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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 about Lingkungan Rumah or Neighborhood.

Read to the conversation about “Ungkapan Keharusan” which means “Expressions of Necessity”. This conversation is between Kevinand Boris. Boris is Kevin’s new neighbor. Kevin gives information about the necessity to pay cleanliness fee.  

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 a statement “Kita harus membayar iuran kebersihan (2X) which means “We have to pay cleanliness fee”. In the statement, there is a word harus (2X) which means have to. The word harus (2X) which means have to is used to require someone to do something. For example, Kita harus membayar iuran kebersihan setiap bulan (2X) which means We have to pay cleanliness fee every month.

Other examples

The word harus (2X) which means have to is followed by a verb to complete the information.

For example,

Kita harus membayar iuran kebersihan (2X) which means we have to pay cleanliness fee

Kita harus menjaga kebersihan (2X) which means We have to keep cleanliness

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.