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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 “Berwisata” which means “Travelling”. 

Here is the conversation entitled Siapa Pemilik Hotel Ini? which means Who is the Owner of this Hotel? Kevin is amazed by the decoration of the hotel room. Kevin wants to know the owner of the hotel. Then he asks the officer to check the air conditioning. 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 the word pemilik (2x) which means owner, someone who owns something. The word pemilik (2x) is a noun formed by the word milik (2x) which means own, then added with the prefix peng.  One of meanings of the prefix peng- is someone who….

Other examples

Let’s read to the other examples of using the prefix peng- 

Di mana saya bisa menemukan penjual mi bakso? (2x) which means Where can I find a meatball noodle seller?

Di seberang hotel (2x) which means Across the hotel

Ini Pak Yunus , pembuat sepatu kulit dari Cibaduyut  (2x) which means This is Mr. Yunus, the maker of leather shoes from Cibaduyut

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.