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| INTRODUCTION |
| Becky: Hi everyone, and welcome back to IndonesianPod101.com. This is Upper Beginner Season 1 Lesson 9 - Doing Math in Indonesia. Becky here. |
| Fira: Halo. I'm Fira. |
| Becky: In this lesson, you’ll learn how to use specific words and sentence structures related to math operations. The conversation takes place at a school. |
| Fira: It's between Lisa and Eka. |
| Becky: The speakers are friends, so they’ll be using informal Indonesian. Okay, let's listen to the conversation. |
Lesson conversation |
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| Lisa: Gimana ujian kamu tadi? |
| Eka: Lumayan.. kamu gimana? |
| Lisa: Aku sepertinya salah 2 tadi. Nilainya berapa ya? |
| Eka: Soalnya kan ada 20. Jadinya... 18 dibagi 20 lalu dikali 100. |
| Lisa: Hmm... 90 ya? |
| Eka: Iya. Hebat juga kamu! |
| Becky: Listen to the conversation one time slowly. |
| Lisa: Gimana ujian kamu tadi? |
| Eka: Lumayan.. kamu gimana? |
| Lisa: Aku sepertinya salah 2 tadi. Nilainya berapa ya? |
| Eka: Soalnya kan ada 20. Jadinya... 18 dibagi 20 lalu dikali 100. |
| Lisa: Hmm... 90 ya? |
| Eka: Iya. Hebat juga kamu! |
| Becky: Listen to the conversation with the English translation. |
| Lisa: How was your exam earlier? |
| Eka: It was okay... What about you? |
| Lisa: I think I made two mistakes. What will my grade be? |
| Eka: There were 20 questions. So... 18 divided by 20 then multiplied by 100. |
| Lisa: Hmm... Is it 90? |
| Eka: Yes. You're great! |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Becky: Fira, is it important to have good math skills in Indonesia? |
| Fira: Well, at least to pass the national exam, you need to be good at math. |
| Becky: What’s the test? |
| Fira: It’s the National Exam, or in Indonesian Ujian Nasional. When I was at school I had to take and pass this national exam three times - in elementary school, middle school, and high school. |
| Becky: That sounds like a lot. What subjects did you have to study for the exams? |
| Fira: The main subjects are Indonesian, literature and linguistics, and of course I had to study math and science too. |
| Becky: So no English on the test? |
| Becky: Well, there was no English for the elementary school level, but from the middle school level I had to take a test for English too. In high school there were also exams on social studies, chemistry, or biology as well as the regular subjects. |
| Becky: The exact subjects depend on your major in high school, right? |
| Fira: Yes, that’s right. |
| Becky: Interesting to know. Okay, now onto the vocab. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Becky: Let’s take a look at the vocabulary from this lesson. The first word is.. |
| Fira: ujian [natural native speed] |
| Becky: exam, test |
| Fira: ujian [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Fira: ujian [natural native speed] |
| Becky: Next we have.. |
| Fira: salah [natural native speed] |
| Becky: wrong, incorrect |
| Fira: salah [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Fira: salah [natural native speed] |
| Becky: Next we have.. |
| Fira: hebat [natural native speed] |
| Becky: great |
| Fira: hebat [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Fira: hebat [natural native speed] |
| Becky: Next we have.. |
| Fira: soal [natural native speed] |
| Becky: question, problem |
| Fira: soal [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Fira: soal [natural native speed] |
| Becky: Next we have.. |
| Fira: nilai [natural native speed] |
| Becky: grade, mark, value |
| Fira: nilai [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Fira: nilai [natural native speed] |
| Becky: Next we have.. |
| Fira: lumayan [natural native speed] |
| Becky: decent, reasonable, not bad |
| Fira: lumayan [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Fira: lumayan [natural native speed] |
| Becky: Next we have.. |
| Fira: tadi [natural native speed] |
| Becky: earlier, just now |
| Fira: tadi [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Fira: tadi [natural native speed] |
| Becky: Next we have.. |
| Fira: jadi [natural native speed] |
| Becky: so, therefore |
| Fira: jadi [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Fira: jadi [natural native speed] |
| Becky: Next we have.. |
| Fira: bagi [natural native speed] |
| Becky: divide (noun), to share (verb) |
| Fira: bagi [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Fira: bagi [natural native speed] |
| Becky: Last, |
| Fira: kali [natural native speed] |
| Becky: time |
| Fira: kali [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Fira: kali [natural native speed] |
| KEY VOCAB AND PHRASES |
| Becky: Let's have a closer look at some of the words and phrases from this lesson. The key vocab word for this lesson is... |
| Fira: lumayan, |
| Becky: which can be translated into English as “decent” or “quite,” as in “quite good” or “quite bad.” You can use this word for almost any situation in which you want to indicate some kind of degree or extent. Fira, how can we use this word in a phrase? |
| Fira: Let’s say you liked a painting, and you want to say it’s “quite good,” you can say lumayan bagus, |
| Becky: which means “quite good” |
| Fira: lumayan means something like “quite” and bagus means “good.” |
| Becky: Okay, the order is the same as in English. What about “quite bad”? |
| Fira: You can say.. lumayan buruk, |
| Becky: meaning “quite bad.” |
| Fira: Buruk means “bad” and is used when referring to a bad condition or appearance. |
| Becky: There’s another word for “bad” too, right? One we can use specifically when referring to a bad appearance? |
| Fira: Yes, it’s lumayan jelek. |
| Becky: What if I check the price tag of an item and say “It’s quite expensive”? |
| Fira: In that case, you can say lumayan mahal. Mahal is the word meaning “expensive.” Lumayan mahal, |
| Becky: “quite expensive.” Okay, now onto the grammar. |
Lesson focus |
| Becky: In this lesson you’ll learn how to read mathematical symbols in Indonesian. As you know, it’s very important in everyday life to know how to read math operations correctly, so this lesson will be very useful. OK, let's get started. Fira, what is “plus” in Indonesian? |
| Fira: Tambah. Listeners, note that tambah is a noun. If you want to say “plus” as a verb, you should say ditambah. |
| Becky: In Indonesian, if you want to say, for example, “one plus one,” you should use the verb meaning “plus” instead of the noun. |
| Fira: And all you need to do to change it to a verb is add the suffix -di to a noun. That’s why the noun is tambah, and the verb is ditambah. |
| Becky: Can you give us an example? How can we say “One plus one equals two”? |
| Fira: If you want to say “one plus one,” you need to use the verb ditambah. So first, you need to say satu ditambah satu. |
| Becky: “One plus one.” |
| Fira: Then you need to say sama dengan, meaning “equals,” in Indonesian, and dua meaning “two.” |
| Becky: So all together, “one plus one equals two” will be..? |
| Fira: Satu ditambah satu sama dengan dua. |
| Becky: Great! And how about “minus” in Indonesian? |
| Fira: The noun “minus” is kurang. To form a verb, we just add the suffix -di, so it becomes dikurang. |
| Becky: So using the verb, how can we say “eight minus five equals three” in Indonesian? |
| Fira: First, “eight minus five” is delapan dikurang lima. It’s made of delapan meaning “eight,” dikurang, the verb meaning “minus,” and lima, which means “five.” |
| Becky: Next we need to say.. |
| Fira: sama dengan tiga. sama dengan means “equals” and tiga means “three.” |
| Becky: So all together, “eight minus five equals three” will be..? |
| Fira: Delapan dikurang lima sama dengan tiga. |
| Becky: Okay. Now let’s get into more complicated math with “division.” |
| Fira: The noun meaning “division” is bagi. Following the same pattern, the verb for “division” or “to divide” is dibagi. |
| Becky: So “nine divided by three” in Indonesian will be..? |
| Fira: Sembilan dibagi tiga. Sembilan means “nine,” dibagi is the verb meaning “to divide,” and tiga means “three.” |
| Becky: Okay, and we have the last one, which is.. |
| Fira: kali. |
| Becky: It’s for multiplication like “times” as in “two times three.” |
| Fira: But that’s a noun, so when you’re using it as a verb you need to say dikali. |
| Becky: Using the verb, how can we say “five times five”? |
| Fira: Lima is the noun meaning “five” so you can say lima dikali lima. |
| Becky: Listeners, make sure to check the lesson notes to get more examples and explanations on this topic. |
Outro |
| Becky: And, that’s all for this lesson. Thank you for listening, everyone, and we’ll see you next time! Bye! |
| Fira: Sampai jumpa lagi! |
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