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Katanya Akan Kerja Dari Rumah-KDR which means They Say We Will Work from Home-WFH
Written by Maryati
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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 Kesehatan which means Health.
Here is the conversation entitled Katanya Akan Kerja Dari Rumah-KDR which means They Say We Will Work from Home-WFH. This dialog is between Kevin and Mela. Mela tells Kevin about the news circulating in the office. Let’s read to the conversation.
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Mela |
Katanya kita akan KDR mulai minggu depan. Benar? |
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Kevin |
Aku belum tahu. |
After listening to the conversation, now I am going to introduce some vocabulary and expressions related to the topic of the day.
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Katanya |
(2x) which means they say |
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Kita |
(2x) which means we |
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Akan |
(2x) which means will |
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KDR (kerja dari rumah) |
(2x) which means WFH (work from home) |
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mulai |
(2x) which means start |
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minggu depan |
(2x) which means next week |
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katanya kita akan KDR mulai minggu depan. |
(2x) which means people say we will work from home next week |
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benar? |
(2x) which means is it right? |
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aku belum tahu. |
(2x) which means I don’t know yet |
In the dialog, you listen to an expression Katanya kita akan KDR mulai minggu depan (2x) which means They say we will WFH next week. In the expression, there is the word katanya (2x) which means they say. It is used to deliver someone else’s statement. It means the same as kata dia (2x) which means he says. However, in daily speech it is also used to deliver information from one person to another with unknown main source. For example, Katanya kita akan KDR mulai minggu depan(2x) which means They say we will WFH next week. Maybe Mela heard the information from some people, but she doesn’t know who spread the information first and she doesn’t know if the information is right or wrong.
Let’s read to the other examples of using the word katanya (2x) which means they say.
Mela : Katanya kita akan uji usap PCR minggu depan (2x) which means They say we will have swab test next week
Kevin : Oh, ya? (2x) which means Oh really?
Mela : Katanya atasan kita terkena Covid-19 (2x) which means They say our boss gets Covid-19
Kevin : Oh, ya? (2x) which means Oh really?
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.
