Sabtu, 11 Juni 2011

About Culture : Javanese Language

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I'm Indonesian, then so what??

Please note that we have so much tribes and has its own culture

But one thing for sure, We are nice, polite, and proud of our UNITY IN DIVERSITY (Bhineka Tunggal Ika in Javanese and Berbeda Namun Satu Jua in Indonesian) xD





Talking about tribes and cultures, It is true that each tribe has its own culture

How do we now which tribe is ours? It can be known from our parents

For example, if a Javanese (one of Indonesian tribes) married with a Javanese too then you will ba a Javanese too

What if our parents are mix tribe? It is fine ^ ^

If a Javanese married Sundanese then you will be Java-Sundanese ^ ^
You have double YEAY!



And so on I was born with a real Javanese

My Dad is Javanese. He is come from Yogyakarta and both of his parents are Javanese too

My Mom is Javanese. She is come from Solo and both of her parents are Javanese too

But, to be honest, I really love my Javanese blood but It is such a shame that I didn't learn it properly T.T



Every tribes has its own language and Javanese too

It has three kinds of language, Javanese Ngoko, Javanese Kromo and Javanese Inggil

But, I just review two, Ngoko and Kromo

Ngoko is like everyday language which is used to do conversation with friends or person who has known us very well

We use Kromo when we speak to older peoples, honourable person, or someone whom we don't know very well like parents, grandparents, new acquataince, royal family, and so on.

Then, I'm pretty good at Ngoko but in Kromo, I'm nothing T.T



I live in Indonesian Capital City, Jakarta, and I'm using Indonesian to comunicate

I also comunicate with Ngoko with my Javanese friends

My parents did comunicate with Javanese, but they're using Ngoko each other

So that, I learn Ngoko at home from my parents' conversation and I practice it with my Javanese friends




Why don't I practice Ngoko with my parents? NOPE!

Like I said before, I must use Kromo in order to speak Javanese to my parents but my parents only speak Ngoko to each other and Indonesian to their children.

Using Ngoko to your parents is very rude!

So, I didn't get a chance to learn Kromo at home T.T



Now that I mentioned it, what's the difference between Kromo and Ngoko?

For example, I'll choose a question, WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

In Ngoko : AREP NING NGENDI?

In Kromo : BADEK TINDAK PUNDI?

COMPLETELY different right?

So, learn Javanese means to learn both Kromo and Ngoko, and TWO LANGUAGE at once



Well, you must NOTE THAT NOT EVERY JAVANESE's YOUTH CAN SPEAK JAVANESE

Like I said, I live in Jakarta and most of Javanese's youth who lived in Jakarta for a long time period can't speak Javanese (Ironic isn't it? But it is reality)

It is happened just like my case, but I'm still lucky because my parents still use Javanese Ngoko as everyday language for them so that I can learn it even I'm just listening.



But, it is not too late to learn ^^

I asked my parents to teach me Kromo and I can understand some Kromo when listening although I still can't respond with Kromo too

I asked my Javanese friends who can speak both Kromo and Ngoko too

Then, we started to speak Javanese everyday more confidently and It affects the class you know!

Some of "Jakarta's Javanese Youth" are trying to learn the Kromo and Ngoko

Even others tribes want to know the language too!

We are happy and welcome them to the real Javanese community

It is so much fun ^ ^ v



I love my Javanese Blood, Indonesian Blood, and totally PROUD OF BEING AN INDONESIAN as JAVANESE! YEAYYYY!!!!!! xD
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