{"product_id":"everyday-balinese-your-guide-to-speaking-balinese-quickly-and-effortlessly-in-a-few-hours-9780804840453","title":"Everyday Balinese: Your Guide to Speaking Balinese Quickly and Effortlessly in a Few Hours","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEveryday Balinese: Your Guide to Speaking Balinese Quickly and Effortlessly in a Few Hours\u003c\/strong\u003e by Sutjaja, I Gusti Made. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780804840453.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a concise and user–friendly guide to the Balinese language\n\nEveryday Balinese is targeted to anyone who wishes to learn to speak colloquial Balinese. There are 23 lessons in the book, each with a dialogue that centers around the Balinese daily life. These realistic beginner Balinese dialogues are a great way to learn Balinese as it is really spoken. The dialogue is presented twice: The first version representing the lumrah or common Balinese; the second the alus or refined Balinese. Both versions are exactly the same grammatically; the difference lies in the word choice. Lumrah or common words are used by participants of equal social status in a conversation, and it reflects intimacy and informality among the users. Alus or refined words are associated with distancing and formality among users in a conversation.\n\nEach lesson contains a section on the grammar an word function, as well as a list of words in both the lumrah and alus forms, followed by their Indonesian and English equivalents. Each lesson ends with a section on sentence construction—how to use the structures taught to make simple sentences.\n\nThe book has a pronunciation guide at the front, and a section or greeting, ordinal numbers and a handy dictionary at the end. The dictionary is arranged alphabetically by Balinese, followed by their Indonesian and English equivalents.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Tuttle Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44967251738677,"sku":"ByrdShop_0804840458","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780804840453_63dc4811-6368-442f-891f-d395c761ebb9.jpg?v=1781185875","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/everyday-balinese-your-guide-to-speaking-balinese-quickly-and-effortlessly-in-a-few-hours-9780804840453","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}