Voice of Indonesia presents “Let’s Speak Bahasa Indonesia,” a lesson in the Indonesian language on the radio. We introduce some Indonesian vocabulary and tips on how to use it in a conversation. This segment is a joint initiative of Voice of Indonesia and the Language and Book Development Agency of the Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture. Today’s topic is Uang Elektronikin English ‘Electronic Money’.
Read to this conversation about Uang Elektronik which means ‘Electronic Money’. Kevin asks Rama how to get an electronic money.
Kevin |
Bagaimana cara mendapat uang elektronik? |
Rama |
Kamu bisa membeli uang elektronik di minimarket. |
Kevin |
Oke, terima kasih. |
Now, I am going to introduce the vocabularies and expressions related to the topic today.
Uang elektronik |
(2X)which means |
Electronic money |
membeli |
To buy |
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minimarket |
Mini market |
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Bagaimana cara mendapat uang elektronik? |
How to get electronic money? |
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Kamu bisa membeli uang elektronik di minimarket |
Yo can buy electronic money at mini market |
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Oke, terima kasih |
Ok, thank you |
When you want to ask about how to get something, you will get various different responses. To answer an expression bagaimana which means ‘how’ can be started with expression kamu bisa which means ‘you can ....’ or dengan which means ‘with’. For example:
- Kamu bisa membeli uang elektronik di minimarket which means ‘you can buy electronic money at minimarket’
- Dengan membeli uang elektronik di minimarket which means ‘by buying electronic money at minimarket’
That was “Let’s Speak Bhs Indonesia”, a lesson in Bahasa Indonesia or the Indonesian language on the radio. Hopefully, this edition will be useful for those who want to know more about Bahasa Indonesia.