Indo Info

INDO INFO – FOOD and LANGUAGE

This week grade one learned that orangutans like to eat fruit.

Interesting fact, languages borrow words from each other:

· Orangutan is an Indonesian word that we used in English, it is actually short for forest person (orang Hutan).

· The fruit rambutan is very delicious and also go by it’s Indonesian name here in Australia. Rambutan literally means hairy.

· Just like we borrow from Indonesian, Indonesian borrows from other languages too, prior to Europeans living in Indonesia, apples were not grown there, the word for apple is apel. (This most likely comes from the Dutch appel.)

· Pineapples originated in the tropical regions of South America. I am guessing that it was Arabic merchants who introduced them to Indonesia as the Arabic word for pineapple is ananas and in Indonesia they are called nanas.

For anyone of any year level who would like to practise fruit over the holidays here are some words that we sometimes see in class. (Google translate will help you pronounce them.)

· Banana = pisang

· Apple = Apel

· Pineapple = nanas

· Orange = jeruk

· Watermelon = semangka

· Grapes = anggur

· Cucumber = timun

HOLIDAY TRIP TO INDONESIA IN LYGON STREET

Lygon street has three Indonesian eateries in a row – my favourite is the gelati shop! The woman that runs it uses popular Indonesian flavours and is delighted when her customers speak Indonesian to her – please call her Ibu! Next to her is a restaurant that I haven’t tried yet and next to that a extremely popular chain food store in Indonesia that specialises in noodles and martabark. You can see the sweet martabark being made out the front. My favourite though is the savoury one – martabark telur. But be warned, all martabark are definitely ‘sharing foods’ and ‘sometimes foods’. https://www.martabakpecenongan78.au/

Selamat libur!

Ibu Kas