Dinding Biru atau Hijau?

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

Blue or Green Walls?. Two housemates test colours before painting a small room.

The dialogue, line by line

1. Kamu mau warna apa untuk kamar?
   What colour do you want for the room?
2. Saya suka biru, tapi kamar ini gelap.
   I like blue, but this room is dark.
3. Bagaimana kalau merah atau hijau muda?
   How about red or light green?
4. Hijau bagus dengan pintu putih.
   Green looks good with the white door.
5. Kursinya cokelat dan mejanya hitam.
   The chair is brown and the table is black.
6. Berarti jangan pilih abu-abu.
   Then we should not choose grey.
7. Mau coba sedikit warna kuning?
   Would you like to try a little yellow?
8. Tidak. Kuning terlalu terang.
   No. Yellow is too bright.
9. Baik, kita pilih hijau muda.
   Okay, we will choose light green.
10. Setuju. Besok kita mulai mengecat.
    Agreed. Tomorrow we will start painting.

Vocabulary in this dialogue

• kamu, you (informal)
• mau, want (informal)
• warna, colour
• apa, what
• untuk, for
• kamar, room
• saya, I
• suka, to like
• biru, blue
• tapi, but
• ini, this
• gelap, dark