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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, Culture, Research and Technology.  Today’s topic is about “Berbelanja” which means “Shopping”. 

Here is the conversation entitled “Saya Cari Batik” (2x) which means “I’m Looking for Batik”. This conversation happens between Kevin and a clerk. Kevin comes to a clothes store. Let’s read to the conversation.

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

In the conversation, you hear a question “Saya cari batik” (2x) which means “I’m looking for batik”. When you want to buy something in a store, you can use a phrase saya cari (2x) which means I’m looking for, then it is followed by an object that you are looking for. You can also use an expression saya mau beli (2x) which means I want to buy, that is followed by an object that you want to buy.

Other examples

Let’s read to the other examples of using the expressions saya cari (2x) which means I’m looking for and saya mau beli (2x) which means I want to buy

“Saya cari atasan batik. Ada?” (2x) which means “I’m looking for batik top. Do you have it?”

“Ada. Ini, Pak. Silahkan pilih” (2x) which means “Yes, we do. Please choose one.”

“Saya mau beli rok batik” (2x) which means “I want to buy batik skirt”

“Silahkan, Bu. Di sebelah sini” (2x) which means “Yes, please ma’am. This way”

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.