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

Everyday register: casual friends. Close friends naturally use aku/kamu, aja, kayaknya, and shorter verb forms here. Everyday wording appears first; a standard reference is shown underneath when the wording differs.

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

Vocabulary in this dialogue

• bola basket, basketball
• kita, we (including you)
• di mana, where
• kayaknya, seems like
• dekat, near
• jalan, street
• tuh, there (pointing casual)
• batu, stone / rock
• ya, yes
• di, at
• tanah, land / soil / ground
• langit, sky