Main Bola Sore Hari

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

Football in the Afternoon. Getting a game together, choosing teams and keeping score.

The dialogue, line by line

1. Sore ini main bola di lapangan?
   Shall we play football on the field this afternoon?
2. Ayo. Berapa orang yang ikut?
   Let us do it. How many people are joining?
3. Sepuluh. Cukup untuk dua tim.
   Ten. Enough for two teams.
4. Siapa yang jadi kiper?
   Who is going to be goalkeeper?
5. Aku saja. Aku suka jadi kiper.
   I will. I like playing goalkeeper.
6. Kita main sampai berapa gol?
   How many goals do we play to?
7. Lima gol, atau sampai azan magrib.
   Five goals, or until the evening call to prayer.
8. Jangan lupa pemanasan dulu.
   Do not forget to warm up first.
9. Kemarin tim kamu menang, ya?
   Your team won yesterday, didn't they?
10. Menang tipis. Skornya tiga dua.
    We won narrowly. The score was three two.
11. Hari ini kami mau balas kalah kemarin.
    Today we want to make up for yesterday's loss.
12. Boleh. Yang penting jangan kasar.
    Fine. The important thing is not to play rough.
13. Setuju. Sesudah main kita minum es kelapa.
    Agreed. After the game we will have iced coconut.

Vocabulary in this dialogue

• sore, late afternoon
• ini, this
• main, to play (casual)
• di, at
• ayo, come on
• berapa, how much
• orang, person
• yang, which / who / that (relativizer)
• sepuluh, ten
• cukup, enough
• untuk, for
• dua, two