PUI Javanologi UNS, together with the Mandarin Language Center, organized the activity The 2nd Summer Course Online with the theme: Intensive Course on Javanese Cultural Heritage. This activity was held Tuesday – Friday, 1 – 4 August 2023. On the second day, Wednesday, 2 August 2023, the participants were provided with Javanese Language and Alphabet Learning, which was explained by Mr Rahmat, S.S., M.A online.
Before starting the course on the second day, the participants of the 2nd Summer Course Online were given some Javanese names, for example: Murni (Zheng Mei Yi), Bathari (Chen Bin), Arjuna (Xie Jun Quan), Jenar (Jiang Dong Yan), Candra (Chen Zhi) and so on. They are very happy to have Javanese names so that they are more easily recognized by the presenters and the organizers.
Javanese language learning starts with the word “Kula” which means I and invites students to try to pronounce it. After successfully pronouncing it, the participants are taught in daily conversation and uploading Javanese through the levels of ngoko and krama, for example Aku (ngoko) – Kula (krama), Kowe (ngoko) – Sampeyan / Panjenengan (krama), Dheweke (ngoko) – Panjenenganipun (krama), Jeneng (ngoko) – Asma (krama), Umur (ngoko) – Yuswa (krama) and so on, then the Course Participants are asked to introduce themselves using Javanese and talk to each other between the participants such as “Sapa jenengmu?”, “Umurmu pira?”, “Koe lagi sinau apa?”, “Koe lagi mangan apa?“, “Kowe ngombe apa?“. Not only daily conversations but participants are also given provisions for ordering numbers 1 – 10 using Javanese, naming colors, and naming body parts. This aims to teach them Javanese when they later visit Solo so they can understand and practice it directly.
Summer Course participants are also provided with Javanese Alphabet lessons, where they are introduced to the alphabet, pasangan, and sandangan. In this session, participants were invited to create several words mentioned by the presenter, including the names of animals and plants, and then write them in the Javanese alphabet. One of the participants, Peng Xin, expressed his enthusiasm for learning Javanese script and language.
“I really enjoyed learning about the Javanese language and alphabet, because the speaker presented it in a fun and enjoyable way through the concept of games,” he said, delivered using Mandarin.
