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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 “Cuaca dan Musim” (2x) which means “Weather and Season”. 

Here is the conversation entitled “Suhu 25 Derajat Celcius” (2x) which means “Temperature of 25 Degrees Celsius”. This conversation happens between Kevin and Nuni. Nuni and Kevin are walking on the road in the city of Bandung, West Java. They are walking while talking about weather and season. 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 conversation, you hear the expression “Berapa ya suhu (udara) nya?” (2x) which means “How much is the temperature?” The expression is to ask temperature. The answer you may hear is the amount of temperature, such as Dua puluh lima derajat celcius (2x) which means Twenty-five degrees Celsius.

Other Examples

Let’s read to the other examples to ask temperature.

“Dingin sekali. Berapa suhu udara saat ini?” (2x) which means “It’s so cold. How much is the temperature now?”

“Dua puluh dua derajat Celsius” (2x) which means Twenty-two degrees Celsius.

In Indonesia, especially the city of Jakarta, dry season is usually short and hot, while rainy season is usually short, warm and rainy. Throughout the year, the temperature varies from 23 to 33 degrees Celsius. It is so rare to reach below 22 degrees Celsius or above 34 Celsius.

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.