VOI - Voice of Indonesia | RRI - Radio Republik Indonesia

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 Pergi ke Tempat Wisata (2x) which means Going to Tourist Place.

We are going to present you a conversation entitled Di Sebelah Kiri Ada Gedung RRI (2x) which means There is RRI Building on the Left. This conversation happens between Dev Singh, a tourist from India and Datil, a tourist guide, at the National Monument (Monas) yard. Datil informs about Monas to Dev and other tourists.

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 sentence Di Sebelah Kiri kita Ada Gedung Radio Republik Indonesia (2x) which means On Our Left, There is Radio Republik Indonesia Building. It states a location, namely di sebelah kiri kita (2x) which means on our left. In the sentence, there is a phrase di sebelah (2x) which means next to, that is used to inform about the location of Radio Republik Indonesia building. To state the location, the words di sebelah (2x) which means next to, but in the sentence, it means on, are followed by the word which states a direction. For example, kiri (2x) which means left.

Besides followed by the word which states a direction, such as kiri (2x) which means left or kanan (2x) which means right, to state a location, the expression di sebelah (2x), which means next to, can be followed by a place.

Let’s read to the other examples to explain a location.

di sebelah (2x) which means next to

Gedung Radio Republik Indonesia ada di sebelah gedung Museum Nasional (2x) which means Radio Republik Indonesia building is next to the National Museum

Gedung Radio Republik Indonesia ada di sebelah gedung Mahkamah Konstitusi (2x) which means Radio Republik Indonesia building is next to the Constitutional Court building

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.