Some of what marks Indonesian text as generated is affix handling, and some of it is a register that sits stiffly between formal and casual without committing to either.
- Baku and gaul register blended
- Formal baku Indonesian (tidak, saya, sangat) and casual gaul Indonesian (nggak, gue, banget) are genuinely distinct registers. Generated text frequently opens formal and drifts into gaul vocabulary partway through, or the reverse.
- Affixes handled inconsistently
- The me- and di- prefixes carry real grammatical weight, distinguishing active from passive voice, and generated text occasionally drops or misapplies them in ways that read as slightly off even in an otherwise parseable sentence.
- Reduplication applied unnaturally
- Indonesian reduplicates words to mark plurality or emphasis (orang-orang, jalan-jalan), and generated text sometimes omits a natural reduplication or applies one where a native speaker would not.
- Particles like lah and pun omitted
- Particles that add emphasis and nuance are frequently absent from formal generated Indonesian entirely, producing text that reads as translated rather than natively composed.
- Formal connectors arriving in sequence
- selain itu, oleh karena itu, namun appearing as the reflexive way to open a new point rather than because the argument requires one.