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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 Kesehatan which means Health.

Here is the conversation entitled “Harus dengan Resep Dokter” which means “It Must be on Medical Prescription”. This dialog is between Kevin and a pharmacist in a pharmacy.Kevin wants to buy a medicine, but Kevin should give a doctor’s prescription to buy it. Let’s read to the conversation.

After listening 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 “Obat ini harus dengan resep dokter” (2X) which means “This medicine must be on medical prescription”. In this expression, there is the word harus (2X) which means must, that is used to show obligation or something that must be done. In the dialog context between the pharmacist andKevin, Kevin must give doctor’s prescription if he wants to buy the medicine.

Other examples.

Let’s read to the other examples of using the word harus (2X) which means must.

Obat ini harus dengan resep dokter (2X) which means This medicine must be on medical prescription

Oh begitu(2X) which means Oh I see

Bapak harus meminum obat ini sampai habis (2X) which means You must take this medicine until finished

Baik (2X) which means Alright

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.