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This is Voice of Indonesia with 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 Buying Medicine at the Pharmacy.

We are going to present you a conversation entitled “Saya Minta Kecap Manis” (2x) which means Is There Any Stomach Pain Medication? This conversation happens between Dev Singh, a tourist from India and a clerk. Dev asks the pharmacy clerk if stomach pain medication is available. 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 read the question “Apakah ada obat sakit perut?” (2x) which meansIs there any stomach pain medication? In the question, there is a phrase apakah ada (2x) which means is there, which is used to ask for the availability of something or the presence of someone or something. The question is about the availability of medicine at the pharmacy. To ask the availability of something, you can use the phrase apakah ada (2x) which means is there, followed by the thing you ask for. For example, obat sakit perut (2x) which means stomach pain medication.

Besides the expression apakah ada (2x), which means is there, you can use the word ada (2x) which means any, followed by the thing you ask for. Let’s read to the other examples of asking for the availability of something.

Ada (2x) which means any

Ada obat sakit kepala? (2x) which means Any headache medicine?

Ada obat flu? (2x) which means Any flu medicine?

To state a pain feeling, you can use the word sakit (2x) which means sick, followed by the sick body parts. For example, sakit gigi (2x) which means toothache, sakit mata (2x) which means sore eyes and sakit tenggorokan (2x) which means sore throat.

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.