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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 Nonton Film di Bioskopwhich means Watching Movie in the Cinema. 

Here is the conversation entitled Film Tadi Bagus Sekali which means The Movie was So Good. This conversation happens between Kevin and Nuni. Nuni wants to know about Kevin's opinion on the movie that they just watched. 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 “Bagaimana filmnya?” (2x) which means “How is the Movie?”. In the question, there is the word Bagaimana? (2x) which means How?. In the conversation between Nuni and Kevin, the question word bagaimana (2x), which means how, is used to ask someone’s opinion. The question Bagaimana filmnya? (2x) which means How is the Movie? Is used to ask someone’s opinion about a movie。

Other examples

Let’s read to the other examples of asking someone’s opinion by using the question word bagaimana.

“Bagaimana akting para pemainnya?” (2x) which means How is the acting of the actors?

“Menurutku, akting mereka bagus” (2x) which means I think their acting is good

“Menurutmu bagaimana alur ceritanya?” (2x) which means What do you think about the plot?

“Alur ceritanya mudah ditebak dan filmnya membosankan” (2x) which means The plot is predictable and the movie is boring

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.