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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.
Listen to the conversation about “Bagaimana menurutmu?” which means “What Do You Think?”. This conversation is between Kevinand Boris. Boris is Kevin’s new neighbor. Kevin wants to know Boris’ opinion about his neighbourhood. Let’s listen to the conversation!
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Kevin |
Bagaimana menurutmu tentang lingkungan di sini? |
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Boris |
Menurutku lingkungan di sini lebih nyaman daripada di tempatku yang lama |
Having listened to the conversation, now I am going to introduce some vocabularies and expressions related to the topic of the day.
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bagaimana |
(2X) which means |
how |
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menurutmu |
(2X) which means |
according to you |
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menurutku |
(2X) which means |
according to me |
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tentang |
(2X) which means |
about |
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lingkungan |
(2X) which means |
neighbourhood |
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bagaimana pendapatmu? |
(2X) which means |
What is your opinion? |
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bagaimana menurutmu? |
(2X) which means |
what do you think? |
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bagaimana menurutmu tentang lingkungan di sini? |
(2X) which means |
What do you think about the neighbourhood here? |
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bagaimana pendapatmu lingkungan di sini? |
(2X) which means |
What is your opinion about the neighbourhood here? |
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menurutku lingkungan di sini lebih nyaman daripada di tempatku yang lama |
(2X) which means |
according to me, the neighbourhood is more comfortable than in my old place |
In the dialog, you listen to a question “Bagaimana menurutmu lingkungan di sini?” (2X) which means “What do you think about the neighbourhood here?”. In the question, there is an expressionbagaimana menurutmu?(2X) which means what do you think? The expression is used to ask an opinion. For example,Bagaimana menurutmu lingkungan di sini? (2X) which means What do you think about the neighbourhood here?
Besides bagaimana menurutmu (2X) which means what do you think? Another expression to ask an opinion inIndonesian is bagaimana pendapatmu (2X) which means what is your opinion?
Examples:
-Bagaimana menurutmu lingkungan di sini? (2X) which means what do you think about the neighbourhood here?
-Menurutku lingkungan di sini lebih nyaman daripada di tempatku yang lama (2X) which means I think the neighbourhood here is more comfortable than in my old place
-Bagaimana pendapatmu lingkungan di sini? (2X) which means What is your opinion about the neighbourhood here?
-Menurutku di sini lingkungannya lebih nyaman daripada di tempatku yang lama (2X) which means In my opinion, the neighbourhood here is more comfortable than in my old place
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.
