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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 “Berolahraga” which means “Doing Sport”. This dialog is between Kevin and Mela at the office. Mela squirms and feels hurt.

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 Sebaiknya kamu berolahraga (2X) which means You should do sport. It consists of the prefix ber- and the word olahraga (2X) which means sport. The prefix ber- has several meanings such as memakai (2X) which means using, mempunyai (2X) which means has and melakukan aktivitas (2X) which means doing an activity.The prefix ber- in the word berolahraga means doing sport. For example, Sebaiknya kamu berolahraga (2X) which means You should do sport.

Other examples

Let’s read to the other examples of using a verbal prefix ber- which means doing.

For example:

Aduh, badanku kaku (2X) which means Ouch, my body is stiff

Sebaiknya kamu jangan bekerja (2X) which means You shouldn’t work

Aduh, badanku kaku(2X) which means Ouch, my body is stiff

Sebaiknya kamu berlari di lapangan (2X) which means You should run in the field

Maaf bercanda (2X) which means Sorry I’m kidding

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.