Makan Siang di Kantor

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

Lunch at the Office. Two colleagues decide where to eat lunch and what to order.

The dialogue, line by line

1. Sudah makan siang belum?
   Have you had lunch yet?
2. Belum. Kamu mau makan di mana?
   Not yet. Where do you want to eat?
3. Di warung depan ada bakso dan mie ayam.
   The place out front has meatball soup and chicken noodles.
4. Saya mau sate saja. Kemarin sudah makan bakso.
   I will just have satay. I already had meatball soup yesterday.
5. Sate di sana enak, ayamnya dibakar, tidak direbus.
   The satay there is good, the chicken is grilled, not boiled.
6. Minuman apa yang ada?
   What drinks do they have?
7. Es teh manis. Ada cemilan juga kalau masih lapar.
   Sweet iced tea. There are snacks too if you are still hungry.
8. Cukup. Nanti malam saya makan malam di rumah.
   That is enough. Tonight I will have dinner at home.
9. Baik, ayo jalan sekarang sebelum ramai.
   All right, let us go now before it gets crowded.

Vocabulary in this dialogue

• sudah, already
• makan siang, lunch
• belum, not yet
• kamu, you (informal)
• mau, want (informal)
• makan, to eat
• di mana, where
• di, at
• warung, small food stall
• depan, front
• ada, there is
• bakso, meatball soup