Naik Mobil di Jakarta

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

A Ride in Jakarta. A passenger confirms the car, adjusts the route and pays after arriving.

The dialogue, line by line

1. Mbak Sarah yang pesan mobil?
   Are you Sarah, who ordered the car?
2. Ya, saya mau ke stasiun.
   Yes, I am going to the station.
3. Silakan masuk dan duduk di belakang.
   Please get in and sit in the back.
4. Kira-kira berapa menit?
   About how many minutes will it take?
5. Tiga puluh menit karena macet.
   Thirty minutes because of traffic.
6. Bisa lewat jalan yang lebih cepat?
   Can we take a faster road?
7. Bisa, tapi bensinnya sedikit lebih banyak.
   Yes, but it will use a little more fuel.
8. Tidak apa-apa. Kereta saya berangkat sebentar lagi.
   That is okay. My train leaves soon.
9. Kita sudah sampai. Stasiunnya di kiri.
   We have arrived. The station is on the left.
10. Terima kasih. Saya bayar tunai.
    Thank you. I will pay in cash.

Vocabulary in this dialogue

• yang, which / who / that (relativizer)
• pesan, message
• mobil, car
• ya, yes
• saya, I
• mau, want (informal)
• ke, to (direction)
• stasiun, station
• masuk, to enter
• dan, and
• duduk, to sit
• di, at