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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, Culture, Research and Technology.  Today’s topic is about “Menanyakan Waktu Luang” which means “Asking Free Time”. 

Here is the conversation entitled “Apakah kamu punya acara malam ini?” (2x) which means “Do you have any appointment tonight?”. This conversation happens between Kevin and Mela. Kevin asks Mela’s free time on the phone. Let’s read to the conversation.

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 a question “Apakah kamu punya acara malam ini?” (2x) which means “Do you have any appointment tonight?” Before making an appointment with someone, you should as his free time. You can use a question “Apakah kamu ada acara......?” (2x) which means “Do you have any appointment…?”

Other examples

Let’s read to the other examples of asking free time.

Apakah kamu ada acara malam ini? (2x) which means Do you have any appointment tonight?

Tidak. Ada apa? (2x) which means No, I don’t. What’s wrong?

Aku mau mengajak kamu nonton bioskop (2x) which means I want to take you to the cinema

Apakah kamu ada di rumah malam ini? (2x) which means Are you at home tonight?

Iya, aku ada di rumah (2x) which means Yes, I am

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.