{"product_id":"everyday-balinese-9781462902491","title":"Everyday Balinese","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis is a concise and user-friendly guide to the Balinese language\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEveryday Balinese\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003elumrah\u003c\/i\u003e or common Balinese; the second the \u003ci\u003ealus\u003c\/i\u003e or refined Balinese. Both versions are exactly the same grammatically; the difference lies in the word choice.  \u003ci\u003eLumrah\u003c\/i\u003e or common words are used by participants of equal social status in a conversation, and it reflects intimacy and informality among the users.  \u003ci\u003eAlus\u003c\/i\u003e or refined words are associated with distancing and formality among users in a conversation. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach lesson contains a section on the grammar an word function, as well as a list of words in both the \u003ci\u003elumrah\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ealus\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.","brand":"I Gusti Made Sutjaja","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48294709297403,"sku":"9781462902491","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_16f1b11e-b22a-4a70-ab0f-ef4d24b9a1d7.jpg?v=1779190840","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/everyday-balinese-9781462902491","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}