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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 25. Riding the Train |
| In Indonesia riding the rails is one of the most interesting ways to get around for long distance destinations! In fact, traveling by train is one of the best ways to see everything Indonesia has to offer! |
| In Indonesia one can buy train tickets at the ticket gate window at the train station. When traveling long distances, there are several types of tickets, which we'll take a look at in a minute, but first let's work on asking for the ticket. We can accomplish this by asking "Ticket to [your destination] please." Now, of course, we need a destination. So let's use Yogyakarta. Let’s say the city name once more Yogyakarta. This city is located in the South central part of the island of Java and is well known for its royal palace called the Keraton, as well as for its court art culture. |
| So,in Indonesian "One ticket to Yogyakarta please." is Minta karcis ke Yogyakarta, ya? Let’s break it down by syllable. Min-ta kar-cis ke Yog-ya-kar-ta, ya? Now let’s hear it once again Minta karcis ke Yogyakarta, ya? The first word minta means "to request" or "ask for." Let’s break down this word and hear it one more time, min-ta. minta. This is followed by karcis, which in Indonesian means "ticket." karcis. kar-cis. karcis. So to recap here, we have minta karcis. Which means "ask for a ticket." Let's take a look at the next word ke which means "to" or "towards." ke. ke. Then we have our destination, Yogyakarta. Yog-ya-kar-ta. Yogyakarta. Finally, we have ya which means "yes" or "alright." Ya. Ya. |
| So altogether we have Minta karcis ke Yogyakarta, ya? Literally this means "[I] ask for a ticket to Yogyakarta, alright?" |
| Now if you want to buy more than one ticket, for example if you wanted to buy two tickets, you can accomplish this by saying dua karcis. Let’s break it down by syllable. Du-a kar-cis. Now let’s hear it once again. Dua karcis. Notice that we simply add dua to karcis. |
| However just the destination itself may not be enough as there are several types of seats on trains in Indonesia. There are first class seats, business class seats, and coach. |
| Once we have established the destination, it is time to select the type of seat you want. in Indonesian "1st class" is Kelas Eksekutif. Let’s break it down by syllable ke-las ek-se-ku-tif. Now let’s hear it once again. kelas eksekutif. The first word kelas means "class." Let’s break down this word and hear it one more time. ke-las. kelas. This is followed by eksekutif, which comes from the English "executive." eksekutif. ek-se-ku-tif. eksekutif. Let7s hear the entire phrase again. Kelas Eksekutif, which literally means "executive class." |
| "Business class" is Kelas Bisnis. Let’s break it down by syllable. ke-las bis-nis. Now let’s hear it once again. kelas bisnis. The first word kelas means "class," which we've said before. kelas. This is followed by bisnis, which comes from the English "business." Bisnis. Bis-nis. Bisnis. Let’s hear the entire phrase again. Kelas Bisnis, which literally means "business class." |
| "Coach class" is Kelas ekonomi. Let’s break it down by syllable. ke-las e-ko-no-mi. Now let’s hear it once again. Kelas ekonomi. The first word kelas means "class," which we've said before. Kelas. This is followed by ekonomi, which comes from the English "economy." Ekonomi. E-ko-no-mi. Ekonomi. Let’s hear the entire phrase again. Kelas Ekonomi, which literally means "economy class." |
| About the trains in Indonesia, the economy class trains provide the most local color. But make sure that you’re prepared to do the locomotive’s equivalent of roughing it. The business and executive class trains though provide all the comforts that you would expect from similar trains in other countries. Air conditioning, meal service, and comfortable seating. |
| 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! |
| “One ticket to Yogyakarta.” (Minta karcis ke Yogyakarta ya. Min-ta kar-cis ke Yog-ya-kar-ta ya. Minta karcis ke Yogyakarta ya.) |
| “First class.” (Kelas eksekutif. Ke-las ek-se-ku-tif. Kelas eksekutif.) |
| “Business class.” (Kelas bisnis. Ke-las bis-nis. Kelas bisnis.) |
| “Economy class.” (Kelas ekonomi. Ke-las e-ko-no-mi. Kelas ekonomi.) |
| Alright, that's going to do it for today! |
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