Voice of Indonesia presents Let’s Speak Indonesian, a program that introduces the Indonesianvocabulary 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 and Culture.  Today’s topic is“Suara Terbanyak”which means “Majority Vote”.

Read to this conversation about “Suara Terbanyak”which means “Majority Vote”.

Kevin and Rama are walking on the sidewalk.

Having listened to the conversation, now I am going to introduce some vocabularies and expressions related to the topic today, namely “Suara Terbanyak”which means “Majority Vote”.

Comparative is used to compare two objects or people. In the dialog, Kevin asks the result of the general elections especially about which party that gets more votes. Then Rama answers Partai berbendera putih mendapat lebih banyak suara daripada partai berbendera hitam (2x) which means The white-flagged party got more votes than the black-flagged party. This sentence can be expressed in another way, which is Partai berbendera hitam mendapat lebih sedikit suara daripada partai berbendera putih (2x) which means The black-flagged party got less votes than the white-flagged party.

Here are other examples of comparative:

1. Haris lebih tinggi daripada Kevin (2x) which means Haris is taller than Kevin

2. Cabai rawit kurang pedas daripada cabai jalapeno (2x) which means Bird’s eye chili is less spicier than jalapeno

3. Lapangan sepakbola lebih luas daripada lapangan basket (2x) Football field is larger than basketball court

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.