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Lesson Transcript

Introduction
Eric: Welcome to 3-Minute Indonesian Season 1, Lesson 16 - Asking Directions. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask and understand basic directions in Indonesian.
Body
Eric: Here's how to ask “Where is the station?” in Indonesian.
Fira: [Normal] Stasiun letaknya di mana?
Eric: First is a word meaning “station.”
Fira: [Normal] stasiun [Slow] stasiun
Eric: Next is the word meaning “the location.”
Fira: [Normal] letaknya [Slow] letaknya
Eric: Next is the word meaning “at, in, on.”
Fira: [Normal] di [Slow] di
Eric: Last is the word meaning “where, which.”
Fira: [Normal] mana [Slow] mana
Eric: Note the rising intonation. Listen again to the question meaning “Where is the station?”
Fira: [Slow] Stasiun letaknya di mana? [Normal] Stasiun letaknya di mana?
Eric: Now, here’s a response meaning, “Go straight.”
Fira: [Normal] Jalan lurus.
Eric: First is a word meaning “to go, to walk.”
Fira: [Normal] jalan [Slow] jalan
Eric: Last is the word meaning “straight.”
Fira: [Normal] lurus [Slow] lurus
Eric: Listen again to the response meaning “go straight.”
Fira: [Slow] Jalan lurus. [Normal] Jalan lurus.
Eric: Here's a response meaning “Turn right.”
Fira: [Normal] Belok kanan.
Eric: First is a word meaning “to turn.”
Fira: [Normal] belok [Slow] belok
Eric: Last is the word meaning “right.”
Fira: [Normal] kanan [Slow] kanan
Eric: Listen again to the response, “Turn right.”
Fira: [Slow] Belok kanan. [Normal] Belok kanan.
Eric: Here's a response meaning, “Turn left.”
Fira: [Normal] Belok kiri.
Eric: First is a word meaning “to turn.”
Fira: [Normal] belok [Slow] belok
Eric: Last is the word meaning “left.”
Fira: [Normal] kiri [Slow] kiri
Eric: Listen again to the response, “Turn left.”
Fira: [Slow] Belok kiri. [Normal] Belok kiri.
Cultural Insight
Eric: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight.
Fira: These sentences are the key to asking for directions in Indonesian. Indonesian people use hand gestures a lot too, so don't be surprised if they start to point at directions while they are explaining the route. They might gesture pretty fast, so you should try to listen to what they’re saying as well.

Outro
Eric: And that’s all for this lesson. Don’t forget to check out the lesson notes, and we’ll see you in the next lesson!
Fira: Sampai jumpa lagi.

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