Reddit reviews Instant Indonesian: How to express 1,000 different ideas with just 100 key words and phrases! (Instant Phrasebook Series)
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Good luck learning bahasa. It's a fun, accessible language, and knowing just a little bit will really go a long way towards bringing yourself closer to the people of Indonesia.
I think you're right and wrong at the same time about how difficult it is to learn Indonesian.
The American 'FOREIGN SERVICE INSTITUTE' lists Indonesian as harder to learn than most of the major European languages: https://www.state.gov/foreign-language-training/
However, this is only true if you're learning formal, correct Indonesian. IMHO, it's probably the easiest language in the world to learn for practical, everyday use.
Here's the steps I took to learn practical, everyday, Indonesian.
That's it!
Well . . . not really, but you need to be honest with yourself about the likelihood of remembering words and concepts you have no practical use for.
The only reason I was able to retain what I learned was because I live in Indonesia and really NEED to know the language to get by.