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Voice of Indonesia presents Let’s Speak Indonesian, a program that introduces the Indonesian vocabulary and guides you to speak in the language. Mari Berbahasa Indonesia or Let’s Speak Indonesian is a joint initiative of Voice of Indonesia and the Language Development Agency of the Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture.  Today’s topic is “Semoga Saya Bisa Bekerja Dengan Baik”which means “I Hope I Can Work Well”.

Read to the conversation about “Semoga Saya Bisa Bekerja Dengan Baik”which means “I Hope I Can Work Well”. This conversation is between Kevin from Australia with his colleague, Ayu, in their office. 

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Having listened to the conversation, now I am going to introduce some vocabulary and expressions related to the topic of the day.

In the dialog, you listen to the statement “Semoga saya bisa bekerja dengan baik” (2X) which means “I hope I can work well”.  In Indonesian language, the expression semoga (2X) which means hopefully is used to show hope. Semogais followed by an expression about the hope. For example, Saya bisa bekerja dengan baik (2X) which means I can work well. Besidessemoga, another hope expression inIndonesian is mudah-mudahan (2X) which also means hopefully.

For example:

-Selamat datang di kantor kami  (2X) which means Welcome to our office.

-Terima kasih. Mudah-mudahan saya bisa bekerja dengan baik (2X) which means Thank you. Hopefully I can work well.

To a friend who is sick, you can say:

Semoga cepat sembuh  (2X) which means get well soon.

To a friend who is having a birthday, you can say:

Semoga panjang umur (2X) which means wish you long life.

To a friend who will do a test or face a challenge, you may say:

Semoga sukses (2X) which means good luck.

That was “Let’s Speak Indonesian” for today. Hopefully, this edition can be useful for those of you who want to know more about Indonesian language.