Bola di Dekat Jalan

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

The Ball Near the Road. Two friends find their ball near a rock and keep playing.

The dialogue, line by line

1. Bola basket kita di mana?
   Where is our basketball?
2. Mungkin di dekat jalan.
   Maybe it is near the road.
3. Lihat, bolanya dekat batu.
   Look, the ball is near the rock.
4. Ya, di atas tanah.
   Yes, on the ground.
5. Langit gelap. Ada banyak awan.
   The sky is dark. There are many clouds.
6. Kita main sebentar saja.
   Let's play for just a moment.
7. Kalau saya menang, kamu menyanyi.
   If I win, you sing.
8. Baik. Kalau hujan, kita pulang.
   Okay. If it rains, we will go home.

Vocabulary in this dialogue

• bola basket, basketball
• kita, we (including you)
• di mana, where
• mungkin, maybe
• di, at
• dekat, near
• jalan, street
• batu, stone / rock
• ya, yes
• atas, up
• tanah, land / soil / ground
• langit, sky