Most courses teach you Bahasa baku, then you land in Jakarta and nobody talks like that. LearnIndonesian teaches formal and slang side by side, drills the affix patterns that multiply your vocabulary, and scores your pronunciation from your own voice.
Level 1 is free forever. No account needed to start.
Every dialogue line has audio you can play, slow down, and record yourself against.
Every lesson mixes dialogue, vocabulary, grammar, culture notes, and exercises - then makes you say it out loud.
Tap the mic, say the line. You get a percentage, the words you missed underlined, and a "we heard…" transcript. Pass a dialogue at 70% average with every line attempted.
Look up any word and see the formal and slang register side by side - plus which one to use, and when. Search, browse by category, read example sentences.
Affixes are the key to Indonesian. One root becomes many through prefixes and suffixes. Learn me-, -in, ber-, ke-an and pe-/-an as patterns and your vocabulary multiplies.
Words you've met come back exactly when you're about to forget them. A daily due queue, a word goal you set yourself, and a streak that only counts real work.
When to use Bapak versus Mas. Why sudah makan? isn't really a question about food. The things that make you sound like you live here.
Exercises are checked on the server - no answer keys on the device. A unit only completes when every item is right, and Level 2 only unlocks when Level 1 is genuinely done.
Textbooks give you one column. Real conversations use the other. LearnIndonesian shows you both, every time, so you know what to say to a client and what to say to a friend.
Each level sets out what you'll be able to do across listening, speaking, reading and writing - and stays locked until you've earned it. Aligned to the CEFR scale.
In a hurry? Take the placement check at sign-up and start higher - skipped levels stay open, so you can always go back.
Say hello, introduce yourself, and survive the first five minutes.
Prices, hours, dates - and haggling without being fleeced.
Who's who, and the honorifics that come with them.
Start with the core lessons at no cost. Premium unlocks the full path from your first halo to native-like command.
Billed through your Apple ID. Cancel any time in Settings → Subscriptions.
No. The app is fully usable anonymously - start a lesson thirty seconds after opening it. Sign in only if you want your progress saved and picked up on another device.
LearnIndonesian records your voice so it can score how closely you match the pronunciation in each dialogue line. The recording is checked on the server and then discarded - only the numeric score is kept.
Not at all. Level 1 assumes zero. If you already speak some, the placement check at sign-up lets you start higher.
The interface is in English on purpose - Indonesian is the thing you're learning, not the thing you have to fight through to press a button.
iPhone running iOS 17 or later. Android and iPad aren't available yet.
Partly. Lesson text is available offline, but audio playback, pronunciation scoring, and exercise checking need a connection.
Seven levels, real dialogue, and a mic that tells you the truth.
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