VOI - Voice of Indonesia | RRI - Radio Republik Indonesia

This is RRI World Service VOI  with Let’s Speak Bahasa Indonesia, a lesson in Bahasa  Indonesia or the Indonesian language on the radio,  introducing    some  Indonesian vocabulary and  guiding   you to use them in a conversation. Let's Speak Bahasa  Indonesia is a collaboration between  Voice Of Indonesia, RRI Foreign Broadcasting Station and the Agency for Language Development, the  Ministry of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia. Today’s topic is " DI PESAWAT"  or in English,  “Aboard the plane"

First, I’ll introduce some Indonesian vocabulary and idioms related to the topic today. I’ll say each word slowly, twice. You can follow after me. 

Next is an example of a conversation on " DI PESAWAT"  or in English,  “Aboard the plane”.   As usual I’ll say every sentence  slowly, twice, and you can follow after me.  The conversation is between a flight attendant (A) and Toni (B) in the cabin.

In Indonesia in one day, there are  4 concepts  of time, namely, pagi or morning, siang or early  afternoon, sore or late afternoon, and night. Greetings given will be adjusted with these times. You can say “Selamat pagi” (Good morning) in  the morning but only until around 11 am. During the day, from 11 am until approximately 3 pm  you can say “Selamat siang”(good afternoon). But late in the afternoon from 3pm to around 5  or 6 pm, you would  say “Selamat sore” (good afternoon). After that, the greeting will be only ”Selamat malam”. There is no differentiation between good evening, and good night. However, all the greetings are  usually said  to people you don’t know well or  in an official situation. To answer, you can repeat the greetings as they are given, such as “Selamat pagi” (good morning) or simply say “Pagi” (morning), “Siang”(afternoon), “Sore” (afternoon) or “Malam”(evening/night). 

That was today’s edition of Let's Speak Bahasa  Indonesia. Hopefully, it  can be useful for those of you who want to know more about  Bahasa Indonesia. Let's meet  again tomorrow with a different topic.