Harga Kemeja Batik

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

The Price of a Batik Shirt. A customer asks for a lower price and reaches a fair agreement.

The dialogue, line by line

1. Selamat siang, Bu. Kemeja batik ini berapa?
   Good afternoon, ma'am. How much is this batik shirt?
2. Dua ratus lima puluh ribu, Mas.
   Two hundred and fifty thousand, sir.
3. Wah, mahal. Bisa kurang?
   Wow, that is expensive. Can you lower it?
4. Mau tawar berapa?
   How much would you like to offer?
5. Seratus tujuh puluh ribu, boleh?
   Would one hundred and seventy thousand be okay?
6. Belum bisa. Dua ratus ribu.
   I cannot go that low. Two hundred thousand.
7. Bagaimana kalau seratus delapan puluh ribu?
   How about one hundred and eighty thousand?
8. Baik, tapi bayar tunai, ya.
   Okay, but please pay in cash.
9. Setuju. Saya ambil ukuran L.
   Agreed. I will take size L.
10. Terima kasih. Saya bungkuskan.
    Thank you. I will wrap it for you.

Vocabulary in this dialogue

• selamat siang, good afternoon
• kemeja, shirt (button-up)
• ini, this
• berapa, how much
• dua, two
• ratus, hundred
• lima puluh, fifty
• ribu, thousand
• wah, wow
• mahal, expensive
• bisa, can
• kurang, lacking