Hari Orientasi Kampus

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

Campus Orientation Day. A new student follows a simple orientation schedule and asks for help when tired.

The dialogue, line by line

1. Saya pelajar baru dan sudah mendaftar di universitas ini.
   I am a new student and have enrolled at this university.
2. Selamat datang. Acara mulai jam sebelas.
   Welcome. The event starts at eleven.
3. Saya sudah berdiri lama dan mulai haus.
   I have been standing for a long time and am getting thirsty.
4. Air minum ada di samping gym.
   Drinking water is beside the gym.
5. Setelah itu, boleh saya ke museum kampus?
   After that, may I go to the campus museum?
6. Boleh. Wajah kamu terlihat lelah, jadi istirahat dulu.
   Yes. You look tired, so rest first.
7. Terima kasih. Saya takut terdengar bodoh karena banyak bertanya.
   Thank you. I was afraid of sounding silly because I asked so many questions.
8. Bukan begitu. Pelajar baru memang perlu bertanya.
   Not at all. New students do need to ask questions.

Vocabulary in this dialogue

• saya, I
• pelajar, student (school)
• baru, new
• dan, and
• sudah, already
• mendaftar, to register
• di, at
• universitas, university
• ini, this
• datang, to come
• acara, event
• jam, hour