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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 How Are You?

We are going to present you a conversation entitled “Bagaimana Kabar Anda?” (2x) which means How Are You? This conversation happens between Dev Singh, a tourist from India and Datil, a tourist guide Datil starts the conversation by asking how Dev is doing. Let’s listen 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 question “Bagaimana kabar Anda?” (2x) which means “How are you?” Datil asks the question to ask how Dev is doing to start the conversation. To ask how someone is doing, the question bagaimana kabar (2x),which means how are, is followed by salutation. For example, Anda (2x) which means you.

Besides using the expression Bagaimana kabar Anda? (2x), which means How are you?, you can also use the question apa kabar (2x).

Asking how someone is doing is the way to start a conversation, which is usually done by Indonesians. Besides the expressions bagaimana kabar and apa kabar, another expression that is usually used to ask how someone is doing is sehat? (2x) which means are you feeling well? using question intonation. The expression sehat? (2x) which means are you feeling well? is an alternative to ask someone’s health.

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.