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Welcome back to “Mari Berbahasa Indonesia” or “Let’s Speak Bahasa Indonesia”, a segment that introduces you to Indonesian vocabulary and guides you to speak in the Indonesian language. “Let’s Speak Bahasa Indonesia” is a collaboration between Voice of Indonesia, the Overseas Service of Radio Republik Indonesia, and the Language Centre and Development Agency at the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia. Today’s topic is “Di Bali” which means “In Bali”. Stay Tuned!

Here is a conversation entitled " Baik Dipanggang di Oven maupun di Tungku" which means "Whether Oven Roasted or Stove Roasted". This conversation takes place between Chris and a waitress at a restaurant in Bali. The waitress said that both stove-baked and oven-baked chicken betutu taste equally good.

Chris (P)                  : Ayam betutu ini direbus atau dipanggang?

Pramusaji (W)         : Di restoran ini ayamnya dipanggang di tungku. Di tempat lain  

                                  mungkin dipanggang di oven.

Chris (P)                  : Apakah rasanya beda?

Pramusaji (W)         : Rasa ayam betutu, baik yang dipanggang di tungku maupun di

                                   oven, sama-sama enak.

Here are some vocabulary related to today's material.

rasa which means taste

ayam betutu which means betutu chicken

dipanggang which means roasted

tungku which means stove

oven which means oven

sama-sama which means equally

enak which means delicious

Rasa ayam betutu, baik yang dipanggang di tungku maupun di oven, sama-sama enak which means the taste of chicken betutu, whether roasted on the stove or in the oven, is equally good.

direbus which means boiled or stewed

restoran which means restaurant

In the conversation, there is the statement rasa ayam betutu, baik yang dipanggang di tungku maupun di oven, sama-sama enak which means “the taste of betutu chicken is good, whether roasted on the stove or in the oven”.  In this statement, there is an expression baik yang dipanggang di tungku maupun di oven (2x) which means "Whether roasted on the stove or in the oven".

The expression contains a connection between“ayam betutu dipanggang di tungku” which means betutu chicken roasted on the stove and “di dalam oven” which means in the oven which is paired by the conjuction “baik” which means whether or both and “maupun” which means or and and. The conjuction baik and maupun which means whether and or in the expression connects the parts of the sentence that states how betutu chicken being rosted in a stove and being roasted in an oven, which produces the same quality of taste.

Betutu is a Balinese speciality that can be made from chicken or duck. The word betutu means 'a dish made from chicken or duck meat that is seasoned and cooked in a shell until the meat and bones are tender'. The special seasoning gives off a distinctive aroma of spices and can make the texture of the meat tender. Betutu was declared an Indonesian Intangible Cultural Heritage by the Indonesian government in 2017.