Ngemil dan Ngemal

Beberapa orang suka ngemil, sebuah ekspresi untuk menggambarkan aktivitas seseorang makan makanan kecil. Ketika sedang belajar, seseorang bisa melakukannya sambil makan kacang atau pilus. Ketika sedang nonton TV, mereka bisa sambil ngemil popcorn.

Malam Indonesia – Cultural Party in Wisma Bahasa

On 7 November 2009, Wisma Bahasa organized Malam Indonesia. This event is an event held annually to celebrate Indonesian culture. All participants joined this event are students, teachers and staff of Wisma Bahasa.

Ada Apa Dengan Cinta (AADC)

Judul film AADC ini menandai kebangkitan kembali film Indonesia setelah sebelumnya mati suri. Film yang disutradarai oleh Rudi Soedjarwo pada 2002 ini banyak ditonton orang. Gairah perfilman seakan bangkit kembali. Dian Sastrowadoyo kemudian menjadi ikon kebangkitan film Indonesia, setelah membintangi film ini.

Welcome to Wisma Bahasa

Today the participants of “The Promotion of Indonesian language for Foreign Diplomats in 2009″ began to learn Indonesian language at Wisma Bahasa. The program started this morning at 8 a.m.

….and The Winner Goes To?

“We would like to thank all of you who have participated in Wisma Bahasa’s 27th anniversary celebration by joining essay writing competition. We proudly announce the winners of the essay writing competition,

Fun Bike and Social Action

On Saturday, 25 July 2009 Wisma Bahasa and all divisions of Yayasan Suara Bhakti held fun bike and social action events. This event was the last event of the series of events of Wisma Bahasa 27th anniversary. Started from Wisma Bahasa at 7:30 a.m. to the northeast to the SD Negeri Depok 2, to social [...]

Mendaki Gunung Agung

Nama saya Peter. Saya berasal dari Australia. Saya sering datang ke Indonesia, dan belajar di Wisma Bahasa sudah tiga kali. Saya bekerja untuk proyek-proyek menolong Deptan mengendalikan flu burung. Saya punya minat di tempat-tempat wisata di Indonesia, tetapi jarang

Reporting from BBC

Two weeks ago a reporter from BBC visited Wisma Bahasa to report the activities of students of Wisma Bahasa. This report is about Indonesian language for foreigners. Mostly foreigners, especially from Japan, learn Indonesian language because easy to learn, there is no tenses.

Ke Bangkok! Cerita tentang Thailand, visa-visa baru, dan bir Lao

Minggu lalu, saya mengunjungi Bangkok. Saya harus meninggalkan Indonesia. Alasannya apa? Saya perlu visa baru. Saya datang di Indonesia baru pada satu bulan yang lalu dan visa saya adalah hanya untuk tiga puluh hari.

Tidak Apa-apa (it’s ok)

A student sends a question via email. He heard the answer “tidak apa-apa” (it’s ok) when he asked the condition of his friend (an Indonesian), which fell from the bike. He asked the use of two-word question ‘apa’ in that sentence.
In Indonesian language, to show ‘plural’  (plural) are made by repeating the word.
For example:
• Guru [...]

Bukan Orang Biasa

Saya datang ke Indonesia tiga minggu yang lalu untuk bekerja. Saya bekerja sebagai konsultan di Jakarta. Sekarang, saya belajar Bahasa Indonesia di Wisma Bahasa. Saya tinggal di Yogya sejak sepuluh hari yang lalu. Ketika saya pergi ke Plaza Hotel untuk berolah raga,

When the Ambassadors and Expatriates Learning Indonesian in Wisma Bahasa

The expatriates and some ambassadors of the friendly countries are now vibrant learning Indoneisn Language. One of the courses where they are heading in Yogyakarta is Wisma Bahasa.

Birthday Party

Once in every month, the big family of Wisma Bahasa always has a feast. It is a right moment to make students and staff of Wisma Bahasa get closer to one another as well as the opportunity to celebrate their birthdays. This month, the feast was held on Wednesday, March 18th. Presents were given [...]