Hitung-hitungan di Toko

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

Doing the Sums at the Shop. A shopkeeper and a customer work out a bulk price together.

The dialogue, line by line

1. Saya mau beli dua belas botol air.
   I want to buy twelve bottles of water.
2. Satu botol lima ribu.
   One bottle is five thousand.
3. Kalau dikalikan dua belas, berapa?
   Multiplied by twelve, how much is that?
4. Enam puluh ribu.
   Sixty thousand.
5. Ada diskon kalau beli banyak?
   Is there a discount for buying a lot?
6. Saya kurangi lima ribu, jadi lima puluh lima.
   I will take off five thousand, so fifty five.
7. Terima kasih. Saya bayar pakai kartu.
   Thank you. I will pay by card.
8. Bisa. Mesinnya di sebelah sini.
   That is fine. The machine is over here.
9. Saya juga mau beli setengah kilo gula.
   I also want half a kilo of sugar.
10. Setengah kilo delapan ribu.
    Half a kilo is eight thousand.
11. Jadi seluruh belanjaan berapa?
    So how much is the whole purchase?
12. Enam puluh tiga ribu.
    Sixty three thousand.
13. Ini tujuh puluh ribu. Boleh minta kembaliannya dalam uang seribu?
    Here is seventy thousand. May I have the change in one-thousand notes?
14. Tujuh ribu. Terima kasih sudah belanja di sini.
    Seven thousand. Thank you for shopping here.

Vocabulary in this dialogue

• saya, I
• mau, want (informal)
• beli, to buy
• dua belas, twelve
• botol, bottle
• air, water
• satu, one
• lima, five
• ribu, thousand
• kalau, if / when (casual)
• berapa, how much
• enam, six