Hewan di Kampung

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

Animals in the Village. A child and a farmer notice where familiar animals live around a village.

The dialogue, line by line

1. Pak, hewan apa yang tinggal di sawah?
   Sir, which animals live in the rice field?
2. Ada kerbau, katak, dan banyak serangga.
   There are water buffalo, frogs and many insects.
3. Apakah ada bebek di sungai?
   Are there ducks in the river?
4. Ya, bebek dan ikan hidup dekat air.
   Yes, ducks and fish live near the water.
5. Saya melihat kambing dekat rumah.
   I see a goat near the house.
6. Kambing itu tinggal bersama domba.
   That goat lives with the sheep.
7. Kucing dan anjing ada di mana?
   Where are the cat and dog?
8. Kucing tidur di kursi, dan anjing menjaga pintu.
   The cat sleeps on a chair, and the dog guards the door.
9. Sekarang saya tahu tempat setiap hewan.
   Now I know where each animal lives.
10. Bagus. Besok kita melihat burung dan merpati di kebun.
    Good. Tomorrow we will look at birds and pigeons in the garden.

Vocabulary in this dialogue

• apa, what
• yang, which / who / that (relativizer)
• tinggal, to live / to stay / to remain
• di, at
• sawah, rice field
• ada, there is
• kerbau, water buffalo
• katak, frog
• dan, and
• banyak, many
• bebek, duck
• sungai, river