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Kapan Masuk? which means When Will We Go Back to the Office?
Written by Maryati
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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 Kapan Masuk? which means When Will We Go Back to the Office? Kevin dan Mela are working from home. Kevin asks Mela when they will go back to the office again. Let’s read to the conversation.
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Kevin |
Kapan kita akan masuk kantor lagi? |
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Mela |
Minggu depan |
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Kevin |
Hari apa? |
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Mela |
Hari Rabu |
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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Kapan? |
(2x) which means When? |
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Apa? |
(2x) which means What? |
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Akan |
(2x) which means Will |
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masuk kantor |
(2x) which means Go to the office |
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Lagi |
(2x) which means Again |
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minggu |
(2x) which means Week |
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Hari |
(2x) which means Day |
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Kapan kita akan masuk kantor lagi? |
(2x) which means When will we go back to the office? |
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Minggu depan |
(2x) which means Next week |
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Hari apa? |
(2x) which means What day? |
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Hari Rabu. |
(2x) which means Wednesday |
In the dialog, you listen to a sentence Kapan kita akan masuk kantor lagi (2x) which means When will we go back to the office? In the sentence, there is a question word kapan? (2x) which means when? It is used to ask time. For example, Kapan kita akan masuk kantor lagi? (2x) which means When will we go back to the office? The answer of this question may be general, may be specific.
Let’s read to the other examples of sentences to state that an activity is postponed or canceled.
Kevin : Kapan rapat akan dimulai? (2x) which means When will the meeting start?
Mela : Sebentar lagi (2x) which means In a minute
Kevin : Kapan kamu mulai bekerja di sini? (2x) which means When did you start working here?
Mela : Tahun dua ribu delapan belas (2x) which means In twenty eighteen
Kevin : Kapan kita akan rapat? (2x) which means When will we have the meeting?
Mela : Pagi ini pukul sembilan (2x) which means At 9 am
Indonesian regions are divided into three time zones. They are Western Indonesia Time (WIB), Central Indonesia Time (WITa) and Eastern Indonesia Time (WIT). WIB is one hour slower than WITa and two hours slower than WIT. Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia, is in WIB zone.
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.
