Voice of Indonesia presents Let’s Speak Indonesian, a program that introduces the Indonesian vocabulary 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 still about Lingkungan Rumah which means Neighborhood.

Read to the conversation entitled Berapa kali? which means How many times?.This conversation is between Kevin and Boris, his new neighbor. Boris wants to knowhow many times trashman take garbage from his house.

Having listened to the conversation, now I am going to introduce some vocabulary and expressions related to the topic of the day.

In the dialog, you listen to a question Berapa kali seminggu petugas kebersihan mengangkut sampah? (2x) which means How many times a week the trashman take the garbage? In the question, there is an expression berapa kali?(2x) which means how many times? The question berapa kali?(2x) which means how many times? is used to ask frequency of someone doing something in certain time.  For example, Berapa kali seminggu petugas kebersihan mengangkut sampah? which means How many times a week the trashman take the garbage?

To give information on the frequency of someone doing something, you can answer like what Kevin says in the dialog. Here are the other examples to ask and give information on frequency of someone doing something.

Boris : Berapa kali seminggu petugas kebersihan mengangkut sampah? (2x) which means How many times a week the trashman take the garbage?

Kevin: Tiga kali seminggu (2x) which means three times a week

Boris : Berapa kali seminggu petugas kebersihan mengangkut sampah? (2x) which means How many times a week the trashman take the garbage?

Kevin: Dua kali seminggu (2x) which means twice a week

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. 

Voice of Indonesia presents Let’s Speak Indonesian, a program that introduces the Indonesian vocabulary 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. 

Listen to the conversation about “Bagaimana menurutmu?” which means “What Do You Think?”. This conversation is between Kevinand Boris. Boris is Kevin’s new neighbor. Kevin wants to know Boris’ opinion about his neighbourhood. Let’s listen to the conversation!

Having listened to the conversation, now I am going to introduce some vocabularies and expressions related to the topic of the day.

In the dialog, you listen to a question “Bagaimana menurutmu lingkungan di sini?” (2X) which means “What do you think about the neighbourhood here?”. In the question, there is an expressionbagaimana menurutmu?(2X) which means what do you think? The expression is used to ask an opinion. For example,Bagaimana menurutmu lingkungan di sini?  (2X) which means What do you think about the neighbourhood here?

Besides bagaimana menurutmu (2X) which means what do you think? Another expression to ask an opinion inIndonesian is bagaimana pendapatmu (2X) which means what is your opinion?

Examples:

-Bagaimana menurutmu lingkungan  di sini? (2X) which means what do you think about the neighbourhood here?

-Menurutku lingkungan di sini lebih nyaman daripada  di tempatku  yang lama  (2X) which means I think the neighbourhood here is more comfortable than in my old place

-Bagaimana  pendapatmu lingkungan  di sini? (2X) which means What is your opinion about the neighbourhood here?

-Menurutku di sini lingkungannya lebih nyaman daripada di tempatku yang lama (2X) which means In my opinion,  the neighbourhood here is more comfortable than in my old place

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. 

Voice of Indonesia presents Let’s Speak Indonesian, a program that introduces the Indonesian vocabulary 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 Tetangga Baru. I’m going to present you a conversation entitled “Tetangga Baru” which means “New Neighbor”. Stay tuned.

Read to the conversation entitled “Tetangga Baru” which means “New Neighbor”. This conversation is between Kevin and his new neighbor.

Having listened to the conversation, now I am going to introduce some vocabulary and expressions related to the topic of the day.

In the dialog, you listen to the statement “Saya baru pindah hari ini” (2X) which means I just moved today. InIndonesian, the word baru (2X) which means just is used to state an event which just happened.To state the thing, the word baru is followed by a verb such as pindah (2X) which means move, pergi (2X) which means go and datang (2X) which means come. For example, Saya baru pindah hari ini (2X) which means I just moved today.

Another example

Another example of the word usage of baru (2X) which means just that shows an event which just happened can be found in this following dialog.

Ibu kamu  ada? (2X) which means Is your mother here?

Ada. Beliau baru datang (2X) which means Yes, she is. She just come.

Beliau baru pergi (2X) which means She just left.

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. 

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 isstill about liburan or holiday.

Read to the conversation about Mengapa Kamu Suka Pergi ke Pantai?which means Why Do You Like Going to the Beach? This conversation is between Kevinand his workmate. 

Having listened to the conversation, now I am going to introduce somevocabulary and expressions related to the topic of the day.

In the dialog, you listen to a question Mengapa kamu suka pergi ke pantai? (2x) which meansWhy do you like going to the beach?In the question, there is a wordmengapa (2x) which means why. In Indonesian, the question word mengapa is used to ask the reason why something happens. For example, Mengapa kamu suka pergi ke pantai? (2x) which means Why do you like going to the beach?To answer the question, it uses the word karena (2x) which means because. For example, Karena di pantai aku bisa bermain ombak (2x) which means Because I can play waves at the beach.

Besides karena, another expression to state a reason is sebab (2x) which means cause.

Here are other examples of conversation to ask and say a reason:

Mengapa kamu suka pergi ke pantai? (2x) which means Why do you like going to the beach?

Karena di pantai aku bisa bermain ombak. (2x) which means Because I can play waves at the beach.

Mengapa kamu suka pergi ke pantai? (2x) which means Why do you like going to the beach?

Sebab di pantai aku bisa bermain ombak. (2x) which means Cause I can play waves at the beach.

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.