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[Link H]

Hi,

I was trying to put together a list of errors Indonesians make while speaking English. I need many more. So far I have a few.

* Use of 'please' to mean 'go right ahead' (translating 'silakan.')

*Using 'to be' before verbs or in other wrong places
"I am love you." "I am like dog."

*Using 'ever' wrongly: "I have ever been to Bandung."

*Not pronouncing 'x' correctly. "Bok" instead of "Box."


Please help me by adding numerous other examples.

[El Llama]

The past tense is often tricky. A lot of my students say either, "I already go" or, "I was go."

[GuruStip]

"I am very boring in my school"

[ls650]

Indonesians often have problems with using articles and prepositions correctly.

[gugelhupf]

Final plosives and consonant clusters seem to be the most problematic, combined with Kalashnikov-like sentence intonation. I spend some time with most of my classes with students reading aloud and concentrating on pronunciation as they read. Some of the -ed past tense endings seem particularly troublesome such as "cooked" or "asked".

[guruengerish]

Some that readily come to mind are:

pronouncing "P" as "F", so that a Panther car is called a Fanther. Or a calendar has Nopember.

Saying 'yes' to a question where the answer should really have been 'no'.

"you don't want to jump off this bridge, do you?"

"Yes"

The 'ever' one, as mentioned is very common. Any ideas?

"I go home" is a good example of the non-use of tense in their language. "Saya pulang".

[opo]

Often students confuse him/her she/he because in Indonesian there areen't these types of terms just dia for both.

[alicantik]

"Have you ever married?" instead of "Are you married?"

[wooskie]

actually i ran across a somewhat comprehensive link to what u might be looking for follow this link i think it was put together by an ex EF Bandung or Surabaya teacher

http://www.xentana.com/articles/indo_english.htm

some of the ones it lists are

Can you...?
Do you can speak English?
Apakah anda bisa...?

Could you repeat that?
Could you repeat again?
Bisa diulangi sekali lagi?

from...to
from...until
dari...sampai

She speaks Japanese.
She speaks Japanese language.
Dia berbicara bahasa Jepang.

Thank you for coming.
Thank you for your coming.
Terima kasih atas kedatangan Anda.

Thank you in advance.
Thanks beforehand.
Terima kasih sebelumnya.

to go by [bus, car, etc.]
to use [transportation]
pakai [transportation]

to look forward to s.t.
[no Indonesian equivalent]


to put on/wear [clothing]
to use [article of clothing]
pakai [article of clothing]

to take off [clothing]
to open [article of clothing]
buka [article of clothing]


along with others common problems hope that helps

[basiltherat]

from my experience:

three, through etc

nests, tests, gasps etc
basil

[guruengerish]

Re the above regarding transport, note that Indonesians travel 'naik'.
Naik kuda, naik bis/bus, naik sepeda, naik mobil. whereas in English we ride a horse, catch or travel on a bus, (U.S. take) ride a bike, or go by /drive a car.

The terms Bis and bus seem to be interchangeable. Bus is used in Jakarta more.

"Travel' is not a verb in Indonesian. It is not even a travel agency. It refers to the small bus services, shuttling around between cities. You can make a book days ahead, they collect you and drop you off at the front door. A good, cheap service, but often compressed, hot and hair-raising! All good fun.

[derya]

aks---instead of ask

I go first----saya pergi dulu (when they want to leave before you)

[ps2_machine]

Do you speak Indonesia?

[derya]

Just know the basics to get by-----makes life easier when u r travelling/shopping