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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 Buying Train Ticket (Membeli Tiket Kereta).

Read to this conversation about Buying Train Ticket (Membeli Tiket Kereta). Kevin will take the commuter train KRL with Rama, but he missed his electronic money card. Kevin buys another KRL ticket.

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

If you want to buy tiket KRL or a commuter ticket, you can use the expression, Saya mau beli tiket which means ‘I want to buy a ticket’. Usually, the officer will ask you by saying Mau ke stasiun mana, Pak/bu? which means  ‘What station are you going to?’/’what station will you go to?’. After that, the officer will ask you Sekali jalan atau pulang pergi? Which means ‘for one way or round trip?’. In the dialogue, Kevin wants to buy one-way ticket; he says Sekali jalan which means ‘one- way’. Then, Kevin asks about the ticket price, Berapa harganya, Pak? Which means ‘how much?’. After the ticket officer mentions the ticket price, he/she will say Bayar dengan uang tunai, ya, Pak which means ‘please pay in cash’.

If you want to buy tickets at the counter, payment is usually done in cash. But if you want to make non-cash transactions, you can use electronic money. You can find automatic ticket purchasing machine at the rail station. The machine is completed with responsive sensor and cannot receive bad money. You can use the machine as an alternative way when the ticket counter is full of queues.  If you have problems in operating this machine, you can ask the station staff who always standby around this machine for assistance.

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.