Ojek Tanpa Sinyal

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

A Ride Without Signal. A passenger and driver find each other when the phone signal disappears.

The dialogue, line by line

1. Pak, saya pesan ojek.
   Sir, I ordered a motorcycle taxi.
2. Nama kamu siapa?
   What is your name?
3. Nama saya Dina. Sinyal saya mati.
   My name is Dina. I have no signal.
4. Tidak apa-apa. Sebenarnya motornya oranye, lho.
   That is okay. The motorbike is actually orange.
5. Saya melihat motor oranye di depan.
   I can see an orange motorbike out front.
6. Ya, itu saya.
   Yes, that is me.
7. Tolong jalan pelan-pelan.
   Please drive slowly.
8. Baik. Waktu tiba tergantung macet.
   Okay. The arrival time depends on traffic.

Vocabulary in this dialogue

• saya, I
• pesan, message
• ojek, motorcycle taxi
• nama, name
• kamu, you (informal)
• siapa, who
• nama saya, my name is
• sinyal, signal
• mati, off (powered)
• tidak apa-apa, it's nothing / it's fine
• sebenarnya, actually
• oranye, orange (colour)