Di sekolah

Topik tiga

Learning outcomes
Communicative
r

To be able to tell the time

To be able to ask what time it is, and what time things happen

To be able to say what time things happen

To be able to use ordinal numbers

To be able to ask for confirmation

To be able to ask what day it is, and the date

To be able to indicate the day of the week, and the date

To be able to understand and maintain a school timetable

To be able to enquire about frequency, and to indicate frequency

To be able to express likes and dislikes, and to ask about others

likes and dislikes

To be able to talk simply about hobbies and interests

To be able to use adjectives in the correct position

Cultural
r

To understand the concept of jam karet, and the more casual attitude towards
time, which is common in Indonesia

Informational
r

To gain a basic understanding of the education system in Indonesia and to be

able to compare it with the students own experience

To understand the different types of schools in Indonesia, the school routine

and school subjects

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3.1

3.1

Di kelas Bahasa Indonesia

Back in Australia, Nickys friends are studying Indonesian.

Their teacher is Bu Simpson.
Matt? ...
Sally? ...
Ada, Bu!
Gino? ...
Ada, Bu!

AB 3.9

Ada, Bu!

Matt!
Jangan nakal!
Maaf, Bu!

Dua bulan
lagi. Pada bulan
Desember.

Kapan Nicky
pulang ke
Australia, Bu?

Apa Nicky
sedang bersekolah
di Indonesia, Bu?
Goblok,
kamu!

Ya, saya kira

begitu, Matt.
Kalau
begitu, Nicky
bisa mengerjakan tes
bahasa Indonesia
untuk kami.

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Jam berapa
sekolah mulai di
Indonesia, Bu?

Mari kita
mengirimkan
email kepada
Nicky, Bu!

Kalau
tidak salah, jam
tujuh pagi.
Wah!
Pagi
sekali!

Boleh, tetapi
harus dalam
Bahasa
Indonesia.

Ya, kita bisa

bertanya tentang
sekolah di
Indonesia.

Wow!
Keren!

Hai Nicky!
Apa kabar?

Jangan lupa
bertanya tentang
mata
pelajarannya!

Matt! Jangan
nakal!
Tulislah email!
Hai Nicky!
Di sini Gino.
Pow!
Pow!

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jangan!

dont!

mengirimkan

to send

kapan?

when?

hebat!

fantastic!

bulan

month

tetapi

but

lagi

more/again

harus

must/have to

pada

on/at (a point in time)

bertanya

to ask a question

kira

to think

tentang

about/concerning

begitu

it is so

mata pelajaran school subject

bisa

can/able to

di sini

here/this is

mengerjakan to do

tulislah!

write!

tes

test/exam

Keren!

Thats great!/Cool!

mulai

to begin/commence

Jangan nakal!

Dont be naughty!

Saya kira begitu.

I think so.

Kalau begitu ...

In that case ...

Goblok, kamu!

You idiot!

Jam berapa?

What time?

Kalau tidak salah ...

If Im not mistaken ...

Jangan lupa!

Dont forget!

Apa itu betul?

Is that correct?

Wow! Keren!

Wow! Thats great!/Cool!

3.2

Email dari Sally

emailNicky Gardner
From: Sally Johnstone<[email protected]>
To: Nicky Gardner<[email protected]>
Sent: Senin 28 Juli,11.30
Subject: Hai Nicky, apa kabar?
Hai! Apa kabar? Bagaimana kehidupan di kota Jakarta? Apa Nicky sudah bertemu dengan
banyak orang Indonesia? Di sini, kami sedang belajar dalam bahasa Indonesia tentang
sekolah. Apakah Nicky sedang bersekolah di Jakarta atau tidak? Kalau bersekolah kamu
bisa membantu kami dengan pelajaran kami. Jam berapa sekolah mulai di Indonesia? Dan
jam berapa sekolah selesai? Menurut Bu Simpson, sekolah di Indonesia mulai jam tujuh
pagi! Apa itu betul, Nik? Di sekolah, anak Indonesia belajar mata pelajaran apa? Apakah
mereka belajar Matematika dan bahasa Inggris, seperti kami di sini? Berapa hari seminggu
mereka bersekolah? Teman-teman kamu di sini sehat-sehat saja dan senang. Tolong Nicky
mengirimkan email kepada kami.
Temanmu,

Sally.
Wow! Keren!
Email dari Sally!

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3.3
Di sekolah:
Whats the
time?

Telling the time

When the time is on the hour (the minute hand is on 12) you simply use the
word jam or pukul followed by the number of the hour. Two oclock would be
jam dua, or pukul dua. Make sure you get it in the right order, because dua
jam would mean two hours, not two oclock.

AB 3.1, 3.2, 3.3

jam tiga

3.00

atau
pukul tiga

10.00

jam sepuluh
atau
pukul sepuluh

When the time is on the half hour (the minute hand is on 6) you say it is half
to the next hour. Half past six would be jam setengah tujuh (half before
seven) or pukul setengah tujuh.
These days, many people are adopting the English way of saying the time
when it is on the half hour, that is for six thirty many people are saying jam
enam tiga puluh or pukul enam tiga puluh. However, you need to recognise
the other way of saying it too, because many people still use that system.
jam setengah sembilan
atau

8.30

pukul setengah sembilan

atau
jam/pukul delapan
tiga puluh

jam setengah satu

atau
pukul setengah satu

12.30

atau
jam/pukul dua belas
tiga puluh

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When the time is between one minute past and twenty-nine minutes past
you must use the word lewat, which means past. Be careful to get it in the
right order. Say the hour first, then lewat, then the number of minutes past.
Twenty past six, (or six twenty) would be jam enam lewat dua puluh or
pukul enam lewat dua puluh.
If the time is fifteen minutes after the hour, you can use the fraction for a
quarter. A quarter past seven (or seven fifteen) would be jam tujuh lewat
lima belas or jam tujuh lewat seperempat or pukul tujuh lewat lima
belas or pukul tujuh lewat seperempat.
jam lima lewat sepuluh

5.10

atau
pukul lima lewat sepuluh

jam satu lewat lima belas

1.15

atau
pukul satu lewat lima belas
atau
jam/pukul satu lewat seperempat

When the time is between twenty-nine minutes to the hour and one minute
to the hour, you must use the word kurang, which means minus or less.
Say the number of the next hour, then kurang, then the number of minutes
to go until the next hour.
Ten to eight (or seven fifty) would be jam delapan kurang sepuluh or pukul
delapan kurang sepuluh.
Again, if the time is fifteen minutes to the hour, you can use the fraction for
a quarter. A quarter to eight (or seven forty-five) would be jam delapan
kurang lima belas or pukul delapan kurang lima belas or jam delapan
kurang seperempat or pukul delapan kurang seperempat.

jam sebelas kurang dua puluh

10.40

atau
pukul sebelas kurang dua puluh

jam sepuluh kurang lima belas

9.45

atau
pukul sepuluh kurang lima belas
atau
jam/pukul sepuluh kurang seperempat

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3.4

Rubber time

Jam karet!
Both English and Indonesian have expressions which reflect their respective
attitudes towards time. In English you sometimes say Time is money!
indicating the importance sometimes placed upon time. Indonesians, on the
other hand, often say jam karet, meaning time is rubberit is flexible. Time
seems to be far more important to an English speaker than to
an Indonesian. Indonesians tend to have a much more casual
attitude towards time. If things dont get done today there is
always tomorrow, or the next day, and if you are an hour late
for an important appointment it is really nothing to get upset
about. After all, so many things can happen to delay you. The
traffic could be horrendousit often isor friends might call
unexpectedly just when you were about to leave. These things
happen, and usually the only excuse that Indonesians will offer
in these circumstances is jam karet. If you are a foreigner in
Indonesia you might as well learn to accept this attitude
towards time, for Indonesians seem to have little understanding
of the concept I want it now!
Of course, some things have to run on time. Airline departures
and arrivals are a good example. There is not much point in
turning up to the airport an hour late and saying jam karet, as
the aircraft will have left! Similarly, your teacher is unlikely to
accept jam karet as an excuse for being late to class!

3.5

am or pm?

When you tell the time, to indicate whether it is am or pm it is simply a

matter of attaching the appropriate word for that part of the day.

Contoh

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7.30

Jam setengah delapan pagi.

8.30

Jam setengah sembilan malam.

12.00

Jam dua belas siang.

3.6

Ordinal numbers

In the previous topic we learnt the Indonesian numbers. Here we are going to
learn the ordinal numbers. Ordinal numbers tell us what order things are in,
hence the name. For example, first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and so on.

AB 3.4, 3.5, 3.6

In Indonesian ordinal numbers are simply formed by adding ke to the front of

the number.

Contoh
dua = two

kedua = second

lima = five

kelima = fifth

sepuluh = ten

kesepuluh = tenth

Awas!
This system is used to form all ordinal numbers except first.
For first you do not say kesatu. Rather, you have to use the
special word pertama.

Salam dari ...

Greetings from

Salam untuk ...

Greetings to

minggu depan

next week

masuk sekolah

enter (start) school

masuk universitas

enter (start) university

menerima

to receive

supaya

so that

macam

a type

beragama

pertama

first

having the
religion of ...

masuk

to enter

dapat

can/able to

ketika

when

bersembahyang

to pray/worship

tamat

to finish/graduate

kilometer

kilometre

lamanya

the length of time

minggu

week

selama

for as long as

foto

photograph

universitas

university

informasi

information

ingin

to want

sekarang

now

sampai

until

berangkat

to depart

murid

student

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AB 3.3

3.7

Asking the time

To ask what the time is now, you can use either jam or pukul. Combine it with
the question word berapa, because the answer will be a number.

Contoh
Jam berapa sekarang?

atau

11.45

AB 3.7, 3.8

3.8

Pukul berapa sekarang?

Tanya:

Jam berapa sekarang?

Jawab:

Sekarang jam dua belas kurang

seperempat.

Asking and indicating what

time something happens

To ask what time something happens, or what time somebody does

something, the easiest way is to still begin the question with Jam berapa
or Pukul berapa.

Contoh

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Tanya:
Jawab:

Jam berapa Melati bangun?

Dia bangun pada jam setengah enam pagi.

Tanya:
Jawab:

Jam berapa keluarga Hartono makan pagi?

Mereka makan pagi pada jam enam pagi.

Tanya:
Jawab:

Jam berapa Melati berangkat ke sekolah?

Melati berangkat ke sekolah pada jam tujuh kurang
dua puluh menit.

Tanya:
Jawab:

Pukul berapa sekolah mulai?

Sekolah mulai pada pukul tujuh pagi.

Tanya:
Jawab:

Pukul berapa anak-anak pulang dari sekolah?

Mereka pulang dari sekolah pada pukul setengah dua siang.

Tanya:
Jawab:

Pukul berapa Bapak Hartono berangkat ke kantor?

Bapak Hartono berangkat ke kantor pada jam setengah tujuh pagi.

6.00

Tanya:
Jawab:

Jam berapa Agus

makan pagi?
Agus makan pagi pada
jam enam pagi.

6.40

Tanya:
Jawab:

Jam berapa Melati dan adik-adiknya

berangkat ke sekolah?
Mereka berangkat ke sekolah pada
jam tujuh kurang dua puluh.

2.00
Tanya:

Jawab:

Pukul berapa Melati dan

Agus makan di
McDonalds hari ini?
Mereka makan di
McDonalds pada jam
dua siang.

7.30

Tanya:
Jawab:

Pukul berapa Melati dan Agus bermain

boom-boom car malam ini?
Mereka bermain boom-boom car pada
pukul setengah delapan malam.

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3.9

Email dari Nicky

Nicky has sent a return email to her friends at school back in Australia,
answering some of their questions about school in Indonesia, and attaching
some pictures. Read the email below, and look at the attached pictures shown
on the next page.

3.4

emailSally Johnstone
AB 3.10, 3.25

From: Nicky Gardner<[email protected]>

To: Sally Johnstone<[email protected]>
Sent: Minggu, 3 Agustus, 08.30
Subject: Sekolah di Indonesia
Attachment: sd.jpg sltp.jpg smu.jpg

Hai! Salam dari Indonesia. Nicky senang sekali menerima email dari
teman-teman di sekolah. Di sini saya bersekolah dengan teman baik
saya, Melati. Di Indonesia ada tiga macam sekolah. Sekolah Dasar, atau
SD, adalah sekolah yang pertama untuk anak-anak di Indonesia. Anakanak di Indonesia masuk SD ketika mereka berumur lima atau enam
tahun. Lamanya enam tahun.
Sesudah tamat sekolah dasar murid-murid masuk Sekolah Lanjutan
Tingkat Pertama, atau SLTP. Di SLTP mereka belajar selama tiga tahun.
Sesudah tamat SLTP, mereka boleh masuk Sekolah Menengah Umum,
atau SMU. SMU tiga tahun lamanya juga. Yang tamat SMU boleh masuk
universitas. Ya, Bu Simpson benar! Sekolah mulai jam tujuh pagi sampai
jam setengah dua siang. Pada hari Jumat murid-murid di Indonesia
pulang jam setengah dua belas siang supaya orang yang beragama
Islam dapat pergi bersembahyang di mesjid.
Saya berjalan ke sekolah dengan anak-anak keluarga Hartono. Parto
dan Heru bersekolah di sekolah dasar di Jalan Mangga. Sekolah itu
setengah kilometer dari rumah mereka. Melati dan saya bersekolah di
Sekolah Lanjutan Tingkat Pertama di Jalan Melawi, dua kilometer dari
rumah mereka.
Bersama dengan email ini saya juga mengirimkan foto-foto murid-murid
di sekolah. Minggu depan saya akan mengirimkan informasi tentang
mata pelajaran di sekolah Indonesia.
Salam untuk Bu Simpson.
Temanmu,

Nicky.
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Ini sekolah Parto dan Heru. Mereka bersekolah di SD, di Jalan Mangga.

Banyak murid berjalan ke sekolah. Ini

murid-murid SMU sedang berjalan ke sekolah.

Kenalkan, ini dua teman saya di SLTP. Nama mereka Tessa

dan Andhika. Mereka juga tinggal dekat rumah kami.

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3.10

Plurals

When it comes to making nouns plural, Indonesian must be the easiest

language in the world. Theres no need to think about adding s or dropping
y and adding ies. Just say the word twice!

Contoh
orang

person

orang-orang

people

guru

teacher

guru-guru

teachers

murid

student

murid-murid

students

anak

child

anak-anak

children

Sometimes it is quite obvious that the noun must be plural. For example, if
you wanted to say I brush my teeth the listener would naturally assume that
you have more than one tooth, and that you would not be brushing just one
of them. In a case like this, when it is safe to assume that the object is plural
there is no need to repeat it. I brush my teeth, is Saya gosok gigi.

Awas!
If the sentence already contains a number, or a word, which indicates
that the noun must be plural, the noun should not be repeated.

Contoh
Banyak anak bersekolah di SD itu. atau Ada tiga puluh murid di kelas saya.
There is no need to repeat the nouns (anak and murid) in these sentences
because the presence of the words banyak and tiga puluh already make
the nouns plural.

Dari hari Senin sampai hari Kamis, anak-anak di Indonesia

pulang dari sekolah pada jam setengah dua siang.

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3.11

Asking for confirmation

When you want to ask for confirmation of something you are not quite sure
about, you can use the question word apakah or apa.

Contoh

Di sekolah:
Asking for
confirmation

AB 3.12

Apakah orang itu gurumu?

Apa orang tua Nicky tinggal di Pondok Indah?

Apakah Nicky bersekolah di Indonesia?

However, it is also quite common for Indonesians to use the word bukan
(which you have seen usually means no or not) to finish the sentence. When
bukan is used as the last word in the sentence it is like saying isnt it?. You
use this type of question when asking a question to which you think you
already know the answer.

Contoh
1

Orang itu gurumu, bukan?

Orang tua Nicky tinggal di Pondok Indah, bukan?

Nicky bersekolah di Indonesia, bukan?

Bibi Melati adalah guru di sekolah dasar, bukan?

Anak-anak Ibu dan Bapak Hartono berjalan ke sekolah, bukan?

Kamu sekarang
belajar di
universitas, bukan?

Ya, betul!

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3.12

Days of the week

Hari Minggu

Sunday

Hari Kamis

Thursday

Hari Senin

Monday

Hari Jumat

Friday

Hari Selasa

Tuesday

Hari Sabtu

Saturday

Hari Rabu

Wednesday

Pada hari Jumat orang

yang beragama Islam bersembahyang di mesjid.

Pada hari Senin dan hari Rabu, sesudah sekolah,

Mila dan teman-temannya belajar di
perpustakaan sekolah. Pada hari Selasa dan hari Kamis
mereka berolahraga sesudah sekolah.

3.13

Months

You should have no trouble recognising the months of the year in Indonesian,
but make sure that you learn the correct spelling.

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Bulan Januari

Bulan Mei

Bulan September

Bulan Februari

Bulan Juni

Bulan Oktober

Bulan Maret

Bulan Juli

Bulan November

Bulan April

Bulan Agustus

Bulan Desember

3.14

AB 3.11

Indicating the date

Bulan Agustus
Minggu

Senin

Selasa

Rabu

Kamis

Jumat

Sabtu

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Whenever you want to say what the date is today, or the date of any event, use
the word tanggal.
To say what the date is today you say:
Hari ini tanggal dua belas bulan Agustus.
To say the date of other events you say:
Besok tanggal tiga belas bulan Agustus.
or
Hari Kemerdekaan Indonesia tanggal tujuh belas bulan Agustus.
or
Hari ulang tahun saya tanggal delapan bulan Desember.

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3.15

Which day?

This is a convenient point for learning the Indonesian words for tomorrow,
yesterday, the day before yesterday, the day after tomorrow, and so on.
Lets imagine that today is Thursday, 18 January.

Contoh
1

Hari ini hari Kamis, tanggal 18 bulan Januari.

Kemarin hari Rabu, tanggal 17 bulan Januari.

Kemarin dulu hari Selasa, tanggal 16 bulan Januari.

Besok hari Jumat, tanggal 19 bulan Januari.

Lusa hari Sabtu, tanggal 20 bulan Januari.

Awas!
Earlier in this topic you learnt about ordinal numbers. In English you
use ordinal numbers when telling the date. For example you say the 2nd,
the 3rd, the 4th, and so on. Indonesians never use ordinal numbers when
referring to the date.

3.16
Di sekolah:
Dates

AB 3.13

Asking the date

To enquire about the date, use the question word berapa. Berapa is the
question word you use whenever you expect the answer to be a number.

Contoh
1

Tanya:
Jawab:

Tanggal berapa hari ini?

Hari ini tanggal dua puluh satu bulan Juni.

Tanya:
Jawab:

Tanggal berapa hari ulang tahun Anda?

Hari ulang tahun saya tanggal 15 bulan Mei.

3.17

When is your birthday?

Work with a friend and perform this role-play conversation.

Note: It is not expected that you will necessarily do a word-for-word translation,
but rather that you will convey the intended meaning.
You:
Friend:
You:
Friend:
You:
Friend:
You:
Friend:

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Greet your friend appropriately.

Respond to the greeting and ask how he/she is.
Tell your friend that you are fine. Say to your friend
Your birthday is next week, isnt it?
Confirm that your birthday is next Wednesday.
Ask what the date will be next Wednesday.
Respond by giving the date of your birthday.
Wish your friend a happy birthday.
Thank your friend.

Besok
tanggal 17 Agustus.
Hari itu hari libur,
bukan?
Betul! Itu Hari
Kemerdekaan
Indonesia.

Tanggal berapa
hari nasional
Australia, Nicky?

Hari Australia
tanggal 26
Januari.

3.18

Kapan hari ulang tahunmu?

Working in small groups of about six and using Indonesian, take it in turns to
ask other people in the group what date their birthday is. When all the groups
have noted the birthdays of everybody in the group the information can be
collated into a wall chart for the classroom wall. Now you will never forget
anybodys birthday. You could even produce birthday cards for everybody
when their birthdays come around.

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Nicky suka sekali kelas seni lukis. Dia pandai sekali melukis dan menggambar.

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Ya, betul!

Yes, thats right!

Hari Kemerdekaan Indonesia

Indonesian Independence Day

Hari ulang tahun

birthday

Tanggal berapa hari ini?

Whats the date today?

Hari ini tanggal berapa?

Whats the date today?

Tanggal berapa ...?

Whats the date of ...?

hari Minggu

Sunday

bulan September

September

hari Senin

Monday

bulan Oktober

October

hari Selasa

Tuesday

bulan November

November

hari Rabu

Wednesday

bulan Desember

December

hari Kamis

Thursday

tanggal

the date

hari Jumat

Friday

kemarin

yesterday

hari Sabtu

Saturday

kemarin dulu

perpustakaan

library

the day before

yesterday

bulan Januari

January

lusa

the day after

tomorrow

bulan Februari

February

liburan

holiday

bulan Maret

March

hari libur

public holiday

bulan April

April

nasional

national

bulan Mei

May

melukis

bulan Juni

June

to paint a
picture

bulan Juli

July

menggambar

to draw

bulan Agustus

August

3.19

Jadwal sekolah

Melatis school timetable is shown below. Can you work out what subjects she
studies?
School begins at 7 am every day except Sunday. Monday to Thursday it
finishes at 1.30 pm. The number of lessons per day, and the length of lessons,
sometimes vary from school to school. At Melatis school there are seven
lessons of 50 minutes each. There is a morning recess and the students go
home for lunch. School finishes earlier on Friday so that those who are
Moslems can go to the mosque to pray, because the midday prayer on Friday is
the most important prayer of the week. School finishes earlier on Saturdays
because it is the beginning of the weekend. Sunday is a holiday.

Nama: Melati

Kelas: 3 SLTP

Hari Senin

Hari Selasa

Hari Rabu

Hari Kamis

Hari Jumat

Hari Sabtu

7.00
7.50

Matematika

Bahasa
Indonesia

Bahasa
Inggris

Pendidikan
Jasmani

Bahasa
Indonesia

Bahasa
Inggris

7.50
8.40

IPA

Matematika

Komputer

Matematika

IPA

Komputer

8.40
9.30

Bahasa
Inggris

Pendidikan
Jasmani

Bahasa
Indonesia

IPA

Matematika

IPS

Waktu Istirahat
4

9.50
10.40

Bahasa
Indonesia

IPS

Pancasila

Agama

Bahasa
Inggris

Bahasa
Indonesia

10.40
11.30

Kesenian

Bahasa
Inggris

IPA

Bahasa
Indonesia

IPS

Matematika

11.30
12.20

IPS

Agama

Kesenian

IPS

12.20
1.30

Komputer

IPA

Matematika

Bahasa
Inggris

Note:

IPS = Ilmu Pengetahuan Sosial (Humanities);

IPA = Ilmu Pengetahuan Alam (Physics & Biology)

3.20

Your timetable

Why not keep your school timetable in Indonesian from now on? If you do
that you will certainly very quickly become familiar with the subject names
in Indonesian. Your school might have some subjects which are not taught at
Melatis school. Your teacher will help you with the names of those subjects.

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AB 3.15, 3.16

3.21

Asking about frequency

By now you should know that whenever you want to ask a question to which
the answer will be a number, you must use the question word berapa.
To ask how many times a day something happens, phrase your question like
this:
Berapa kali sehari kamu makan?
You can replace the word hari (day) with other words meaning various lengths
of time.

Contoh
1

Berapa kali seminggu Melati belajar bahasa Inggris?

Berapa kali sebulan kamu ke bioskop?

Berapa kali setahun ada liburan sekolah di Australia?

AB 3.14, 3.22

3.22

Di sekolah:
Indicating
frequency

Indicating frequency

To indicate frequency, or to respond to the above types of questions,

use the same construction, but replace the question word berapa with
the desired number.

Contoh
1

Melati belajar bahasa Inggris enam kali seminggu.

Paman saya ke Jakarta dua kali sebulan.

Di Australia ada liburan sekolah empat kali setahun.

You can make up different combinations.

Contoh
1

sekali lima tahun

sekali empat bulan

Berapa kali seminggu

kamu belajar Matematika?

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sekali dua minggu

3.23

Expressing likes and dislikes

To say that you like something, use the word suka.

AB 3.23

Saya suka
membaca.

Contoh
1

Melati suka belajar bahasa Indonesia dan bahasa Inggris.

Saya suka minum 7UP pada waktu istirahat.

Teman saya suka bermain bola basket.

Perhaps you want to say that you really like something.

In English you would say that you love it. For example,
you might say I love chocolate ice cream. In Indonesian,
however, the word for love is not used in this context.
Rather, you would say that you like it very much. For
very use the word sangat.

Contoh
1

Saya sangat suka guru bahasa Indonesia saya.

Parto sangat suka bermain komputer.

Dia sangat suka berenang.

Saya sangat
suka belajar
bahasa Inggris.

To say that you do not like

something, use the combination
tidak suka.

Contoh
1

Saya tidak suka belajar Matematika.

Heru tidak suka bermain sepak bola.

Agus tidak suka PR.

Aku benci PR!

Perhaps you really dislike, or even hate

something. Use the word benci, but be
careful and polite. It is certainly considered
coarse and rude to say that you hate
another person.

Contoh
Nicky benci masuk sekolah pada hari Sabtu.

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Adik saya suka

bermain tenis, tetapi
saya lebih suka bermain
bulu tangkis.

Sometimes you will want to say that you like one thing
better than another. Use the combination lebih suka
(meaning like more or prefer).

Contoh
1

3.24

Tanya:

Apa kamu suka belajar Matematika?

Jawab:

Ya, tetapi saya lebih suka belajar bahasa Inggris.

Tanya:

Kamu suka bermain sepak bola, bukan?

Jawab:

Ya, saya suka bermain sepak bola, tetapi saya

lebih suka bermain tenis.

Apa kamu suka ?

Work with a partner. Using Indonesian, ask your partner whether he or she
likes to do the activities shown below. Your partner, of course, must also answer
in Indonesian.

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bermain sepak bola

bermain bulu tangkis

bermain tenis

bermain komputer

bermain bola basket

berenang

mendengarkan musik

membaca

belajar Matematika

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Hobbies and interests

3.8

In Indonesian, there are a number of words which can be used to talk about
hobbies and interests. Kegemaran, kesukaan and kesenangan can all
be used for this purpose.

AB 3.24

However, all three of these words are applied somewhat more broadly than
the word hobbies in English. These words could be used to talk about things
which you would call hobbies in English, such as stamp collecting, model
building, and so on. Their real meaning in Indonesian, however, is anything
which you like doing; anything which you find enjoyable. Look at the way
these words have been used below.
Kegemaran saya
mendengarkan
musik pop.

Kesenangan
saya melukis.

Kegemaran
saya bermain
bola basket.

Apa kegemaranmu?

Kegemaran Sulastri membaca. Dia

senang membaca buku atau majalah.

Kesenangan Hasan
bermain gitar.

Kegemaran mereka bermain bola volli.

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3.26

Adjectives and their placement

In Indonesian, when you use an adjective to describe a noun, the adjective

comes after the noun, the opposite of our English structure. Say the noun first,
and then the words which describe it.

Contoh
1

Keluarga kaya itu tinggal di Menteng.

Keluarga miskin itu tinggal dekat mesjid.

Orang tinggi itu adalah Kepala Sekolah.

Orang pendek itu adalah guru bahasa Jepang di sekolah saya.

Pasar ramai itu bernama Pasar Senen.

Mobil baru itu bagus sekali.

Gedung besar itu adalah universitas.

In most cases the conjunction yang can be added between the noun and the
adjective without changing the meaning.

Contoh
1

Jakarta adalah kota ramai.

Jakarta adalah kota yang ramai.

In these two sentences the meaning is the same, but in the second sentence
the word yang tends to draw our attention to the adjective ramai, thus
emphasising it.

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Matematika

mathematics

benci

to hate

bermain

to play

tenis

tennis

komputer

computer

bulu tangkis

badminton

agama

religion

mendengarkan

to listen

kesenian

art

musik

music

kali

times (x)

membaca

to read

hari

day

kegemaran

hobby/interest

liburan

holiday

kesenangan

hobby/interest

suka

like

kesukaan

hobby/interest

waktu

time

mengumpulkan

to collect

istirahat

rest

perangko

postage stamp

bola basket

basketball

majalah

magazine

berenang

to swim

gitar

guitar

sepak bola

soccer

bola volli

volleyball

PR (pekerjaan
rumah)

homework

3.27

AB 3.20

Adjectives

Shown below are a number of adjectives (describing words) which you should
memorise. You will learn to use these words in your own sentences. Remember
to say the noun first, and then the adjective.

Awas!
In a few instances, the inclusion of the word yang actually
changes the meaning of the noun. Note the differences shown
in the examples below and memorise them.
orang besar

a very important person

orang yang besar

a big person

orang tua

parents

orang yang tua

an old person

kamar kecil

toilet

kamar yang kecil

a small room

orang kurus

orang gemuk

orang tinggi

orang pendek

orang muda

orang yang tua

rumah besar

rumah kecil

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3.28

Sekolah di Indonesia

Nicky had promised to send Bu Simpson and her classmates in Australia some
more details about school in Indonesia. She sent this information together with
the sketches which she made at school.

AB 3.18

Anak-anak di Indonesia bersekolah enam hari seminggu, dari hari

Senin sampai hari Sabtu. Pada hari Minggu saja mereka tidak ke sekolah.
Di SLTP Melati dan temannya belajar bahasa Indonesia, bahasa Inggris,
Matematika, dan lain-lain. Nama guru bahasa Inggris mereka Ibu
Sulastri. Melati suka belajar bahasa Indonesia dan bahasa Inggris.
Dia suka sekali berbahasa Inggris.

Pada waktu istirahat murid-murid di sekolah duduk dan

bercakap-cakap. Mereka bercakap-cakap tentang film, keluarga, olahraga,
pelajaran, dan guru mereka. Kadang-kadang Melati duduk bercakapcakap dengan teman-temannya.

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Pada waktu istirahat ada juga murid-murid yang suka

berolahraga. Mereka bermain sepak bola, bola volli,
bola basket, dan bulu tangkis.

Murid-murid yang lapar dan haus

dapat membeli makanan dan
minuman di warung, dekat sekolah
mereka. Di warung mereka juga
dapat membeli permen, tetapi es
krim tidak ada.

Guru Matematika kami Pak Umar. Pak Umar orang yang baik hati dan
ramah sekali. Karena itu kami sangat suka pelajaran Matematika.

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3.29

Di sekolah:
Percakapan

Majalah dinding

Many schools in Indonesia have a majalah dinding, a wall magazine. It is an

area of wall where students pin up school news, photographs of interest,
students drawings and students written work. Set part of the classroom wall
aside where your class can make a majalah dinding. You can put up
photographs of the school sports with short captions in Indonesian, drawings
with captions, and so on. Perhaps you would like to form a committee of
students from your class who are in charge of the majalah dinding.

Berapa kali?

How many times?

Berapa kali sehari?

How many times a day?

Berapa kali seminggu?

How many times a week?

Berapa kali sebulan?

How many times a month?

Berapa kali setahun?

How many times a year?

lebih suka

prefer (like more)

For more background information on Indonesian schools and the education

system consult the Internet sites listed on the Keren! 1 Companion Website at
www.longman.com.au/cw

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kaya

rich/wealthy

becakap-cakap

to chat

miskin

poor

pelajaran

lesson/studies

ramai

busy
(streets/town)

film

film/movie

olahraga

sport

tinggi

tall

berolahraga

to play sport

pendek

short

lapar

hungry

kurus

thin/skinny

haus

thirsty

gemuk

fat

makanan

food

muda

young

minuman

a drink

tua

old

permen

lollies/sweets

besar

big

es krim

ice cream

kecil

small

baik hati

saja

only

goodhearted/kind

berbahasa

to speak a
language

ramah

friendly

3.30

Guess who this is!

Siapa ini?
One person in the class thinks of somebody within the school whom everybody
knows. Perhaps the student will choose another student in the class, or perhaps
the student will choose one of the teachers. Other students in the class take it
in turns to ask questions in Indonesian which require a yes or no answer.
For example, Is this person a teacher?, Is he/she tall?, Is this person a
male?, Is this person an English teacher? If you need to revise how to ask
these questions refer to the section in this topic Asking for confirmation
(Section 3.11). When one student is able to correctly guess the identity of the
mystery person, that student becomes the one to choose a new identity.

3.31

About your school

Satu hari di sekolah saya

Produce a written and illustrated story about one day at your school. You can
show how you get to school, what time school starts, what lessons you have,
what you do at recess time and at lunch time, and what sports you play at
school. You could also show a little about your friends and your teachers.
Dont forget to say what time things happenfor example, what time is recess,
what time is lunch timeand tell us also how many times a week you do
some activities. Say also what you like at school, and what you dont like.
Maybe you would like to produce your story in booklet form, maybe as a
comic-strip presentation, maybe as a poster for the majalah dinding, or
perhaps you would like to produce it as a PowerPoint presentation.

3.32

Role play

Work with a partner to write a short role play. In your role-play conversation
start with normal greetings then ask your partner where he or she goes to
school. Then make sure that you both ask the other person whether he or she
likes certain activities. You can ask about school subjects, sports and other
activities such as reading, playing on the computer, and so on. Ask how many
times a week your partner does some of these activities.
After you have written your role-play conversation, learn it and act it out in
front of the rest of the class.

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3.33

Sekolah di Indonesia

The education system in Indonesia has developed a lot in recent years, and
continues to improve all the time. It was only a few years ago that all schools
operated two sessions a day: morning school (sekolah pagi) and afternoon
school (sekolah sore). This was necessary because there was a shortage of
school buildings and a shortage of teachers, so the large number of students
wanting to attend school could not be catered for. Sekolah pagi started at
7 am and finished at 1 pm. Sekolah sore commenced at 1.30 pm and went
until about 6 pm. These days there are only a few areas where it is still
necessary to conduct an afternoon session.
In Indonesia there are
government schools
(sekolah negeri) and
private schools (sekolah
swasta). School begins at
7 am Monday to Saturday.
On normal days school
finishes at 1.30 pm, but
on Fridays it finishes at
11.30 am so that those
who are Moslems can go to
the mosque to pray. Some
children go to kindergarten
before commencing
primary
school, but kindergarten is
not compulsory.
Kindergarten is known as
Taman Kanak-kanak. The
first compulsory schooling for Indonesian children is Sekolah Dasar (SD) and
children usually enter Sekolah Dasar when they are six or seven years old.
Sekolah Dasar goes for six years. Children in primary school, when asked
what class they are in, will reply with something like SD 4 or SD 6. All
children in Sekolah Dasar wear a school uniform, which is red and white.
After graduating from
Sekolah Dasar,
students enter Sekolah
Lanjutan Tingkat
Pertama (SLTP). This is
the equivalent of a
junior high school and
SLTP students are
recognisable by their
blue-and-white
uniforms. SLTP lasts for
three years and
students will say that
they are in SLTP1 or
SLTP3, and
so on. Officially,
children are required to
attend school until the
end of SLTP.

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This law, however, is not fully enforced,

especially in the village areas where
some children might not attend school
at all.
Class sizes in Indonesian schools are
usually much larger than in Australian
schools. Classes of forty or more are not
at all uncommon, particularly in SD
and SLTP. Because of the number of
students in a class, the classes tend to
be quite noisy at times. While it may
vary somewhat from school to school,
in general Indonesian students seem
not to enjoy the same kind of personal
and friendly relationships with their
teachers as do Australian students. In
most schools the teacherstudent
relationship seems to be more formal.
Sekolah Menengah Umum (SMU) are
the non-compulsory years of secondary education in Indonesia and the
equivalent of a senior high school. Students who graduate from SLTP may
enter SMU. At SMU students wear a uniform which is grey and white. Like
SLTP, SMU lasts for three years. Many SMU students ride motorcycles to
school. Others arrive by becak, by bus, by bemo or by angkota. Of course,
those who live close by walk to school.
Some young people do not attend SMU. They leave school at the end of SLTP
and try to find work. Others choose to enter a trade school or a vocational
high school. These schools are known as Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan (SMK)
and are considered the same level as SMU. At SMK students may take business
courses such as a secretarial course, accounting or business management, or
they may elect to study in a technical stream such as electronics or motor
mechanics.
Those who graduate from
SMU with good grades may
enter university. There are
many universities
(universitas) throughout
Indonesia. The Universitas
Indonesia is one of the
numerous universities found
in Jakarta. The most wellknown city for universities
in Indonesia, however, is
Yogyakarta in Central Java.
There are many universities
in this city, including the
countrys largest university,
Universitas Gajah Mada.
Many young people come
to Yogyakarta from all over
Indonesia to study at its universities.

Want to visit some Indonesian schools? Check out the

Internet sites for Indonesian schools which are listed on the
Keren! 1 Companion Website at www.longman.com.au/cw

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3.34

Reading revision

Choose the most appropriate answer to each question and write the answers in
your exercise book.

Jam setengah tiga means:

To light-heartedly say to somebody You

a three-and-a-half hour

idiot! you would say:

b half past three

a Jangan nakal!

c half past two

b Jangan lupa!

d half past four

c Goblok, kamu!
d Hebat, kamu!

Dua kali sebulan means:

a once a month

Hari ini hari Selasa, besok hari:

b twice a month

a jumat

c once every two months

b senin

d twice a year

c rabu
d kamis

Hari ini tanggal 21 Bulan Agustus.

Lusa tanggal:

Anak-anak di Indonesia bersekolah:

a 19 bulan Agustus

a empat hari seminggu

b 20 bulan Agustus

b lima hari seminggu

c 22 bulan Agustus

c enam hari seminggu

d 23 bulan Agustus

d tujuh hari seminggu

How many months are spelt the same

To wish somebody a happy birthday you

in Indonesian as in English?

would say:

a two

a Selamat hari ulang tahun.

b three

b Selamat belajar.

c four

c Selamat hari libur.

d five

d Selamat tidur.

To ask the time, you would say:

10 Which one of the following is correct?

a Berapa jam sekarang?

a Gemuk orang itu adalah teman saya.

b Apa jam sekarang?

b Orang gemuk itu adalah teman saya.

c Jam berapa sekarang?

c Itu gemuk orang adalah teman saya.

d Pukul apa sekarang?

d Teman saya adalah gemuk orang.

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3.35

Listening revision

3.12

Listen to each question on the Audio CD. For each question you will hear
a question or a sentence read twice. Choose the most appropriate answer and
write it in your exercise book.

Tidak, saya suka bermain bola

basket.

13 bulan Mei.

b Ya, saya suka bermain bulu tangkis.

b 14 bulan Mei.

Ya, suka sekali!

d Saya berolahraga sekali seminggu.

2

Hari ulang tahun Sulastri tanggal:

Sulastri tidak mempunyai kakak.

15 bulan Mei.

d 16 bulan Mei.
7

Dia belajar Matematika:

b Sulastri mempunyai dua kakak.

b lima hari seminggu.

Sulastri mempunyai tiga kakak.

d Sulastri mempunyai tiga anak.

empat hari seminggu.

enam hari seminggu.

d tujuh hari seminggu.

3

Kita harus bersekolah hari ini.

b Minggu ini kita bersekolah.

c

Minggu ini kita tidak masuk

Di Indonesia ada liburan sekolah:

a

sekolah.

dua kali setahun.

b tiga kali setahun.

d Minggu depan kita tidak perlu

masuk sekolah.

empat kali setahun.

d lima kali setahun.

4

Saya suka liburan sekolah.

b Ya, kita tidak perlu masuk sekolah.

c

Besok hari Minggu.

d Bukan, besok hari libur.

Saya tidak suka PR.

b Saya sangat suka berenang.

c

Saya benci bermain tenis.

d Saya lebih suka belajar Matematika.

5

Sulastri:
a

bersekolah di SD.

10 a

Sekolah selesai jam 1.30 sore.

b bersekolah di SLTP kelas 3.

b Sekolah selesai jam 2.30 sore.

bersekolah di SMU.

d tidak bersekolah.

Sekolah mulai jam 7.30 pagi.

d Sekolah mulai jam 2.30 sore.

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3.36

Cultural revision

Choose the most appropriate answer to each question and write the answers in
your exercise book.

In the past, the main reason for

Students must attend school until the

afternoon sessions in schools was:

end of:

a children didnt like going to school

a TKK

in the mornings

b SD

b teachers had other jobs in the

c SLTP

mornings

d SMU

c a shortage of school buildings

d children had to help their parents
in the mornings

Students study at Senior High School for:

a 3 years

The first compulsory schooling for

b 4 years

Indonesian children is:

c 5 years

a SD

d 6 years

b SMU
c SMK
d SLTP

SMK is:
a the same as SLTP

Primary school lasts for:

b the same as SD

a 4 years

c a school where students specialise

b 5 years

in English

c 6 years

d a school where students can

d 7 years
4

Students in Junior High School wear a

uniform which is:
a blue and white

learn trades

Gajah Mada is the name of:

a a high school for talented student

b red and white

b the national university in Jakarta

c grey and white

c the largest university in Indonesia

d all white

d the capital of Central Java

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