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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 “Kerja dari Rumah” which means“Work from Home”.
Here is the conversation entitled “Kerja dari Rumah” which means“Work from Home”. This dialog happens when Kevin and Mela are in the office. They are talking about the number of Covid - 19 cases. Let’s read to the conversation.
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Kevin |
Berapa jumlah kasus Covid-19 hari ini? |
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Mela |
Tidak tahu. Semoga tidak sebanyak kemarin. |
|
Kevin |
Amin |
After reading to the conversation, now I am going to introduce some vocabulary and expressions related to the topic of the day.
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Berapa |
(2X) which means |
How many |
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Jumlah |
(2X) which means |
Number |
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Kasus |
(2X) which means |
Cases |
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hari ini |
(2X) which means |
Today |
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tidak tahu |
(2X) which means |
I don’t know |
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Semoga |
(2X) which means |
Hopefully |
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Tidak |
(2X) which means |
Not |
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Sebanyak |
(2X) which means |
As many as |
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Banyak |
(2X) which means |
Many |
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Kemarin |
(2X) which means |
Yesterday |
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Amin |
(2X) which means |
Amin |
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Berapa jumlah kasus Covid 19 hari ini? |
(2X) which means |
How many Covid 19 cases today? |
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Semoga tidak sebanyak kemarin. |
(2X) which means |
Hopefully it is not as many as yesterday |
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Sebesar |
(2X) which means |
As big as |
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Ruangan ini sebesar kamar saya. |
(2X) which means |
This room is as big as my bedroom |
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setinggi |
(2X) which means |
As tall as |
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Kamu setinggi kakakku. |
(2X) which means |
You are as tall as my brother |
In the dialog, you hear Mela say Tidak sebanyak kemarin (2X) which means As not many as yesterday. In the expression, there is the word sebanyak (2X) which means as many as. It consists of a prefix se- and banyak. The prefix se means satu (2X) which means one and same. It depends on the context.In the dialog context betweenKevin and Mela, the meaning of prefix se – in the word sebanyak is sama (2X) which means same. So, the word sebanyak means ‘sama banyak’ (2X) or in Englishmeans as much. The prefix se- means ‘sama’ (2X) which means same if it is followed by adjective. Theprefix se- means ‘banyak’ (2X) which means many if it is used for comparison. For example, Semoga kasus Covid-19 hari ini tidak sebanyak kemarin (2X) which means Hopefully Covid-19 cases today is not as many as yesterday.
Other examples:
Let’s read to the other examples of using the prefix se- which has the meaning of ‘same’.
- Ruangan ini sebesar kamar saya (2X) which means This room is as big as my bedroom
- Oh, begitu (2X) which means Oh, I see
- Kamu setinggi kakakku (2X) which means You are as tall as my brother
- Oh, begitu (2X) which means Oh, I see
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.
