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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 Memesan Makanan which means Ordering Food. 

Here is the conversation entitled Pesan Apa? which means What would you like to order? This conversation happens between Kevin and a restaurant waiter. 

Let’s read to the conversation.

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After reading to the conversation, now I am going to introduce some vocabulary and expressions related to the topic of the day.

In the dialog, you hear an expression Saya pesan nasi goreng ayam (2x) which means I order chicken fried rice. To order food, you can use expressions Saya pesan ..., Saya ingin ..., Saya mau …. When ordering food, you may hear an expression Mau pesan apa? (2x) which means What would you like to order? The expression is used to ask what food you want to order.

Let’s read to the other examples of expressions to order food.

Waiter                  : Pesan apa, Bapak (2x) which means What would you like to order, Sir?

Kevin          : Saya ingin ikan bakar (2x) which means I want grilled fish

Kevin          : Mau minum apa, Mela? (2x) which means What do you want to drink, Mela?

Mela           : Saya mau jus jambu (2x) which means I want guava juice

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.