Kerja Bakti di Kampung

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

Community Work Day. Neighbours clean up the neighbourhood together and share the jobs.

The dialogue, line by line

1. Pagi ini kerja bakti. Semua ikut, ya.
   This morning is the community work day. Everyone joins in.
2. Kita melakukan apa saja hari ini?
   What are we doing today?
3. Membersihkan selokan supaya air mengalir lancar, lalu mengecat pagar.
   Cleaning the drains so water flows smoothly, then painting the fence.
4. Saya bawa sikat untuk menggosok pagar.
   I brought a brush to scrub the fence.
5. Bagus. Tolong bantu menaruh alat di sana dulu.
   Good. Please help put the tools over there first.
6. Ada yang bisa mendorong gerobak ini?
   Can someone push this cart?
7. Saya bantu. Isinya berat sekali.
   I will help. It is very heavy.
8. Hati-hati, jangan menyentuh kaca pecah itu.
   Careful, do not touch that broken glass.
9. Kita mengusir nyamuk dengan membersihkan genangan air.
   We get rid of mosquitoes by clearing standing water.
10. Pak RT membagi tugas dengan adil.
    The neighbourhood head divides the jobs fairly.
11. Sesudah ini kita berbagi makanan.
    After this we will share food.
12. Ibu-ibu sudah menyiapkan di balai.
    The women have already prepared it at the hall.
13. Kerja bakti begini membangun rasa kebersamaan.
    Working together like this builds a sense of community.
14. Betul. Saya berterima kasih ke semua yang datang.
    True. I am grateful to everyone who came.

Vocabulary in this dialogue

• pagi, morning
• ini, this
• kerja, work (noun + casual verb)
• semua, all
• ya, yes
• kita, we (including you)
• melakukan, to do / to carry out
• apa, what
• hari ini, today
• membersihkan, to clean
• air, water
• mengalir, to flow