Journal 3

[Bowman Rains]

This week, I am working on numbers.  This has been the most difficult lesson so far.  I first learned how to count from one to ten.  This part is simple vocabulary that will only require memorization to learn.  The rest of the numerical system is much more difficult for me to understand.  I do not feel that I have a very strong grasp on the numerical system, yet.  To further my understanding, I plan on looking up numerical tables in Indonesian so that I can memorize the vocabulary as well as the structure.  This is the first lesson I have learned that has required outside information.  I have found one source that is provided by the Indonesian government to help travelers understand the system.  However, I plan on finding more material in the coming week that can offer a little more clarification of the system.