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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 Bertemu Teman Lama which means Meet an Old Friend. 

Here is the conversation entitled Bekerja Dimana? which meansWhere Do You Work?This conversation happens between Kevin and his friend in a restaurant in Bandung. Kevin asks where she works.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 the expression Kamu bekerja di mana? (2x) which means Where do you work? The expression is used to ask where someone works. The answer you may hear is the name of a city like Jakarta or the name of a workplace such as a private company. To ask a workplace, you can ask specifically. For example, Kamu bekerja di perusahaan apa? (2x) which means Which company are you working for? or Kamu bekerja di bagian apa? (2x) which means In which division are you working?

Let’s read to the other examples:

Man            : Kamu bekerja di mana? (2x) which means Where do you work?

Woman      : Aku bekerja di perusahaan di Jakarta (2x) which means I work in a company in Jakarta

Man            :  Kamu bekerja di perusahaan apa? (2x) which means In which company are you working for?

Woman      : Di perusahaan makanan (2x) which means I work for a food company

Man            : Kamu bekerja di bagian apa? (2x) which means In which division are you working?

Woman      : Di bagian keuangan (2x) which means In finance division

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.