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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 “Berlibur ” which means “Going on Holiday”. 

Read to the conversation entitled “Aku Suka Berjalan-jalan ke Pantai” which means “I Like Going to the Beach”. This conversation is betweenKevin from Australia with his colleague, Mela, when planning a weekend holiday. Mela tells him a tourist place that she likes. 

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 “Aku Suka Berjalan-jalan ke Pantai” (2X) which means “I Like Going to the Beach”. InIndonesian, the word suka (2X) which means like is used to show something that we like. Berjalan-jalan ke pantai (2X) which means going to the beach is something thatMela likes. To show something that we like, the word suka is placed before the thing that someone likes such as activity, someone, food or many other things.For example:

Aku suka berjalan-jalan ke pantai (2X) which means I like going to the beach.

Another example to show preference is when your friend is sick, you can say:

Kamu suka minuman apa? (2X) which means what drink do you like?

Aku suka jus (2X) which means I like juice

Kamu suka makanan apa? (2x) which means what food do you like?

Aku suka salad (2x) which means I like salad

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.