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Voice of Indonesia with 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 Mencuci Tangan dengan Sabun which means Washing Hands with Soap. This dialog is between Kevin and a pharmacist. The pharmacist offers Kevin a hand sanitizer. Kevin tells the pharmacist that he washes hands more often with soap than hand sanitizer. Let’s listen 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 a statement Saya sering mencuci tangan dengan sabun (2x) which means I often wash hands with soap. In the statement, there is a connecting word dengan (2x) which means with. In the dialog context, it is used to inform a tool that is used. For example, Saya mencuci tangan dengan sabun (2x) which means I often wash hands with soap.

Let’s read to the other examples of the connecting word dengan (2x) which means with.

Kevin                             : Saya sering mencuci tangan dengan sabun (2x) which means I often wash hands with soap

Pharmacist                   : Bagus (2x) which means Good

Pharmacist                   : Bagi dua obat dengan pisau! (2x) which means Split the medicine into two with knife

Kevin                   : Baik (2x) which means Alright

Since the Covid-19 pandemic broke out, many people have been aware of the importance of keeping health and self-cleanliness. One of ways to keep self-cleanliness is by always bringing along hand sanitizer anywhere to make us easier to wash hands every time we touch objects.

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.