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Indonesian speakers learning French
— the mistakes your language makes you commit

Your native language (Bahasa Indonesia) quietly pushes you into specific French errors. Here are the ones to watch — and the fix for each. This is exactly how WordSlick coaches you, every day.

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Tense lives in the verb ending

Indonesian shows time with sudah/akan/sedang; French bakes it into conjugation (je parle / j'ai parlé / je parlerai). The verb form itself must change — a time word alone isn't enough.

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Articles + gender (none in Indonesian)

Indonesian has no articles or gender; French needs le/la/un/une and gendered agreement on nearly every noun.

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Adjective after the noun (advantage!)

Indonesian already puts the adjective after the noun (rumah besar), and French mostly does too: "la maison blanche". This order transfers — just add the agreement endings.

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A much bigger vowel set

Indonesian has six vowels; French has over a dozen, including u vs ou, é vs è and the nasals. Treat them as brand-new sounds, not variants of yours.

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Noun gender (le/la)

Gender is largely unpredictable — learn le/la with each noun.

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Partitive articles (du/de la/des)

"some" is expressed with du/de la/des and changes after a negative (pas de).

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