Bantuan di Stasiun

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

Help at the Station. A traveller asks for slow Indonesian and finds the right platform.

The dialogue, line by line

1. Permisi, saya tidak mengerti.
   Excuse me, I do not understand.
2. Tidak apa-apa.
   That is okay.
3. Tolong bicara pelan-pelan.
   Please speak slowly.
4. Kamu mau pergi ke mana?
   Where do you want to go?
5. Saya mau pergi ke kota.
   I want to go to the city.
6. Jalan lurus, lalu ke kiri.
   Go straight, then left.
7. Peron nomor tiga ada di sana.
   Platform three is over there.
8. Terima kasih banyak.
   Thank you very much.

Vocabulary in this dialogue

• permisi, excuse me (to pass)
• saya tidak mengerti, I don't understand
• tidak apa-apa, it's nothing / it's fine
• tolong bicara pelan-pelan, please speak slowly
• kamu, you (informal)
• mau, want (informal)
• pergi, to go
• ke, to (direction)
• saya, I
• kota, city
• jalan, street
• lurus, straight