indonesian

«indonesian» in Mova's school dictionary: From or about Indonesia, a large country in Southeast… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (Indonesian); noun (an Indonesian, Indonesians; Indonesian, the language — uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) From or about Indonesia, a large country in Southeast Asia made of thousands of islands. tree →

2) A person from Indonesia. tree →

3) Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia), the national language of Indonesia. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography lessons it comes with islands, volcanoes, rainforests, orangutans and Komodo dragons. In languages it is the official language used by many millions. Phrases: Indonesian food, the Indonesian islands, speak Indonesian.

examples

• Indonesian food often has rice, peanut sauce and spices. tree →
• My friend's mum is Indonesian and comes from Bali. tree →
• The Indonesian islands include Java, Sumatra and Borneo's southern part. tree →
• Komodo dragons live on a few Indonesian islands. tree →
• She is learning to say hello in Indonesian: selamat pagi means good morning. tree →
• Many Indonesian volcanoes are still active. tree →

note

Always written with a capital I in normal writing. The language is often called Bahasa Indonesia (bahasa means language). Indonesia has more islands than most people guess: more than 17,000.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «indonesian» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.