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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 still about Sakit which means Sick. 

Here is the conversation entitled Saya Demam dan Sakit Perut which means I Have Fever and Stomachache. This dialog is between Kevin and a nurse in a general polyclinic. The nurse asks Kevin to get blood pressure check first. Let’s read to the conversation.

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 an expression Saya demam (2x) which means I have fever and Saya sakit perut (2x) which means I have stomachache. The two phrases are used to express sickness.

Let’s read to another example to express sickness.

Doctor                 : Ada keluhan, Pak? (2x) which means What do you feel, Sir?

Kevin                             : Perut saya sakit (2x) which means I have stomachache

The expressionssuch as saya demam (2x) which means I have fever and saya sakit perut (2x) which means I have stomachache are general expressions to express sickness in certain body parts.

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.