Module 6 – Working as a Tour Guide

The Indonesian Way

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Module 6 – Working as a Tour Guide

George Quinn & Uli Kozok

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Module 6

Working as a Tour Guide
The basic aim of Module 6 is to provide you with the vocabulary, grammatical resources and

sentence shells that will enable you to talk descriptively about the history and characteristics of
places. “Characteristics” includes weather and location, as well as the relative merits of places.
The module will also help you further consolidate the skill of stringing sentences together into extended narratives, with emphasis on simple forms of public speaking.
There is special emphasis in the Module on developing mastery of the passive-voice form of
the Indonesian verb. You will also learn how to express the superlative degree of comparison. You
will continue to get practice in expressing opinions and preferences. The Module also provides
some basic information about traditional medicines, the history of Jakarta and places of interest in
the centre of Jakarta.
You will learn how to deliver a lecture on the history of Jakarta, and in the culminating role play
you will discuss places of interest in central Jakarta and in the town where you live.

Lesson 77

77 Mata Angin

Aims
• To introduce and practise using the terms for the points of the compass.

Vocabulary Review
Here are some of the frequent words used in this lesson that have appeared in previous lessons. Make sure that you remember their meanings.

bandar udara

airport

luas

wide

barat

west

panas

hot

cuaca

weather


permisi

excuse me

daerah

region

pindah

move

di antara

between

pulau

island


di antaranya

such as

sedikit

a little

di sebelah

next to

selatan

south

hutan

forest, jungle


taman

park

lapangan

field, court

terletak

be situated

The Points of the Compass
Here are the main points of the compass (mata angin) in Indonesian. These terms can be attached to the names of
places:
Asia Tenggara
South East Asia

Amerika Selatan
South America


Jakarta Barat
West Jakarta

Laut Utara
North Sea

To say, “in the north / south / east / west of...” that is, in the
northern /southern/ eastern / western part of a region, usually
the word kawasan (region) or sometimes bagian (part) are used
followed by the term for the point of the compass. Study these
examples.

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Iklim cukup panas di kawasan utara Australia.
The climate is pretty hot in the north of Australia.
Di kawasan timur Kanada ada beberapa kota besar.
In the eastern region Canada there are several big cities.
Di Sumatra bagian utara masih ada hutan yang luas.
There are still extensive forests in the north of Sumatra.

Baru-baru ini di kawasan selatan Italia cuaca agak dingin.
In the southern region of Italy recently the weather has been rather cold.
To say “to the north/south/east/west of...”usually the term di sebelah... is used followed by the
term for the point of the compass. Here are a few examples.
Papua Niugini terletak di sebelah utara Australia dan di sebelah timur Indonesia.
Papua New Guinea is situated to the north of Australia and to the east of
Indonesia.
Kota Canberra terletak kira-kira 300 kilometer di sebelah barat daya Sydney.
The city of Canberra is situated about 300 kilometres to the south-west of
Sydney.
Selandia Baru terletak di sebelah tenggara Australia.
New Zealand is situated to the south-east of Australia.
Di sebelah barat daerah Banten, di antara Jawa dan Sumatera, ada beberapa
pulau kecil, di antaranya pulau Krakatau yang terkenal.
To the west of the Banten region, between Java and Sumatra, there are
several small islands, among them the famous island of Krakatoa.

Cara Indonesia: Points of the Compass in Everyday Life
In some parts of Indonesia people use the points of the compass in everyday life
to orient themselves and indicate direction. This is especially the case in the

Javanese heartland around Yogyakarta and Solo in the centre of the island of Java.
Here it is not at all unusual to hear people say things like Rumah Pak Kuncoro di sebelah barat rumah saya (Mr Kuncoro’s house is to the west of my place). In English
we would probably say something like “Mr Kuncoro’s house is just down the street
from my place” or “Mr Kuncoro’s house is to the right of my place.” If you are sitting
in a bus or bemo and someone wants you to make room so they can sit down beside you, don’t be surprised if they say something like Permisi, bisa pindah ke timur sedikit? (Excuse me, could you move east a little?). When someone really “loses the plot”, behaving inappropriately or unpredictably, Javanese say that the person tidak mengerti utara selatan (doesn’t know
where north or south is).
How do people know where north, south, east and west are if they don’t have a compass?
Well, they are closely integrated into their surrounding landscape, and there are all sorts of signs
in that landscape that tell them instantly and pretty accurately where north, south, east and west
are. For example, mosques always face due west (Muslims pray towards Mecca which is in the
west). Graves are aligned north-south so that their occupants can lie comfortably on their sides
facing Mecca. Traditional houses were (and are) aligned north-south, as were government offices
in the old centres of villages and towns. The traditional town square (alun-alun) that is still the living heart of most district towns in Java is also oriented north-south. And, of course, because Indonesia is close to the equator the sun rises pretty much due east and sets due west (it doesn’t
shift up and down the horizon in the course of the year as happens in countries in the world’s

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northern and southern latitudes). People grow up with these signs and are aware of them almost
unconsciously.

Exercise 77-01

Look closely at this map of Central Jakarta. Note that Jl. stands for Jalan (Street).

In good, simple Indonesian, and referring to the map above, answer these questions about the
location of places in Jakarta. Follow this pattern:  first state the general area where the place is
located (use Medan Merdeka, the large square with the Monumen Nasional in the middle, as reference point, e.g. di sebelah utara Medan Merdeka, then ‚ state where the place is in relation to
another place (use di sebelah followed by a point of the compass), then ƒ give the name of a
place that is near by (use di dekat or tidak jauh dari followed by the name of a place). Study these
examples first.

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Pertanyaan: Di mana Rumah Sakit Bersalin Angkasa?
Jawaban: Rumah Sakit Bersalin Angkasa di Jalan Majapahit, di sebelah Timur
Lapangan Merdeka, tidak jauh dari Milenium Hotel Sirih.
Pertanyaan: Di mana Jl. Pintu Air 4?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

7.
8.
9.
10.

Jawaban: Jl. Pintu Air 4 di sebelah selatan Pintu Air 5, di dekat Stasiun Juanda.
Di mana Monumen Nasional?
Di mana Masjid Cut Mutia?
Di mana SDS Kristen II Bpk Penabur?
Di mana Museum Taman Prasasti?
Di mana Istana Merdeka?
Di mana Hotel Borobudur Jakarta?
Di mana Gereja Katedral Jakarta?
Di mana Gedung Kesenian Jakarta?
Di mana Jl. Ir. H. Juanda?
Di mana Rumah Sakit Jiwa Dharma Sakti?

Saying Where a Place is Located (Javanese Style)
Following the pattern in Exercise 77-01 and working with your teacher/tutor or a fellow student,
ask and answer questions about the location of places, streets, buildings, shops, landmarks etc.
in your own vicinity. Answers should make use of utara, selatan, timur and barat (and maybe even
tenggara, barat daya, barat laut and timur laut), so make sure you know where places in your
neighbourhood are located relative to the points of the compass. There are two main kinds of
question you can ask, di mana questions and apakah questions.
Di mana Toko David Jones?
Where is David Jones’ Store?
Apakah Gedung Shell di sebelah utara atau selatan Jalan Wattle?
Is the Shell Building to the north or south of Wattle Street?
Eh, Sarah, rumahmu di mana sih?
Hey, Sarah, where’s your place, eh?
John, kamu tinggal di kawasan barat kota apa di sebelah timur?
John, do you live in the western part of town, or to the east?
As always, your answers should be as detailed as possible and should be accompanied by follow-up questions that trigger an extended conversation.
When you feel you can do this fluently, correctly and with authentic detail, try this somewhat
stranger, more “Javanese” exercise.
If you are in a classroom, look around you. Do you know where north, south, east and west
are? Going from person to person in your class/group and using the verb duduk (to sit), have each
person say short Indonesian phrases that describe where the other people in the group are sitting.
Use points of the compass, but add other prepositions of place too: di samping, di depan, di belakang, di dekat and agak jauh dari. Your round-robin of phrases might sound something like this:
Kim duduk di sebelah utara Peter, di belakang Taeko.
Taeko duduk agak jauh dari Don, di sebelah selatan Ainun.

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Ainun duduk di sebelah timur Hassan, di samping Alan.
...and so on.
See how often you can repeat these sequences of phrases with variations in the names of
places, the names of people and the prepositions of place that you use.

Latihan 1—Kosa Kata Lalu
Jodohkan kata-kata di sebelah kiri dengan terjemahannya di sebelah kanan.
bandar udara

including

luas

a little bit

lapangan

forest

panas

field

cuaca

on one side of

permisi

island

daerah

airport

pindah

to shift, to move

di antara

region

pulau

hot

di antaranya

excuse me

sedikit

big, broad

di sebelah

weather

terletak

park, garden

hutan

between

taman

located, sited

Latihan 2—Menjodohkan: Mata Angin
Jodohkan kata di kolom kiri dengan artinya di kolom kanan
timur

north

timur laut

north-west

selatan

north-east

tenggara

south-west

barat daya

east

barat laut

west

utara

south

barat

south-east

Latihan 3—Menyimak
Listen to Sound File 077-01. You will hear five questions. For each of the five
questions, an answer is provided in the right column of the following table. Select
the order of the answers as they appear in the sound file.
1.

a. Kecamatan itu terletak di Jakarta.

2.

b. Perubahan iklim terjadi di beberapa kawasan Indonesia baru-baru ini.

3.

c. Pulau itu di sebelah barat daerah Banten, di antara Jawa dan Sumatra.

4.

d. Indonesia mempunyai iklim tropis.

5.

e. Saya tahu. Kecamatan itu ada di kawasan Jakarta Barat.

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Latihan 4—Pemahaman
Refer to the passage to answer the following questions.

Kampung Saya

S

aya tinggal di Desa Sukamaju, Kecamatan Bogor Raya. Desa ini ada di kawasan Jawa
Barat. Desa ini indah sekali. Saya mempunyai rumah yang cukup besar di sini. Di sebelah utara rumah saya ada Gunung Salak yang tinggi sekali. Setiap pagi saya bisa melihat gunung itu dari jendela kamar saya. Di sebelah barat daya, ada sawah yang luas sekali. Banyak
petani di sawah itu. Mereka bekerja hampir setiap hari. Di selatan rumah saya, ada sungai
yang cukup besar. Anak-anak kecil suka berenang di sana. Airnya dingin sekali. Waktu saya
masih kecil, saya juga suka berenang di sungai itu. Sekarang, saya hanya suka berjalan-jalan
di tepi sungai setiap sore.

1. Where does the writer live? Select all that apply
A. Bogor
B. Desa Sukamaju
C. Gunung Salak
D. Sungai Ciliwung
2. How does the writer describe his house?
A. Very small
B. Quite small
C. Not too small
D. Extremely small
3. Where is Gunung Salak located?
A. South of his house
B. South west of his house
C. North west of his house
D. North of his house
4. Where is the rice field located?
A. North of his house
B. South of his house
C. South west of his house
D. North west of his house
5. How does the writer describe the rice field?
A. It is small but many farmers work there.
B. It is big but not many farmers work there.
C. It is big and lots of farmers work there.
D. It is small and only a few farmers work there.
6. What is to the south of his house?
A. Mountain
B. River
C. Rice field
D. Street
7. Does the writer like swimming in the river?

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A.
B.
C.
D.

No, because he is not a child anymore.
No, because the water is so cold.
No, because the there are too many children swimming there.
No, because the water is polluted.

8. What does the writer like to do every afternoon?
A. Cultivating rice
B. Swimming in the river
C. Reading a book
D. Walking around

Latihan 5—Isian
Dengarkan Rekaman 077-02 dan lengkapi teks berikut:
Saya tinggal di Desa Sukamaju, _________Bogor Raya. Desa ini ada di _________
Jawa Barat. Desa ini indah sekali. Saya _________ rumah yang cukup besar di sini. Di
sebelah _________ rumah saya ada Gunung Salak yang _________ sekali. Setiap pagi
saya bisa melihat _________ itu dari jendela kamar saya. Di sebelah _________, ada sawah yang luas sekali. Banyak petani di _________ itu. Mereka bekerja hampir setiap hari.
Di _________ rumah saya, ada sungai yang cukup besar. _________ kecil suka berenang
di sana. Airnya dingin sekali. Waktu saya _________ kecil, saya juga suka berenang di
sungai itu. _________, saya hanya suka berjalan-jalan di _________ sungai setiap sore.

Latihan 6—Jawab Singkat
Write the English equivalents of the following place/country names.
1. Korea Utara

.......................................................................................

2. Timor Timur

.......................................................................................

3. Eropa Barat

.......................................................................................

4. Asia Timur

.......................................................................................

5. Tepi Barat (Palestina)

.......................................................................................

6. Pulau Utara (Selandia Baru)

.......................................................................................

7. Afrika Selatan

.......................................................................................

8. Jawa Timur

.......................................................................................

9. Kalimantan Selatan

.......................................................................................

10. Sulawesi Tenggara

.......................................................................................

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Latihan 7—Rangkai Kata
Urutkan kata-kata di bawah ini menjadi kalimat yang benar sesuai dengan arti:
1. “The climate is rather hot in the eastern part of Indonesia.”
Iklim—di—cukup—panas—timur—kawasan—Indonesia.
2. “France is situated in the western Europe.”
Negara—di—ada—Eropa—Prancis—Barat.
3. “New Zealand is situated to the south-east of Australia.”
Selandia Baru—tenggara—terletak—sebelah—di—Australia.
4. “To the west of the Banten region there are several well-known islands.”
Di—yang—beberapa—daerah Banten—ada—pulau—sebelah—barat—terkenal.
5. “Do you live in the western or eastern part of town?”
Kamu—tinggal—atau—barat—timur—di—kawasan—kota?

Latihan 8—Pengetahuan Geografi Anda
If your knowledge of geography is less than perfect you may need to consult an atlas.
1. Sri Lanka terletak di ... India.
A. sebelah selatan
B. sebelah barat
2. Tasmania terletak di ... kota Melbourne.
A. sebelah selatan
B. bagian selatan
3. Di bagian ... Nepal ada gunung-gunung, di antaranya gunung Everest.
A. selatan
B. utara
4. Di ... kota Rio de Janeiro ada hutan yang luas dan indah, hutan Amazon namanya.
A. sebelah timur
B. sebelah barat
5. Moskwa terletak di kawasan ... Rusia.
A. barat
B. timur
6. Bali terletak di ... pulau Jawa.
A. sebelah timur
B. kawasan timur
7. Provinsi Papua di ... pulau Papua.
A. bagian barat
B. bagian timur

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8. Indonesia terletak di ...
A. Asia Tenggara
B. Asia Timur
9. Pulau Mindanao di kawasan ... Filipina.
A. Utara
B. selatan
10. Vietnam terletak di ... Republik Rakyat Cina.
A. sebelah barat
B. sebelah selatan

Latihan 9—Teka Teki Silang (TTS)
Mendatar:
5.
famous
7.
south
10. situated
11. cold
13. region
15. forest
16. east
18. west
20. island
21. weather
22. sub-district
Menurun:
1.
side
2.
several
3.
hot
4.
head of a subdistrict
6.
mountain
8.
village
9.
south-east
12. climate
14. river
17. north
19. rather

Lesson 78

78 Iklim dan Cuaca

Aims
• To practise talking about climate and weather conditions.

Vocabulary Review
Here are some of the frequent words used in this lesson that
have appeared in previous lessons. Make sure that you remember their meanings.

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agak

rather, a bit

khusus

special

bagaimana

how

iklim

climate

besok

tomorrow

kemarin

yesterday

bulan

month, moon

memang

indeed

cuaca

weather

pada

in, at

danau

lake

panas

hot

dingin

cold

para

plural marker for people

enak

delicious, comfy

pulau

island

gunung

mountain

suka

like

jelek

ugly, bad

untuk

for

katanya

it is said that

utara

north

kawasan

area, district

Seasons
The warm waters of Indonesia ensure that the land temperatures remain fairly constant with
very little variation from season to season. Indonesia hence has no summer (musim panas) and
also no winter (musim dingin). Indonesia also experiences relatively little change in the length of
daylight hours; the difference between the longest and the shortest day is less than an hour.
Therefore Indonesia also does not know either spring (musim semi) not autumn (musim gugur).
The main variable of Indonesia’s climate is not temperature or air pressure, but rainfall resulting in
a rainy season (musim hujan) which usually occurs between June and October and a dry season
(musim kemarau) between November and March. The monsoon winds are moderate and tropical
storms are extremely seldom. Especially in eastern Indonesia the differences between the rainy

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and the dry season is extreme while in Sumatra or Kalimantan the rainy season is just slightly wetter than the dry season.
Iklim di kota Padang (Sumatra Barat)
Bulan

Jan Feb Mar Apr Mei Jun

Jul Agu Sep Okt Nov Des Tahun

Suhu Maks °C

30

30

30

30

30

30

29

29

29

29

29

29

29

Suhu Min °C

24

24

24

24

24

23

23

23

23

24

23

24

24

Curah Hujan mm 340 250 300 370 300 270 270 320 380 480 510 460

4290

Iklim di kota Surabaya (Jawa Timur)
Bulan

Jan Feb Mar Apr Mei Jun

Jul Agu Sep Okt Nov Des Tahun

Suhu Maks °C

32

32

32

31

32

31

31

30

33

33

33

32

32

Suhu Min °C

24

24

24

25

24

24

23

23

23

24

24

24

24

Curah Hujan mm 327 275 283 181 159 101

22

15

17

47

105 219

1750

Discussing the Weather / Climate
The Indonesian word for climate is iklim. The word cuaca is usually used
like the English “weather” to talk about a particular situation on a certain day.
Like the English words “climate” and “weather”, iklim and cuaca also quite often overlap in meaning.
When you talk about the weather in English you often use the word “it”.
For example:
It is raining.
It is dry in Bangkok.
How cold is it today?
“It” in these sentences is often called an “expletive” or “false subject” because it doesn’t seem
to stand for anything semantically identifiable. Rather it serves the purely grammatical function of
“getting the sentence going” by filling a slot in the sentence where you would normally expect a
subject to be.
In Indonesian there is no false subject, so you can say:
Hujan.
It is raining.
Kering di Bangkok.
It is dry in Bangkok.
Sudah terang.
It has stopped raining (literally: “already clear”).
Kemarin panas di sini.
It was hot here yesterday.
The question word bagaimana (what is _____ like?) can be used to ask about climate and
weather. Study these examples:

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Bagaimana iklim di Kalimantan?
What is the climate like in Kalimantan?
Bagaimana cuaca kemarin?
What was the weather like yesterday?
Bagaimana cuaca besok?
What will the weather be like tomorrow?
Bagaimana cuaca di Tokyo pada musim dingin?
What’s the weather like in Tokyo in winter?
Bagaimana cuacanya? Panas atau hujan?
How is the weather? Is it sunny or is it raining?
Note that the word panas (hot) is often used to refer to sunny weather regardless of the actual
temperature. The official terminology used by the Badan Meteorologi dan Geofisika, the Indonesian National Weather Service, is:

Study these substitution tables and practise generating sentences from them. Although it is not
always easy to do when working with substitution tables, as you say each sentence try to imagine
a particular conversation or situation in which you might say that sentence. In other words, try to
avoid generating the sentences merely mechanically, without an imaginable context.


Bagaimana iklim di

‚

Indonesia
Australia Barat
pulau Lombok
pulau selatan Selandia Baru ?
Timor Timur
Tasmania
Amerika Utara

Lembab.
Panas sekali.
Sering hujan.
Cukup kering.
Dingin sekali.
Cukup baik.
Agak panas.

hujan
kota Darwin
dingin
provinsi Jawa Barat
pada musim
panas
kota Ambon
kemarau
Bagaimana cuaca di pulau utara Selandia Baru ---------------------------------- ?
Indonesia
Agustus
Australia Selatan
pada bulan
Juli
Afrika Timur
Desember

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ƒ

Bagaimana cuaca

tadi malam
hari Rabu yang lalu
kemarin
hari ini
nanti malam
besok malam
hari Sabtu yang akan datang

Mendung
Cerah
Jelek
Berawan
Dingin
Panas dan lembab
Berangin

?

Exercise 78-01
Each of the sentences in the dialogue below requires you to make choices between two or
more possibilities. Within the context of each sentence, all the choices are right choices: there are
no wrong options. But when you look at the dialogue as a whole some choices may be better
than others. To put it another way, each choice you make should follow logically from the choice
you made in the previous sentence, so that the dialogue is not just a sequence of random sentences, but hangs together and makes sense as a coherent conversation. Bearing this in mind,
write out a coherent dialogue generated from the 10 sentences below.
1
Apakah Ibu

suka
tidak suka

cuaca di

Indonesia
Canberra ?
London

2 Suka.
Tidak suka.
3.
Mengapa? Bagaimana cuaca di sana pada bulan

4.
Wah! Cuaca di sana pada bulan itu

bagus
jelek
enak

sekali.

O ya? Apakah cuaca pada bulan itu

dingin
panas
kering

?

5.

6.

Agustus
Januari
September

Indonesia
Ya. Saya lebih suka cuaca di Canberra
London

7.
O begitu. Apakah cuaca di

daripada di

Selandia Baru
Darwin
Amerika Serikat

lebih

8.
Biasanya. Tetapi kadang-kadang cuaca di sana agak

?

Indonesia
Canberra .
London
dingin
panas
kering
dingin
panas
kering

?

juga .

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9.

Oktober
berangin.
O begitu. Katanya cuaca di sana pada bulan Juni
juga cukup banyak hujan.
Februari
berawan.

10. Memang
Kadang-kadang .
Biasanya tidak

Dialogue
Listen to Sound File 078-01—a dialogue between Andri and Ria, discussing the city
where they live. Pay attention to the vocabulary of weather and climate which are used in
this conversation. Consult the vocabulary list if you encounter any difficulties. When you
have finished, do Latihan 3–4.
Nur

Andri

Di mana Anda tinggal?

Saya tinggal di Surabaya

Bagaimana cuaca di sana?

Di Surabaya betul-betul panas.
Cuacanya bisa mencapai lebih dari tiga
puluh enam derajat Celsius.

Wah, panas sekali!

Ya memang. Anda tinggal di mana?

Saya tinggal di Bandung.

Bagaimana cuaca di Bandung? Apakah
di sana dingin?

Ya, udaranya dingin di malam hari.
Suhunya kira-kira delapan belas derajat
Celsius. Bagaimana dengan Surabaya?

Surabaya sama sekali tidak dingin pada
malam hari. Di sana juga jarang hujan.
Saya tidak suka cuaca Surabaya.

Apa Anda ingin pindah ke Bandung?

Ya, saya rasa. Saya suka cuaca di
Bandung.

Role Play: Ramalan Cuaca di Televisi
Here is the text of a television Weather Forecast (Prakiraan Cuaca or Ramalan Cuaca). Read it
through carefully first, checking that you know all the words. (Check the vocabulary cards in this
lesson to familiarise yourself with words you don’t know.)

S

elamat malam para pemirsa. Inilah ramalan cuaca untuk pulau Sulawesi untuk besok
tanggal tiga puluh Agustus tahun dua ribu sepuluh. Di kawasan Sulawesi Utara cerah
dengan suhu 24 sampai 30 derajat Celsius. Untuk kawasan Sulawesi Selatan cuaca lembab
dan berawan dengan suhu 25 sampai 31 derajat Celsius. Khusus untuk kota Makassar hujan deras dengan petir dan suhu antara 26 sampai 33 derajat Celsius. Sekian ramalan cuaca
untuk besok. Selamat malam.

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This weather forecast can be tailored to different places, dates and weather conditions. Here it
is again, with the things that can be changed highlighted in italics.

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elamat malam para pemirsa. Inilah ramalan cuaca untuk Pulau Sulawesi untuk besok
tanggal tiga puluh Agustus tahun dua ribu sepuluh. Di kawasan Sulawesi Utara cerah dengan suhu 24 sampai 30 derajat Celsius. Untuk kawasan Sulawesi Selatan cuaca lembab dan
berawan dengan suhu 25 sampai 31 derajat Celsius. Khusus untuk kota Makassar hujan deras dengan petir dan suhu antara 26 sampai 33 derajat Celsius. Sekian ramalan cuaca untuk
besok. Selamat malam.

Practise saying this weather forecast out loud replacing the highlighted parts of it so that the
forecast fits with the weather where you are now.
Using a computer or felt-tip pen, write out the forecast on a big prompt card. Get a large wall
map that shows the area where you live. Standing in front of the wall map (maybe holding a pointer), pretend that you are a glitzy TV personality and present the weather forecast “on camera”.
Run through the forecast several times until you can present it fluently and correctly without referring too much to the “prompt card” you have prepared.
Flesh out the forecast you have been practising with one or two items of comment on people
and/or places. With a video camera, record weather forecasts with your teacher/tutor or classmates. The prompt card can be held up next to the camera, but remember that a good TV
presenter looks straight into the camera as he/she talks and does not glance shiftily back and
forth between prompt card and camera. Replay the recordings to judge who has the best television presence (and whose Indonesian is most correct, smooth and authentic).

Minta Perhatian!!
Three nations have not officially adopted the International System of Units as their
primary or sole system of measurement: Burma, Liberia, and the United States. If
you are from one of those countries you need to familiarise yourself with the
International System of Units (SI) because nobody in Indonesia, and in fact
anywhere outside those three countries, will understand you if you tell someone that
the temperature is 84 degrees Fahrenheit. Likewise, don’t expect people to
understand what an ounce, a yard, or a gallon is. You may need to use a metric converter.

Lesson 78

Latihan 1—Kosa Kata Lalu
Jodohkan kata-kata di sebelah kiri dengan terjemahannya di sebelah kanan.
agak

bad, ugly

khusus

climate

bagaimana

clear

kemarin

dry

besok

cloudy

memang

dry season

danau

cold

suka

for

dingin

good, pleasant

musim dingin

hot

bulan

how

para

indeed

cuaca

humid

musim panas

island

enak

lake

pada

like, enjoy

gunung

month, moon

untuk

north

jelek

mountain

utara

on, at, in

katanya

people say that...

iklim

plural marker

kawasan

rainy season

musim kemarau

rain,rainy

lembab

rather

hujan

special, in particular

terang

region, district

pulau

summer

musim hujan

tomorrow

panas

winter

berawan

weather

kering

yesterday

Latihan 2—Menyimak
Listen to Sound File 078-01. You will hear ten questions. For each of the ten questions, an
answer is provided in the right column of the following table. Select the order of the answers
as they appear in the sound file.
1.

a. Kemarin di gunung-gunung cuacanya hujan deras disertai petir.

2.

b. Di Singapura biasanya cuacanya berawan pada bulan Januari.

3.

c. Pada musim hujan iklimnya kadang-kadang lembab.

4.

d. Iklim di Australia Utara panas.

5.

e. Pada bulan Januari biasanya dingin sekali.

6.

f. Biasanya cuacanya berawan pada bulan Februari.

7.

g. Tidak, saya tidak suka karena selalu hujan.

8.

h. Sebaiknya jangan pergi besok karena besok akan hujan deras dengan
petir.

9.

i. Besok saya kira cuacanya akan berawan dan hujan.

10.

j. Iklim di Selandia Baru biasanya berawan.

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Latihan 3—Pemahaman
Jawablah pertanyaan berikut sesuai dengan Rekaman 078-02.
1. In what city does the woman live?
A. Singapore
B. Surabaya
C. Semarang
D. Surakarta
2. How does the woman describe the city where she lives?
A. Very cold
B. Rather hot
C. A little bit cold
D. Extremely hot
3. How hot does it get there?
A. The average daily mean is 36 degrees Celcius.
B. It is usually above 36 degrees Celcius.
C. It never reaches above 36 degrees Celcius.
D. It is usually below 36 degrees Celcius.
4. Where does the man live?

..............................................................

5. How does he describe the weather?
A. It is always cold, night and day.
B. It is always cold at daylight.
C. It is cold at night.
D. It is very hot at daylight.
6. It’s rather hot at night time.
A. True
B. False
7. What is the night temperature in Bandung? (Answer in Indonesian!)
.......................................................................................................................................
8. What is the expression for “rarely” in Indonesian?

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9. Does the woman want to move to Bandung?
A. No, because she does not like cold weather.
B. Yes, because she likes cool weather.
C. No, because she loves the weather in Surabaya.
D. Yes, because she loves the rain.

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Latihan 4—Isian
Lengkapi teks berikut dengan memilih kata yang tepat: bagaimana—betul-betul—Celcius—
cuaca—derajat—jarang—memang—pindah—rasa—sama sekali—sekali—suhu—tinggal
Nur

Andri

Di mana Anda tinggal?

Saya _________ di Surabaya.

Bagaimana __________ di sana?

Di Surabaya __________ panas!
Cuacanya bisa mencapai lebih dari tiga
puluh enam __________ Celcius.

Wah, panas ____________!

Ya, _________. Anda tinggal di mana?

Saya tinggal di Bandung.

___________ cuaca di Bandung?

Ya, udaranya dingin di malam hari.
_________nya kira-kira delapan belas
derajat _________. Bagaimana dengan
Surabaya?

Surabaya ______ tidak dingin pada
malam hari. Di sana juga _________
hujan. Saya tidak suka cuaca di
Surabaya.

Apa Anda ingin _________ ke Bandung?

Ya, saya _________. Saya suka cuaca di
Bandung.

Latihan 5—Iklim dan Cuaca
Choose the correct translation.
1. Too bad it will be raining tomorrow. We won’t be able to go to the park.
A. cerah
B. mendung
C. hujan
D. berawan
2. It’s very dry here in the mountain.
A. hujan
B. panas
C. kering
A. basah
3. Look! The sun is shining! Let’s dry the clothes!
A. mendung
B. terang
C. berawan
D. kering

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4. It is very hot in Arizona!
A. panas
B. hujan
C. kering
D. basah
5. It’s overcast. Don’t forget to bring your umbrella, just in case.
A. hujan
B. mendung
C. berawan
D. panas
6. It’s very bright outside! I better get my sunglasses.
A. panas
B. berawan
C. kering
D. cerah
7. It’s cloudy today so I think I will just stay at home.
A. mendung
B. hujan
C. basah
D. berawan

Latihan 6—Rangkai Kata
Urutkan kata-kata di bawah ini menjadi kalimat yang benar sesuai dengan arti:
1. “What was the weather like in Manado yesterday?”
Bagaimana—cuaca—Manado—di—kemarin?
2. “What is the temperature like in East Timor in August?”
Bagaimana—Timor Timur—pada—di—bulan—suhu—Agustus?
3. “People say that Bogor is rather cloudy in December.”
Katanya—bulan—berawan—agak—pada—Bogor—Desember.
4. “I think the weather tonight will be rather cold.”
Saya—ini—agak—kira—malam—cuaca—dingin.
5. “I do not like the weather in Jakarta because it is very hot and humid.”
Saya—udara—di—sangat—karena—dan—tidak—panas—suka—Jakarta—
lembab.

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Latihan 7—Teka Teki Silang (TTS)
Mendatar:
1.
temperature
4.
season
5.
climate
8.
yesterday
10. bright
13. humid
15. that’s all
16. this is..., here is...
Menurun:
1.
to like, enjoy
2.
rain
3.
normally, usually
6.
indeed
7.
plural marker (for
humans)
9.
dry
11. cloudy
12. very (not sangat)
14. tomorrow

Lesson 79

79 Yang Mana Yang Lebih... ?

Aims
• To provide practice using the interrogative pronoun yang mana.
• To practise forming noun phrases with yang.

Vocabulary Review
Here are some of the frequent words used in this lesson that have appeared in previous lessons. Make sure that you remember their meanings.
atau

or

luas

wide, broad

bilang

to say

mata kuliah

university course

menjawab

to answer

membosankan

boring

keren

fashionable, cool

memilih

to choose

kok

how come?

memperbaiki

to repair

kompor

stove

mengambil

to take, fetch

kuat

strong

menjual

to sell

kuning

yellow

mewah

luxurious

lho

wow

tempat

place

Asking and Answering Yang Mana Questions
The phrase yang mana is the equivalent of the English “which” meaning “which one” when you
want to ask about a choice between two or more things. When you are asking about things and
places (and sometimes people) yang mana follows the noun it is asking about.
Rumah yang mana?
Which house?
Dosen yang mana?
Which lecturer?
Anda lebih suka hotel yang mana?
Which hotel do you prefer?
If you are speaking informally, you can drop the yang.
Denny, kamu senang warung mana?
Denny, which eatery do you like?

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Kamu pilih mana? Heh? Ayo, jawab!
Which do you choose. Eh? C’mon, answer!
In some contexts where the thing you are asking about is already clear and understood, you
can simply say:
Yang mana?
Which?
Ibu Astuti memilih yang mana?
Which did Ibu Astuti choose?
Now look at this fragment of scintillating English dialogue.
I want to buy a shirt.
Which shirt do you want to buy?
I want the red shirt.
Okay. The red shirt is certainly a nicer shirt than the blue shirt.
Although these are all correct sentences, when we look at the sequence as a whole there’s
something a bit strange about them. The word “shirt” is repeated too often. In actual conversation
we might say something more like this:
I want to buy a shirt.
Which one do you want to buy?
I want the red one.
Okay. The red one is certainly a nicer one than the blue one.
In this dialogue the word one functions as a pronoun—it is a kind of shorthand substitute for
the noun shirt. Using one means you don’t have to repeat shirt over and over. And one can be
part of a noun phrase like “the red one” that begins with the, a, an, some and various other determiners that mark nouns in English.
In Indonesian yang can be used to create similar noun phrases. Check the occurrences of yang
in this Indonesian rendering of the above dialogue.
Saya mau membeli baju.
I want to buy a shirt.
Anda mau membeli yang mana?
Which one do you want to buy?
Saya mau membeli yang merah.
I want to buy the red one.
Baik. Memang yang merah lebih bagus daripada yang biru.
Okay. The red one is certainly nicer than the blue one.
Yang can also form noun phrases with ini, itu, di sini, di situ and di sana.
Anda minta yang ini atau yang itu?
Do you want this one or that one?
Saya minta yang di sana saja.
I’d like the one just over there.

Exercise 79-01
Answer these questions  without repeating the underlined word, and ‚ using yang plus an
adjective (like murah, besar etc.), or a demonstrative pronoun (ini or itu) or an adverb of place (di

Lesson 79
sini, di situ or di sana) to refer back to the thing asked about in the question. Begin your answer
with saya as if each question were directed at you personally. Study the examples first before doing the exercise. If you need to, you can scan the words and phrases below to see if any of them
fit. Remember, you can double the number of adjectives at your disposal by negating them with
tidak.
baru—lama—murah—mahal—bagus—biru—putih—hitam—merah—kuning—hijau—cepat—
mudah—sukar—keren—kecil—besar—dingin—panas—dekat—menarik—biasa—kasar—
cantik—efisien—kuat—enak—menyapu—mewah—modern—populer—manis—
menyenangkan—ini—itu—di sini—di situ—di sana
Pertanyaan: Ibu mau membeli kompor yang mana?
Jawaban: Saya mau membeli yang di sana. (I want to buy the one over there.)
Pertanyaan: Anda akan mengambil mobil yang mana?
Jawaban: Saya akan mengambil yang baru. (I’m going to take the new one.)
1. Anda akan mengambil mata kuliah yang mana?
2. Ibu akan memakai baju yang mana?
3. Bapak akan naik bus yang mana?
4. Ibu mau memilih lemari es yang mana?
5. Anda akan mencoba rumah makan yang mana?
6. Bapak ingin membaca majalah yang mana?
7. Anda akan menanam bunga yang mana?
8. Bapak akan memperbaiki televisi yang mana dulu?
9. Anda akan menyapu kamar yang mana dulu?
10. Ibu mau menjual sepeda yang mana?

Which is the bigger/better/higher/faster?
To ask which of two choices is better you can say:
Yang mana yang lebih baik?
Which is better?
Slightly more informally you can drop the lebih without changing the meaning:
Yang mana yang baik?
Which is better?
And even more informally, you can drop the yang:
Mana yang baik?
Which is better?
Your answer to these kinds of questions usually (but not always) echoes the pattern of the
question.
Universitas yang mana yang lebih baik?
Which university is the better one?
Universitas Widya Buana yang lebih baik.
Widya Buana University is the better one.

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Yang mana yang lebih mahal?
Which is more expensive? (or: Which one is the more expensive one?)
Yang biru yang lebih mahal.
The blue one is more expensive. (or: It is the blue one that is more
expensive.)
Tempat yang mana yang lebih enak?
Which place is nicer?
Menurut pendapat saya, Brisbane jauh lebih enak.
In my opinion, Brisbane is far nicer.
Yang mana is often used to ask about the differences between two things or places using the
adverb lebih and the conjunction atau (or).
Kota yang mana yang lebih luas: Los Angeles atau New York?
Which city is larger: Los Angeles or New York?
Hmmm, saya kira Los Angeles yang lebih luas.
Hmmm, I think Los Angeles is larger.
Pulau yang mana yang lebih indah: Sulawesi atau Jawa?
Which island is more beautiful: Sulawesi or Java?
Yang mana ya? Barangkali pulau Sulawesi yang lebih indah.
Which one, I wonder. Probably Sulawesi is more beautiful.
Kompor yang mana yang lebih mahal: kompor minyak atau kompor gas?
Which stove is more expensive: a kerosene or a gas stove?
Katanya, kompor gas yang lebih mahal.
They say that gas stoves are more expensive.

Exercise 79-02
Imitating the pattern in the model sentences above, write some questions comparing two alternatives. Each question should begin with the word given. Study the examples below before
starting to write.
Gedung Gedung yang mana yang lebih indah: Gedung Pena atau Menara Imperium?
Dosen Dosen yang mana yang lebih membosankan: Pak Hassan atau Bu Sudibyo?
1.
2.
3.
4.

Negara
Tugas
SMA
Mata kuliah

5.
6.
7.
8.

Pekerjaan
Daerah
Cerita
Tempat

9. Desa
10. Toko
11. Seri TV

Dialogue: Which Is Better?
Look at the questions you have written in Exercise 79-01. With your teacher/tutor, or with a fellow student, use these questions as the beginning point for a dialogue. Preface your question with
one of these phrases:
Menurut pendapat Anda…
Menurut Anda…
Saya mau bertanya, menurut Anda…
Aku mau tanya, kalo menurut kamu…

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Preface the answer with one of these phrases:
Menurut pendapat saya,…
Saya kira,…
Kalo aku,…
When you have heard the answer, ask a follow-up question or make a follow-up comment that
presents a different opinion. If you are speaking formally you might say:
O begitu. Tetapi maaf, saya kurang setuju. Menurut pendapat saya…
If you are speaking informally you might say…
Lho, kamu kok bisa bilang gitu! Kamu salah… salah banget! Kalo aku,…
Try to create momentum in the dialogue by calling on every resource that you have studied so
far. When eventually you exhaust the possibilities of the topic, choose another question from Exercise 79-01 and re-boot the conversation. See how long you can keep going in fluent, clear Indonesian.

Latihan 1—Kosa Kata Lalu
Jodohkan kata-kata di sebelah kiri dengan terjemahannya di sebelah kanan.
atau

cool, stylish

menjawab

to sell

bilang

course at university

membosankan

boring

keren

or

memilih

luxurious

kok

stove

memperbaiki

place

kompor

strong

mengambil

to answer

kuat

to say

menjual

to choose

kuning

why?, how come?

mewah

to go and get sth.

luas

wide, broad

tempat

to repair

mata kuliah

yellow

Latihan 2—Pertanyaan dan Jawaban
Jodohkan pertanyaan di kolom kiri dengan jawabannya di kolom kanan.
1. Kamu suka ikan goreng yang mana?

a. Yang kebunnya besar.

2. Anda mencari restoran yang mana?

b. Yang tidak pedas.

3. Rumahmu yang mana?

c. Yang tidak membosankan.

4. Mobilnya yang mana?

d. Yang cepat.

5. Mau ambil mata kuliah yang mana?

e. Yang makanannya enak.

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Latihan 3—Menyimak:Pertanyaan dan Jawaban
Listen to Sound File 079-01. You will hear ten questions. For each of the ten
questions, an answer is provided in the right column of the following table. Select the
order of the answers as they appear in the sound file.
1.

a. Yang kuning saja.

2.

b. Yang menulis tentang berita politik.

3.

c. Yang baru dibeli di Toko Baju Keren kemarin.

4.

d. Yang warnanya putih dan dijual di Toko Elektronik Jaya.

5.

e. Yang dosennya tidak membosankan.

6.

f. Yang memasak masakan Indonesia.

7.

g. Yang harga tiketnya murah.

8.

h. Kamar saya dulu.

9.

i. Saya rasa saya akan memperbaiki yang kecil dulu.

10.

j. Saya rasa sepeda kakak karena miliknya sudah rusak.

Latihan 4—Pemahaman
Jawablah pertanyaan-pertanyaan berikut sesuai dengan bacaannya.

Baju yang Mana?

H

ari ini saya, Tika, dan Andin pergi ke pusat perbelanjaan. Kami pergi ke Pacific Place.
Di dekat Pacific Place ada Plaza Senayan, Plaza Semanggi, dan Plaza Indonesia yang
juga pusat perbelanjaan. Namun kami memilih Pacific Place karena tempatnya lebih mewah dan enak. Pertama-tama, kami pergi ke toko baju karena Andin ingin membeli baju
baru. Banyak sekali jenis baju di sana.“Kamu mau beli baju yang mana, Andin?” tanya
Tika.“Saya mau beli baju yang berwarna merah dan kuning karena saya suka dua warna
itu.” “Saya rasa baju yang di sana itu bagus,” kata saya sambil mengambil baju berwarna
merah.“Betul.” Andin mengambil baju itu. “Tapi saya kurang suka warnanya,” kata
Tika.“Bagaimana kalau yang ini?” tanya saya sambil mengambil baju warna kuning.“Ya,
yang ini bagus juga tapi saya lebih suka baju yang itu.”
Akhirnya Andin membeli baju warna merah itu. Sesudah dari toko baju kami makan di
Restoran Indonesia. Kami makan banyak sekali karena makanan di situ betul-betul enak.
Sesudah makan kami pergi ke toko buku. Saya ingin membeli buku cerita dan Tika ingin
membeli majalah. Saya suka membaca. Di rumah saya punya banyak sekali buku cerita.
Akhirnya saya membeli dua buku cerita dan Tika membeli tiga majalah. Sesudah dari toko
buku kami pulang ke rumah naik bus.

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1. On what day do they go to the department store?
A. Yesterday
B. Tomorrow
C. Today
D. The day after tomorrow
2. What department store do they go to?
A. Pacific Place
B. Plaza Senayan
C. Plaza Indonesia
D. Plaza Semanggi
3. Why do they choose that department store?
A. Because it is the nearest department store from their house.
B. Because the prices there are much cheaper.
C. Because the place is more convenient and luxurious.
D. Because they usually meet their friends there.
4. What colour of t-shirt does the writer first suggest to Andin?
A. Red
B. Yellow
C. Blue
D. Orange
5. Why does Tika disagree with Andin and the writer about the t-shirt?
A. Because she wants Andin to choose another t-shirt.
B. Because she wants to buy the t-shirt for herself.
C. Because she wants Andin to choose another colour.
D. Because she thinks the price is too expensive.
6. Andin finally bought a t-shirt in what colour?
A. Red
B. Blue
C. Orange
D. Yellow
7. Why do they eat a lot in the restaurant?
A. Because the price is extremely cheap.
B. Because they get a discount for the food.
C. Because the food is really delicious.
D. Because the food is really delicious and the price is affordable.
8. Why does the writer want to buy some books?
A. Because she has read all her books at home.
B. Because she is assigned to read some books by her professor.
C. Because she enjoys reading.
D. Because she often has nothing to do at home.

Lesson 79

Latihan 5—Isian
Lengkapi teks berikut dengan memilih kata yang tepat: akhirnya—betul-betul—cerita—enak
—juga—kurang—majalah—membaca—membeli—memilih—mengambil—pulang—pusat
perbelanjaan—sesudah—toko buku—yang di sana—yang ini—yang itu—yang mana
Hari ini saya, Tika, dan Andin pergi ke __________. Kami pergi ke Pacific Place. Di dekat
Pacific Place ada Plaza Senayan, Plaza Semanggi, dan Plaza Indonesia yang __________
pusat perbelanjaan. Namun kami __________ Pacific Place karena tempatnya lebih mewah dan __________. Pertama-tama, kami pergi ke toko baju karena Andin ingin
__________ baju baru. Banyak sekali jenis baju di sana.
“Kamu mau beli baju __________, Andin?” tanya Tika.
“Saya mau beli baju yang berwarna merah dan kuning karena saya suka dua warna itu.”
“Saya rasa baju __________ itu bagus,” kata saya sambil mengambil baju berwarna merah.
“Betul.” Andin __________ baju itu.
“Tapi saya __________ suka warnanya,” kata Tika.
“Bagaimana kalau __________?” tanya saya.
“Ya, yang ini bagus juga tapi saya lebih suka baju __________.”
Akhirnya Andin membeli baju warna merah itu. __________ dari toko baju kami makan di
Restoran Indonesia. Kami makan banyak sekali karena makanan di situ __________
enak. Sesudah makan kami pergi ke __________. Saya ingin membeli buku __________
dan Tika ingin membeli majalah. Saya suka __________. Di rumah saya punya banyak
sekali buku cerita. __________ saya membeli dua buku cerita dan Tika membeli tiga
__________. Sesudah dari toko buku kami __________ ke rumah naik bus.

Latihan 6—Rangkai Kata
Urutkan kata-kata di bawah ini menjadi kalimat yang benar sesuai dengan arti:
1. “Which lectures are you going to take?”
Kamu—kuliah—mata—yang—mau—mengambil—mana?
2. “Which university is more expensive?”
Universitas—yang—lebih—mana—mahal?

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3. “My car is much faster than yours."
Mobil—jauh—saya—cepat—daripada—lebih—mobilmu.
4. “Which city is bigger: Jakarta or Surabaya?”
Kota—besar:—lebih—atau—Jakarta—mana—yang—Surabaya?
5. “According to you, which place is nicer?”
Menurut—lebih—mana—kamu,—yang—yang—tempat—enak?

Latihan 7—Teka Teki Silang (TTS)
Mendatar:
1.
interesting
3.
oil
6.
lecture
7.
which
9.
red
11. big, broad
13. shirt
14. luxurious
Menurun:
1.
to choose
2.
nice, cozy, tasty
4.
stove
5.
yellow
8.
story
10. to buy
12. strong

Lesson 80

80 Yang Paling...

Aims
• To practise using yang paling to
express the superlative degree of
comparison

Vocabulary Review
Here are some of the frequent words used
in this lesson that have appeared in previous
lessons. Make sure that you remember their
meanings.

Danau Toba—Danau yang paling besar di Asia Tenggara. © Johnny Siahaan

acara

programme, event

mari

let’s, come on

aman

safe

membosankan

boring

aneh

weird, strange

menang

to win

angka

number

milik

property of

berani

brave

muda

young

bermacam-macam

various

pantai

coast, beach

cepat

fast, quick

pemirsa

viewers, audience

danau

lake

pertama

first (1st)

dunia

world, earth

pertanyaan

question

gunung

mountain

selesai

finished, completed

jawaban

answer

semua

all

kanan

right

sukar

difficult

kiri

left

sungai

river

lengkap

complete

tengah

middle, central

luas

wide, broad

terletak

be situated

manis

sweet

Lesson 80

How to Say “The Most .....”
In English there are two main ways to express what is
called the superlative degree of comparison. (The superlative
degree is the form of an adjective indicating that what is described by the adjective has “the most of” some quality compared to anything or anyone else.) If the adjective is a short
word (one or two syllables) usually we add the ending “-est”,
and if the adjective concerned has more than two syllables
we put “the most...” in front of it. For example:
Cilacap is the neatest city in Central Java.
Tokyo is the most ex