あかん！: インドネシア人の知らないインドネシア語

インドネシア人の知らないインドネシア語 or The Indonesian The Indonesians Don't Know or Bahasa Indonesia yang Orang Indonesia Nggak Tahu....

I don't own this picture. I randomly took it from Google because I didn't have time for 撮影 in the bus.

I came up with this thought when I was on my way home yesterday. Oh, I fuckin finished my finals, by the way. Heaven! X3

Alright. Back to the topic, shall we?

Apparently many people in this country can't distinguish the using of 'di' whether it should be combined or separated. In Bahasa Indonesia, 'di' as a preposition means in/on/at and MUST be separated from the following word. For example, the using of 'di' in di rumah (at home). This 'di' can also be combined with the following word if passive voice is the case. Dimakan (to be eaten), dijual (to be sold), and dipenjara (to be jailed) are examples of this must-be-combined 'di'. 

I've learned about this grammar rule since I was in elementary school even. But why do I still see so many errors in using this 'di' in my daily life? Yesterday I went home by bus and because I'm an observer, I enjoyed paying attention to some outdoor advertising and billboard signs along the way. I found so many that said, "DI JUAL TANAH DAN RUMAH" (HOUSE FOR SALE), "TAMBAL BAN DISINI" (TIRE REPAIR SERVICE HERE), and all that. Guys, you wrote them wrong! I'm disappointed. LoL But, seriously, it's disappointing. The first one should be "DIJUAL TANAH DAN RUMAH" and the last one should be "TAMBAL BAN DI SINI" aaakh. The words are all Bahasa Indonesia, you guys are Indonesians, but why couldn't you do it right?

Well, my hypothesis is ... regardless of whether they know the rule or not, spoken language is far more popular and is widespread here in Indonesia, so they give zero fuck about the rule as long as it SOUNDS right.

It also might answer the "all about general lack of interest in reading books" questions in Indonesia (even though I haven't tried to do serious research about the percentage yet, but my feeling says so haha).

HOWEVER

This grammar rule thing doesn't affect people's daily life directly. It has nothing to do at all with some people even. This is simply my personal opinion, my thought. My perspective on this issue may be different from others'. I mean, this is my own space to prattle, isn't it?

Again, I overthought unnecessary thing.