Let’s Learn Toba Batak Language

  • Let’s Learn Toba Batak Language

It has almost been a year since I first come to this Toba-Samosir area, to serve as a lecturer of a programming course in a local polytechnic. However, I am still unable to engage even a very basic conversation in Toba Batak language. For the purpose of Toba Batak Corpus initiatives I am involved in, I bought some introductory materials for learning Batak. As it is surprisingly difficult to find this kind of material on the Internet (and even in book stores!), I decided to share what I have learned here in my blog. Even though I will try to write everything as thoroughly as possible, this series is not a replacement for a good teacher or self-study book.

Without further ado, some basic vocabularies:

Basic words
yes olo
no daong
sorry, excuse me santabi
thank you mauliate

Pronouns
I ahu
you singular ho; plural hamu, hamuna
he, she ibana
we inclusive hita; exclusive hami
they nasida

Numbers
one sada
two dua
three tolu
four opat
five lima
six onom
seven pitu
eight ualu
nine sia
ten sampulu
eleven sampulu sada
twelve sampulu dua
twenty dua pulu
twenty one dua pulu sada
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7 Responses to Let’s Learn Toba Batak Language

  1. petra says:

    udah dikasih marga belom? :D

  2. kereta_api says:

    aku paling suka lagu2 batak :

    lae, tolong aku ya ngartiin lagu nya christine panjaitan ini :

    Habang hon si hapor roha
    tu bonani apparaga
    jolma a hurang roha
    do akka halak si godang hata

    ni duruhung inang haruting
    manganjahi da pora-pora
    burju ho ito makkuling
    Asa tanda ho anakni raja

    surle di surle
    surle amang surle
    rap ma hita marende
    si baen ende na be

    surle di surle
    surle inang surle
    rap ma hita marende
    si baen logu na be

    ni duda ikkau rata
    baen loppan parbodarion
    matua ho ginjang ni roha
    da patujolo ni hamagoan

    ni duruhung inang haruting
    manganjahi da pora-pora
    burju ho ho ito makkuling
    Asa tanda ho anakni raja

    ni duda ikkau rata
    baen loppan parbodarion
    matua ho ginjang ni roha
    da patujolo ni hamagoan

    surle di surle
    surle amang surle
    rap ma hita marende
    si baen ende na be

    surle di surle
    surle inang surle
    rap ma hita marende
    si baen logu na be

    horas, mauliate dah sebelumnya

  3. kereta_api says:

    aku tambah lagi ya lae, eh sorry sblmnya aku bukan orang batak, tapi aku salut deh ama orang batak maka ajari aku ya, pokoknya sedih deh senang lagunya tapi kagak tahu artinya,

    Marombus-ombus do = ini makanan asli siborong2 kan ? aku pernah ke sana lho

    lappet ni hubang tonggi tabo
    lappet =
    hubang =
    tonggi = manis
    tabo = enak

    nang ngali pe ari i disi
    ngali = dingin

    anggo alani ombus-ombus do
    anggo =
    alani =

    ai boru hombing do
    na paturehon macai malo
    tung anggur do i da tung hucus do
    rupana pe tung na uli do

    paturehon =
    macai = sangat
    malo = pandai
    anggur =
    hucus =
    uli = cantik

    oh doli doli
    ho naposo na jogi
    dompak hubangi lao ma da mang
    da tu siborong borongi

    doli=
    naposo = yang muda
    jogi =
    dompak =
    hubang =

    molo naung hoji do
    tu boru hombing tibu ma ho
    lao ma damang da lao ma damang
    tu luat ni parombus-ombus do

    molo = kalau
    naung =
    hoji =
    lao ma damang = pergilah nak
    luat = negeri, desa

    muliate, jangan bosan ya

  4. Abie says:

    Weks. Bisa2 situ udah lebih jago bahasa Batak daripada saya.. :|

  5. Mr Jagiring says:

    klw bahasa bataknya “maaf” apa ya mas ??

  6. galung says:

    maaf = santabi

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