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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 “Berbelanja” which means “Shopping”. 

Here is the conversation entitled “Ada Uang Kecil?” which means “Do You Have Small Change?”. This conversation happens between Kevin and a seller on the roadside. Kevin buys mineral water in a small kiosk. Kevin gives a hundred thousand rupiah. 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 conversation, you hear a question “Ada uang kecil?” (2x) which means “Do you have small change?” The question is used to request small amount of money. Uang kecil meanssmall change. The synonym is uang receh (2x). When you need small change and wants to ask for it or borrow it to someone else, you can say Ada uang kecil? (2x) or Ada uang receh? (2x) which meansDo you have small change?

Other examples

Let’s read to the other examples of asking a small change

“Ada uang kecil?” (2x) which means “Do you have small change?”

“Maaf, saya tidak punya” (2x) which means “Sorry, I don’t”

“Ada uang receh?” (2x) which means “Do you have small change?”

“Ada” (2x) which means Yes, I do

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.