Di Pasar

By Speak Indo, original reading practice from the Speak Indo course.

At the Market. Bargaining for fruit at a traditional market.

The dialogue, line by line

1. Pagi, Bu. Mangganya berapa?
   Morning, ma'am. How much are the mangoes?
2. Dua puluh ribu sekilo.
   Twenty thousand per kilo.
3. Wah, mahal. Bisa kurang?
   Wow, that's expensive. Can you lower it?
4. Boleh. Delapan belas ribu.
   Alright. Eighteen thousand.
5. Tolong pilihkan yang matang.
   Please pick the ripe ones.
6. Yang ini sudah matang semua.
   These are all already ripe.
7. Saya ambil dua kilo.
   I'll take two kilos.
8. Baik. Mau beli yang lain juga?
   Alright. Want to buy something else?
9. Tambah satu nanas, tolong.
   Add one pineapple, please.
10. Totalnya empat puluh tiga ribu.
    Total is forty-three thousand.

Vocabulary in this dialogue

• pagi, morning
• berapa, how much
• dua puluh, twenty
• ribu, thousand
• wah, wow
• mahal, expensive
• bisa, can
• kurang, lacking
• boleh, may
• delapan, eight
• tolong, please
• yang, which / who / that (relativizer)