Cuaca untuk Pendakian

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

Weather for the Hike. Two hikers move their trip after checking a worsening forecast.

The dialogue, line by line

1. Kemarin malam ramalannya berubah. Kita jadi mendaki saat subuh?
   The forecast changed last night. Are we still hiking at dawn?
2. Jangan besok. Ramalannya berawan dan lembab.
   Not tomorrow. The forecast is cloudy and humid.
3. Hanya gerimis atau ada badai?
   Just drizzle, or will there be a storm?
4. Ada badai, kilat, dan kabut tebal.
   There will be a storm, lightning and thick fog.
5. Musim ini memang sulit ditebak.
   This season really is hard to predict.
6. Musim kemarau biasanya lebih aman.
   The dry season is usually safer.
7. Di negara saya, musim dingin ada salju.
   In my country, there is snow in winter.
8. Di sini gunungnya dingin tanpa salju.
   Here the mountains are cold without snow.
9. Baik, kita pindah ke dua hari lagi.
   Okay, we will move it to two days from now.
10. Setuju. Kita periksa cuaca lagi sebelum berangkat.
    Agreed. We will check the weather again before leaving.

Vocabulary in this dialogue

• kemarin malam, last night
• kita, we (including you)
• jadi, so
• mendaki, to climb
• saat, moment / when
• subuh, dawn / early morning prayer time
• jangan, don't (command)
• besok, tomorrow
• berawan, cloudy
• dan, and
• lembab, humid
• gerimis, drizzle