Language focus 3
Ke-an nouns
Sequencing
- Putting events in order
Ke-an
nouns
The information in Pintu Indonesia about the Garuda, offer an
opportunity to introduce abstract nouns. Most nouns are concrete - they
can be detected by your five senses. But abstract nouns cannot be
detected by your senses, they are ideas or concepts, such as friendship,
bravery, curiousity, patriotism.
Introduce the concept of abstract nouns in English and ask students to
suggest some examples. Explain that in Indonesian abstract nouns are
created by adding the 'ke-' prefix in front of the base word and '-an'
suffix after it. Knowing the meaning of the base word, it is easy to
predict the meaning of the ke-an noun.
Give students the Ke-an nouns sheet (in
Word or
PDF) and have them
work through the sheet with a partner, using Pintu Indonesia and
Indonesian dictionaries as resources. Discuss students' work and collate
a class list of abstract nouns that can be displayed to support students
and added to in the future.
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Sequencing - Putting events in order
Below are some words/phrases in Bahasa Indonesia that
can be used to show an order of events or a process:
- pertama-tama = firstly
- kedua = secondly
- ketiga = thirdly (and so on…) NB these also can be
seen with yang kedua/yang ketiga etc
- sesudah/setelah itu = after / after that
- sebelum = before
- lalu / kemudian = then, next
- yang terakhir = finally
Task 1
Below is a schedule showing an Indonesian student’s morning routine.
Have students rewrite the information to give a description of the same
morning routine. Use the words/phrases above.
5:00 – bangun, mandi, bersembahyang subuh
5:30 – memakai seragam sekolah
5:45 – makan pagi
6:00 – mengerjakan PR
6:30 – menyapu halaman
6:45 – berjalan kaki ke sekolah
Task 2
Students write out a schedule for part of their own day/week.
They then write a description of the same routine using appropriate
words and phrases.
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