Payung untuk Sore Ini

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

An Umbrella for This Afternoon. Two neighbours prepare for a storm after a clear morning turns dark.

The dialogue, line by line

1. Tadi pagi cuacanya cerah.
   The weather was clear this morning.
2. Sekarang mendung dan anginnya kuat.
   Now it is overcast and the wind is strong.
3. Kayaknya nanti hujan.
   It looks like it will rain later.
4. Ya, musim hujan sudah mulai.
   Yes, the rainy season has started.
5. Saya dengar petir dari gunung.
   I hear thunder from the mountain.
6. Bawa payung kalau pergi.
   Take an umbrella if you go out.
7. Apakah jalan depan bisa banjir?
   Could the road out front flood?
8. Bisa. Jangan lewat sungai.
   Yes. Do not go past the river.
9. Baik. Saya tunggu hujan reda.
   Okay. I will wait for the rain to ease.
10. Setelah hujan, udara biasanya sejuk.
    After the rain, the air is usually cool.

Vocabulary in this dialogue

• tadi, earlier today
• pagi, morning
• cerah, clear
• sekarang, now
• mendung, overcast
• dan, and
• kuat, strong
• kayaknya, seems like
• nanti, later
• hujan, rain
• ya, yes
• musim hujan, rainy season