Showing posts with label learning javanese. Show all posts
Showing posts with label learning javanese. Show all posts

Ketiban Sampur: A Javanese Idiom

  • August 06, 2020

I WAS BUT shocked when a fellow member of NBC (Nasi Bungkus Community) told me one Friday morning, "Masbro, sampean ketiban sampur [...]

Ojo Cedak Kebo Gupak

  • January 28, 2019

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. [...]