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Hi!My name is Dian. I'm an engineer and currently working in Japan. My home town is in Jogjakarta, Indonesia. If you know the biggest Buddhist temple in the world called Borobudur, that's where I come from. I'm looking for a language exchange partner for English and Nihongo, then I will help you with your Indonesian as well.
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    Hello Halo semua. Saya coba belajar bahasa Indonesia sudah empat bulan  <em>sudah </em><em>mencoba belajar Bahasa Indonesia selama <em>empat bulan (1)</em></em>. Saya dari Perth, Western Australia. Saya akan suka (2) <em>senang ber</em>bicara (3) bahasa Indonesia dengan orang lain lain orang (4) supaya <em>Bahasa Indonesia</em> (5) saya bisa menjadi lancar. Saya menikah dan punya dua anak anak. Saya <em>be</em>kerja (6) lima hari dalam <em>satu</em> (7) minggu. Kapan tidak kerja <em>Ketika saya tidak bekerja,</em> (8) saya suka ke pergi <em>ke</em> banyak tempat<em> </em>dan <em>saya pun</em> telah <em>pernah pergi</em> (9) ke Bali, Jawa dan Kalimantan. Sampai nanti.

     

    (1) At this sentence, <em>"</em><em>Saya coba belajar bahasa Indonesia sudah empat bulan"</em>, did you mean "I've been trying to learn Bahasa Indonesia for 4 months"? The word order in Bahasa Indonesia, basically will be Subject Noun + Verb + Object Noun + Explanatory. So, If we break down the sentence, Saya (Subject Noun) + sudah mencoba belajar (Verb) + Bahasa Indonesia (Object Noun) + selama emat bulan (Explanatory, in this case you want to explain about how long you've been learning Bahasa Indonesia).

    (2) You can use "senang" instead of "suka" in this sentence. Literally in this case, "senang" is translated as "Glad" and "suka" mostly sounds similar like "Like".

    (3) In this case, adding the prefix <em>be-</em> is much better. But using the plain form "kerja" is also correct.

    (4) "to the other people" should be translated as "orang lain" not "lain orang". It has a different meaning. "lain orang" is "different person" in English.

    (5) You need to add the Object Noun to make the sentence more obvious.

    (6) The same as number (3)

    (7) You need to explain how many weeks. For example: a week (satu minggu), 2 weeks (dua minggu).

    (8) I guess you might want to say, "When I'm not working". "When" is translated as "Kapan" but in this case it is translated as "Ketika". about the prefix be-, it's the same as number (3) and (6). I added "Saya" to make the sentence more complete as its rule. Remember, Subject Noun + Verb

    (9) To express experience, using the word "pernah" is more proper. "telah" means "Have done something"

     

    Finally, I hope it helps :)

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    日本語を勉強しています こんにちは、ディアンです。私はエンジニアです。今、燕市新潟県に住んでいます。 私は日本人の友達会うにために一生懸命日本語を勉強しています。毎日、働いてから2時間ぐらい勉強します。日本語は難しいと思いますが面白いですよ。今日も、頑張りますよ。 Konnichiwa, Dian desu. Watashi wa enjinia desu. Ima, Tsubame-shi Niigata-ken ni sunde imasu. Watashi wa Nihonjin no tomodachi ni au tame ni isshoukenmei Nihongo wo benkyou shite imasu. Mainichi, hataraite kara 2-jikan gurai benkyou shimasu. Nihongo wa muzukashii to omoimasu ga omoshiroi desu yo. Kyou mo, ganbarimasu. Hi, I'm Dian. I'm an engineer. I'm now living in Tsubame City Niigata Perfecture. I'm learning Japanese so hard in order to make friend with Japanese people. Every day, I learn Japanese for about 2 hours after working. I think Japanese is difficult, but it's interesting though. I'll do my best! Hai, saya Dian. Saya seorang insinyur. Sekarang saya tinggal di kota Tsubame Perfektur Niigata. Saya belajar Bahasa Jepang dengan giat agar bisa berkenalan dengan orang-orang Jepang. Setiap hari, saya belajar Bahasa Jepang kira-kira 2 jam setelah selesai bekerja. Saya pikir Bahasa Jepang itu sulit, tapi menarik lho. Mulai sekarang, saya akan berusaha sebaik-baiknya.
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    Saya menghormati Otaku.


    Saya menghormati Otaku.
    Pasalnya (Karena), mereka mempunyai (Keinginan yang kuat) banyak nafsu.

    *You can use "Karena" to make it sounds more natural. Using "Pasalnya" is a way much formal :)


    *"Strong passion" literally translated as "Keinginan yang kuat" even if you try to translate the word "keinginan" will be translated as "desire". The word "yang" can be translated as の-particle in Japanese. for example: 強いの情熱.

    The world "nafsu" in Indonesian sounds a bit negative because it will be translated as "lust" in English


    Mereka berupaya(/berusaha) (yang terbaik) untuk (kegemaran mereka) hal favorit.

    *the words "Try to do" can be translated both "berupaya" or "berusaha", "berupaya" sounds more formal. "best" literally translated as "terbaik" or "Ichiban" in Japanese. 

     

    *The words "kegemaran mereka" means things that they like or favorited. 

    (I respect Otaku.
    Because, thy have strong passion.
    They try to do thier best for their favorite things.)

     

    Honestly, your Indonesian is very good! I'm surprised!

    Semangat belajar Bahasa Indonesianya ya! インドネシア語を勉強がんばってくださいね。

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    First notebook entry: Introducing myself 私はディアンです. 今日本で働きますけど日本語がまだ少しできます.だから,今日本語を勉強したいのです. 私の母国語はインドネシア語です.でも,英語もできます. 私は音楽を聴くや楽器を弾くや写真を取るのが好きです, よろしくお願いします.
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