Halo teman-teman. Gue udah belajar bahasa indonesia selama beberapa tahun nih dan tahun ini universitas gue ngasi pelajaran tentang dialek Indonesia. Tapi susah banget untuk nemuin informasi tentang dialeknya, jadi gue pengen tau apa ada teman-teman dari Indonesia disini yang bisa berbahasa tetum dan bisa membantu gue :)

<em>"Gue</em>" is really informal. That's ok to use it in daily style speaking/writing. But my suggestion is just be consistent. If you are using gue then use it for the whole statements. It sounds better rather than if you use "gue" and then "aku" and then "gue" again. Choose one, "aku" or "gue".

Then, I'm sure that this is a daily style speaking so I adapted it into daily words too. I changed some formal words into less formal, such as "menemukan" becomes "nemuin", "membantu" becomes "bantu".

So here are some tips for you:
If you are talking to your friends in a relax situation, it is better to use less formal speaking style. If you mix formal and informal speaking style in daily conversation with your Indonesian friends, well it will sound strange, honestly. But usually, Indonesian people will just understand and accept that because you're a "Bule", right.

But, I said this to you only to increase your information about Indonesian :)

AND, if you are talking to teachers/olderly/business partner or other formal situation such as presentation or public speaking, do not use informal words. It will sound less professional :D

Learning Tetum(Tetun)

Hey, I've been learning Indonesian for several years and my university offers courses in dialects to fill out my major in Indonesian language but it's hard to find resources to learn Tetum, I was wondering if any of my Indonesian friends on here speak Tetum.

Halo teman-teman, Gue sudah beleajar bahasa indonesia selemat selama berberapa tahun and dan tahun ini, universitasku memberikan pelearan mata kuliah dialek untuk memenuhi jurusanku di bahasa Indonesia tapi banget susah banget untuk menemukan informasi sumber-sumber untuk mempelajari Tetum, jadi gue bertanya-tanya jika ada salah teman-teman Indonesiaku disini yang bisa berbahasa tetum dan boleh bisa membantu aku :)

Hi, I fixed it based your english text

I know Tetum after googling, haha. It is an original language from Timor Leste.

I also looked up on youtube and found some people speak Tetum, just type "bahasa tetum" on search bar, good luck