ketara is a very famous idiom in Javanese and frequently used in many situations including the present time. The idioma...

MY WIFE AND I were a bit alarmed when Pak Rajin (not real name—literally means Mr. Diligent) hadn’t shown up for two weeks now. It is h...

In the previous post I have presented how words are arranged in a sentence based on their function as subject, predicate, object, and adver...

Word is a primary component of a sentence. Without any words, a sentence cannot be produced so we won’t be able to speak or write it. In th...

Ojo geme-geme is used to imply that someone needs to be cautious as well as preserve great care in handling something -- a job or a task. T...

Ayahane tembung , or known as lungguhing tembung , indicates how words are arranged in a sentence based on its function. In other words, par...

"Enak ya kamu, Rud, bisa ngomong beberapa bahasa berbeda!" ujar seorang teman, bule asal Belgia dalam bahasa Inggris. Wajahnya je...

Another Javanese expression that has similar meaning to  obah, mamah   is  ubet, ngliwet . Not only are they similar in meaning, but also pr...

The situation in our neighborhood has  recently   been a complete chaos. Neighbors in my block have seemed so easy to be instigated into hos...