Bahasa Vs Javanese Some people got mistake by guessing Javanese = Japanese :D as i checked here... it happened, they would learn Japanese but wrote Javanese hehehe Well, i am a javanese, wong Jawa. In daily conversation I use both Bahasa Indonesia and Basa Jawa -- Javanese. To talk to my mom and old people in village ( yeh, I am Ndeso, so what ? :p) i'll use Basa Jawa krama inggil -- the highest level of Javanese--- It's not too easy since Bahasa and Basa Jawa Ngoko are more familiar for me. I live in Semarang, the Capital city of Central Java. Basa Jawa is very familiar in daily conversation of the local society. But it's so rare I speak in Basa Jawa even i wrote my Diary either in Bahasa Indonesia or English. Actually using basa jawa is simple to describe something... for example : --Got hit by a truck that is moving backward = kunduran trek --Walking without wearing anything = nyeker --Feeling uncomfortable because there is something that smells bad = kambon ...etc (read more : http://nunu300.blogspot.com/2012/04/terbukti-bahasa-jawa-lebih-efisien-dari.html ) Well, i want to continue this text in Basa jawa Ngoko alus. Crita iki saka wingi sore. Aku mangkat kerja biasane numpak angkot yen kancaku ora jemput. Aku kudu mlaku dishik marang papan ngeteme angkot. Amarga angkot-angkot isih ngetem, aku nerusake lalu supaya bisa nyegat angkot sing wis mlaku. Dadi, nunggune ora kesuwen. Aku wis mulai krasa kesel, nanging ora ana angkot sing lewat. Aku mandheg, luru jagongan ngarep-arep angkote teka. Nah, siji lewat. Sanyange, papan sing arep tak tuju ora dilewati, supire ngakon aku nunggu angkot sing arep lewat samburine. Aku manut, nunggu maneh. Ora let suwe, angkot siji teka lan mburine kabeh angkot sing mau ngetem pada mlaku. Aku coba nyegat siji, sing ngarep dhewe. Ora gelem mandheg, mburine ugo ora ana sing gelem. Apa merga aku mung dhewean samentara iki wis kesoren, wektu kanggo para supir nglebokake angkote ? Apese, sore iki... Rasane ora mungkin aku nunggoni maneh. Banjur aku mlaku alon-alon. Luhku mili tanpa bisa tak tahan. Cengeng temen lo.. ngono wae nangis :p atiku ngandhani, apa ngeyek kuwi.aku mikir arep mlaku tekan papan kerja apa mlaku sawetara karo nunggu angkot, mbok menawa ana sing isih lewat lan gelem nggawa aku. Suwe, isih ora ana nagkot. Aku kudu nekat mlaku, ora sah dipikir adohe lan dalan sing wis rada peteng amarga maghrib wis teka... to be continued :)