Cita-cita Kamu Apa?

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

What Do You Want to Become?. A conversation about dreams, choices, mistakes and what really matters.

The dialogue, line by line

1. Waktu kecil, cita-cita kamu apa?
   When you were small, what did you want to become?
2. Saya punya mimpi jadi dokter, tapi berubah.
   I had a dream of being a doctor, but it changed.
3. Kenapa berubah? Ada alasan tertentu?
   Why did it change? Was there a particular reason?
4. Pendidikan mahal, dan keluarga saya punya masalah uang.
   Education is expensive, and my family had money problems.
5. Itu pengalaman berat.
   That is a hard experience.
6. Iya, tapi saya dapat kesempatan lain.
   Yes, but I got another opportunity.
7. Keputusan itu sulit?
   Was that decision difficult?
8. Sangat. Tapi sekarang saya suka pekerjaan saya.
   Very. But now I like my work.
9. Apa perbedaan antara mimpi dan tujuan?
   What is the difference between a dream and a goal?
10. Mimpi cuma pikiran. Tujuan punya jalan.
    A dream is only a thought. A goal has a path.
11. Itu jawaban yang bagus untuk pertanyaan tadi. Sederhana, tapi benar.
    That is a good answer to the earlier question. Simple, but true.
12. Kesalahan saya dulu, saya takut memilih.
    My mistake back then was that I was afraid to choose.
13. Sekarang harapan kamu apa?
    What is your hope now?
14. Saya mau berguna untuk masyarakat, itu saja.
    I want to be useful to my community, that is all.

Vocabulary in this dialogue

• waktu, time
• kecil, small
• cita-cita, aspiration
• kamu, you (informal)
• apa, what
• saya, I
• punya, to have
• mimpi, dream
• jadi, so
• dokter, doctor
• tapi, but
• kenapa, why