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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 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 Please Take a Seat or Please Sit Down  (Silakan duduk).

Read to this conversation about Please Sit Down (Silakan duduk). Kevin gives his seat to a mother at Commuter train (KRL).

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

To express welcome, we usually initiate with the word silakan which means ‘please’. When you ask for someone to sit down, you can say silakan duduk which means ‘please sit down’. In the dialogue, Kevin asks for a mother at the commuter train (KRL) to sit; Silakan duduk di sini, Bu which means ‘please take a seat here’. The mother responds by saying Maaf, merepotkan which means ‘sorry to disturb you’. The phrase is usually expressed when someone feels themselves disturbing others.

Then, the mother says terima kasih which means ‘thank you’, because Kevin has taken her a seat.

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.