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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 still about Sakit which means Sick. 

Here is the conversation entitled Coba tarik napas!which means Try to Inhale! This dialog is between Kevin and a doctor at a clinic. The doctor asks Kevin to open his mouth to be checked.

Let’s read to the conversation.

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 the doctor’s instruction to Kevin, Coba tarik napas! (2x) which means Try to inhale! In the imperative sentence, there is the word coba (2x) which mean try. It is used to sound more polite.

Let’s listen to another example of instruction using the word coba.

Dokter   : Coba buka mulut Bapak which means Try to open your mouth

Kevin     : Baik which means Alright

Besides the word coba (2x) which means try, the word tolong (2x) which means please can be used to be more polite. However, the word tolong (2x) which means please is used to ask someone else to do something for us. For example, tolong tutup pintunya! (2x) which means close the door, please!

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.