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Voice of Indonesia presents “Let’s Speak Bahasa Indonesia,” a lesson in the Indonesian language on the Radio. We introduce some Indonesian vocabulary and tips on how to use it in a conversation. This segment is a joint initiative of Voice of Indonesia and the Language and Book Development Agency of the Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture.  Today’s topic is ‘Watching Tanjidor’ which means Menyaksikan Tanjidor.

Read to this conversation about ‘Watching Tanjidor’ which means Menyaksikan Tanjidor.

Now, I am going to introduce some vocabularies and expressions related to the topic today.

If you want to ask something, you can use interrogative word apa which means ‘what’. You can add with pronoun, after the word apa. For example Apa ini? which means ‘what is this?’ or Apa itu ? which means ‘what is that?’. To respond the word apa, you can use definition sentences, for examples:

-Apa itu tanjidor? Which means ‘What is tanjidor?

-Tanjidor merupakan kesenian musik khas Betawi which means ‘Tanjidor is a typical musical art of Betawi’.

-Rombongan apa itu?  which means ‘what group is it?’

-O, itu  adalah rombongan tanjidor which means ‘It is a group of Tanjidor music.’

-Tanjidor itu apa? Which means ‘What is Tanjidor’?

-Tanjidor itu kesenian musik khas Betawi which means ‘Tanjidor is a typical musical art of Betawi’.

That was “Let’s Speak Bhs Indonesia”, a lesson in Bahasa Indonesia or the Indonesian language on the radio. Hopefully, this edition will be useful for those who want to know more about Bahasa Indonesia.