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“Mari Berbahasa Indonesia” or Let’s Speak Bahasa Indonesia, introduces Indonesian vocabulary and guides you to speak in Indonesian language. Mari Berbahasa Indonesia or Let’s Speak Bahasa Indonesia is a collaboration between Voice of Indonesia and the Language Development Agency of the Indonesian Ministry of Education, Culture, Research & Technology. Today’s topic is “Titik Nol Nusantara” (2x) which means “Nusantara Point Zero.”

Here is a monologue about “Suhu Udara” (2x) which means “Temperature”. The monologue is by Chris, a vlogger from Australia, on his trip in Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan. Chris was describing the environment around the Point Zero of Nusantara Capital City in North Penajam Paser in his vlog using vocabulary related to temperature.

Chris (P)           : ( berbicara sebagai seorang vloger ) Saya sudah berada di Titik

                             Nol Nusantara. Ini adalah pusat ibu kota Indonesia yang baru.

                             Saat ini siang hari. Panas sekali. Sekarang suhu udara di sini

                             34 derajat Celsius.

Now I introduce you to some vocabulary and expressions related to today’s topic. “Suhu udara” (2x) which means “Temperature”.

In this monologue, there is the expression “Sekarang suhu udara di sini 34 derajat Celsius” (2x) which means “Now, the temperature here is 34 degree Celsius”. There is an expression ”suhu udara” (2x) which means “temperature”. The expression ”suhu udara” (2x) which means “temperature” in the expression was used by Chris to describe the condition in the surrounding environment to the audience of his vlog by using vocabulary related to weather.

Here are other examples of describing environment:

Hujan ( 2x) which means Rain

Di kota saya, hujan turun setiap hari (2x) which means In my city, rain falls every day

Mendung ( 2x) which means Cloudy

Langit Balikpapan pagi ini mendung (2x) which means The sky of Balipapan is cloudy

this morning.

For your information, Celsius is used to measure temperature in Indonesia. Besides

Celsius, Indonesia uses a metric system for measurement like meter and gram.