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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 Wisata which means Tourism.

Here is the conversation entitled Kevin Pergi ke Bandung which means Kevin Goes to Bandung. Kevin calls Mela to tell her that he goes to Bandung. Let’s read to the conversation.

After reading to the conversation, now I am going to introduce some vocabulary and expressions related to the topic of the day.

In the dialog, you hear a sentence Aku pergi ke Bandung (2x) which means I go to Bandung. The sentence Aku pergi ke Bandung is a simple sentence consisting of subject, predicate and adverb. The word aku is a subject, the word go is a predicate and the word ke Bandung is an adverb of place.

Let’s read to the other examples of a simple sentence with such a pattern.

Kevin         : Siapa nama kamu? (2x) which means What is your name?

Mela           : Nama saya Mela (2x) which means My name is Mela

Kevin         : Kamu tinggal di mana? (2x) which means Where do you live?

Mela           : Saya tinggal di Jakarta (2x) which means I live in Jakarta

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.