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| Hello and welcome to Indonesian Survival Phrases, brought to you by IndonesianPod101.com This course is designed to equip you with the language skills and knowledge to enable you to get the most out of your visit to Indonesia. You'll be surprised at how far a little Indonesian will go. Now before we jump in, remember to stop by IndonesianPod101.com. And there you’ll find the accompanying PDF and additional info in the post. If you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment. |
| Indonesian Survival Phrases Lesson 37. Post Office. |
| In today’s lesson we're going to take a trip to the post office. Now the post office in Indonesian is the kantor pos. And in this lesson we're going to work on getting your postcards, letters and packages home. The expression to accomplish this is "I'd like to send this to" and then the desired destination. For today’s lesson we'll use New York. |
| In Indonesian "I'd like to send this to New York." is Saya mau kirim ini ke New York. Let’s break it down by syllable Sa-ya ma-u ki-rim i-ni ke New York. Now let’s hear it once again. Saya mau kirim ini ke New York. The first word saya means "I" or "me." Let’s break down this word and hear it one more time. sa-ya. saya. This is followed by mau, which in Indonesian is "want." mau. ma-u. mau. So to recap here, we have saya mau. Literally this means "I want." Let's take a look at the next word kirim which means "to send." ki-rim. kirim. The next word is ini, which means "this." i-ni. ini. After that we have ke, our friendly preposition meaning "to" or "towards." ke. ke. Finally, we have our destination, New York. |
| So altogether we have Saya mau kirim ini ke New York. Literally this means "I want to send this to New York." |
| Now we can build this up a bit by adding in the words for what we would like to send. For example, above we mentioned postcards, letters, and packages, so let's start there. The word for "postcard" in Indonesian is kartu pos. kar-tu pos. kartu pos. So the expression would now sound like this: Saya mau kirim kartu pos ke New York. Let’s break it down by syllable. Sa-ya ma-u ki-rim kar-tu pos ke New York. Now let’s hear it once again. Saya mau kirim, kartu pos ke New York. Notice the position of kartu pos. |
| Now let's try "letter" in Indonesian which is surat. su-rat. surat. And finally we have the word for "package" in Indonesian is paket. Now the package requires a closer look, which we'll do in the next lesson. |
| The postal serices in Indonesian can be a bit slow at times. If you need faster service for your lighter mail, then you can ask for surat kilat or pos kilat. Which is usually provided by independent service. Kilat means lightning. So the idea here is that for an additional fee, your mail can get to your destination in less time. Usually these fees are not much more than the standard post office rates. But please make sure to shop around. |
| Okay, to close out today’s lesson, we'd like for you to practice what you've just learned. I'll provide you with the English equivalent of the phrase and you're responsible for saying the Indonesian phrase out loud or in Indonesian, dengan keras. You’ll have a few seconds before I give you the answer, so selamat sukses, that means "good luck!" in Indonesian. |
| All right so here we go! |
| “I want to send this to New York.” (Saya mau kirim ini ke New York. Sa-ya ma-u ki-rim i-ni ke New York. Saya mau kirim ini ke New York.) |
| “I want to send a postcard to New York.” (Saya mau kirim kartu pos ke New York. Sa-ya ma-u ki-rim kar-tu pos ke New York. Saya mau kirim kartu pos ke New York.) |
| “Letter” (Surat. Su-rat. Surat.) |
| “Package” (Paket. Pa-ket. Paket.) |
| Alright, that's going to do it for today! |
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