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Voice of Indonesia presents “Let’s Speak Bahasa Indonesia,” a lesson in the Indonesian language on the Radio. We introduce some Indonesian vocabularies 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 Senang in English ‘Happy’.

Read to this conversation about Senang in English ‘Happy’. Siti asks Kevin about his last exam.

Now, I am going to introduce some vocabularies and expressions related to the topic today.

The word senang is usually used to express happiness. For examples:

1. Aku senang ujian telah usai which means I am happy, the exam has finished.

2. Aku senang bisa menjawab semua soal  which means I am happy that I could answer all questions.

3. Aku senang tinggal di sini which means  I am happy to live here.

To show happiness, you add more words:

-hore   which means hurray

-syukur  which means thanks GOD

-untunglah which means luckily

-alhamdulillah which means thanks GOD

For examples:

1. Hore, aku senang ujian telah selesai, which means ‘hurray, I am happy the exam had finished’

2. Alhamdulillah, aku senang bisa menjawab semua soal which means

‘Thanks GOD, I am happy, I could answer all questions’.

3. Untunglah, aku senang tinggal di sini  which means ‘fortunately, I am happy to live here’.

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.