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Voice of Indonesia presents Let’s Speak Indonesian, a program that introduces the Indonesian vocabulary and guides you to speak in the language. Mari Berbahasa Indonesia or Let’s Speak Indonesian is a joint initiative of Voice of Indonesia and the Language Development Agency of the Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture. Today’s topic is about Sakit which means Sick.

Read to the conversation entitled “Aku Sakit Perut” which means “I Have Stomachache”. This conversation is between Kevin and Mela, his workmate. They talk on the phone.

Having listened to the conversation, now I am going to introduce some vocabulary and expressions related to the topic of the day.

In the dialog, you listen to an expression “Aku sakit perut” (2X) which means "I have stomachache". This expression is used to show pain. You can use subject pronoun or name followed by the pain. For example, Aku sakit perut (2X) which means I have stomachache.

Other examples:

Let's listen to the other expressions to show pain. 

Mengapa kamu tidak masuk kantor? (2X) which means Why don't you come to the office?
Aku sakit perut (2X) which means I have stomachache
Mengapa dia tidak masuk kantor? (2X) which means Why doesn't he come to the office?
Dia demam (2X) which means he has fever

There are some expressions to show pain beginning with the word sakit (2X) which means sick or ache followed by the sick body part. For example, sakit perut (2X) which means stomachache, sakit gigi (2X) which means toothache and sakit kepala (2X) which means stomachache.

That was “Let’s Speak Indonesian” for today. Hopefully, this edition can be useful for those of you who want to know more about Indonesian language.