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The conversation is about "TRANSPORTASI UMUM" or in English ‘PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION’. The conversation is between Tony (A) a British man, and Sinta (C). They are on the plane on the way to Yogyakarta.

After the conversation, now I’ll introduce some vocabularies and idioms related to the topic today. 

To ask about whether the public transportation in Yogja is available or not, you can say “Apakah di Jogja ada transportasi umum?” in English “Is there any public transportation in Yogyakarta? If you want to ask about the existence of a kind of public transportation like express train, you can say “Apakah di Jogja ada kereta api cepat? in English “Is there any express train in Jogja”?

To answer the question, you just say,”Ya, ada.” or “Tidak ada”. You also can say in a complete answer “Ya, di Jogja ada transportasi umum” in English “Yes, there is public transportation in Jogja”. Or “Di Jogja tidak ada transportasi umum” in English “No, there is not public transportation in Jogja.”

To know about what kinds of public transportation, you can say “ada transportasi apa saja?”  In English “What kinds of transportation are there?”  To answer the question, you can say “Ada bus kota, ada taksi, ada kereta, ada becak” in English “There are city buses, taxis, trains and Becaks (pedicab)”.

There are many kinds of public transportation in Indonesia. So, you do not need to worry if you visit Indonesia, especially big cities like Bandung, Surabaya, Yogyakarta, Medan and certainly Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia.