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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 them 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 Ayo, Ikut Denganku in English ‘Let’s come with me’.

Read to this conversation aboutAyo, Ikut Denganku in English ‘Let’s come with me’. Rama invites Kevin to go to his hometown in Bogor.

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

If you want to invite others to go along with you, you can say Ayo, ikut dengankuor Ayo, ikut aku which means‘Let’s come with me’.

In response to the invitation to go together, you can use an interjection asyik if you receive the invitation in informal situation, or ya boleh which means ‘ok’ or ‘alright’, and Tidak , terima kasih which means ‘no, thank you’ or ‘sorry, I can’t’, to refuse the invitation.

For examples:

Someone invites you by saying:

-Besok aku mau pulang kampung ke Bogorwhich means ‘Tomorrow I want to go to Bogor, my hometown’,

-Ayo ikut dengankuwhich means ‘Let’s come with me/why don’t you come with me?’.

To answer the invitation you can say Asyik, aku mau ikutwhich means ‘Ok, I will come with you’, if you agree.

-Besok aku mau pulang kampung ke Bogorwhich means ‘Tomorrow I want to go to Bogor, my hometown’

-Ayo ikut denganku which means ‘let’s come with me’.

You can answer it by saying Tidak, terima kasihwhich means ‘no, thank you’, if you want to refuse the invitation.

In the Indonesian language the invitation sentence usually use the words mari, marilah, ayo and ayolah.

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.