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Voice of Indonesia presents “Mari BerBahasa Indonesia” or “Let’s Speak Indonesian” which introduces Indonesian expressions and vocabulary, and guides you to converse in Bahasa Indonesia or the Indonesian language. This “Mari BerBahasa Indonesia” is a collaboration between Voice of Indonesia, RRI Foreign Broadcasting Station and the Language Development Agency, Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia. Today’s topic is “Mengunjungi tempat wisata” (2X)or “Visiting tourist objects”.

Next, you ‘ll be reading to a conversation related to today’s topic entitled: “Kita sudah Sampai“(2x)which means:   “We have arrived”

This conversation takes place between Dev Singh, a tourist from India and Datil, a tour guide。Datil, informs Dev and other tourists that they have arrived at the Old Town. Let's raed to their conversation.

Datil                       :   Kita sudah sampai di Kota Tua.

Dev                         :   Di sini kita akan melihat apa ?

After reading to the conversation, following is the vocabulary related to today's material“ Kita sudah Sampai“(2x)which means:   “We have arrived”

In the conversation you read the phrase “Kita sudah sampai di Kota Tua” (2x)which means: "We have arrived at the Old Town”: The word sudah sampai (2x) which means: have arrived in the expression is an adverb used to mark the activity that has been completed. To express the activity that has been completed, you can use the adverb sudah (2x) which means: have (already) followed by a word that expresses the activity, such as sampai (2x) which means: arrived. (More or less like Have+participle   in the present perfect tense in English)

Other examples:

Let’s read to phrases that express the activity that has been completed by using the adverb sudah(2x) which means: already

Sudah (2x) which means: Already

Saya sudah makan di restoran (2x) which means: I have already eaten in the restaurant

Kita sudah tiba di Kota Tua (2x) which means: We have already arrived at the Old Town (tiba has the same meaning as sampai)

In addition to sudah (2x) which means: already, you can use the adverb telah (2x) which means: already for indicating the activity that has been completed. For example, Kita telah sampai di Kota Tua (2x) which means: We have already arrived at Kota Tua

That was today’s edition ofMari Berbahasa Indonesia or Let's speak Indonesian with the topic: “Mengunjungi tempat wisata” (2X)or “Visiting tourist objects”. and   a conversation entitled “Kitasudah Sampai“(2x)which means:   “We have arrived” . Hopefully this edition will be useful for those of you who want to know more about Bahasa Indonesia or the Indonesian language.

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