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Lesson 32 of Learning Indonesian – Stating Views and Opinions

Apr 22, 20088 min
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Summary

This lesson focuses on expressing views, thoughts, and opinions in Indonesian. It introduces key verbs such as "to think," "to feel," "to know," and "to believe," along with a crucial conjunction, "that." The episode also covers useful adjectives to describe opinions, concluding with a review of past material and a preview of future lessons.

Episode description

In this audio Indonesian lesson, we’ll talk about how to express your views, thoughts and opinions. We’ll introduce words such as “know”, “feel”, “believe”, and “think” as well as useful adjectives to describe thoughts and opinions.

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Transcript

Learning Core Opinion Verbs

Lesson 32 of Learning Indonesian Stating Views and Opinions Hello and welcome to Learning Indonesian, your fast and fun way to learn the Indonesian language. If this is your first time joining us, please try to begin with Lesson 1, as each lesson builds on previous material. And don't forget to sign up for our free PDF lesson study guide emails at learningindonesian.com. In this lesson, we're going to learn how to state our opinions or feelings. First, let's do some review. How would you say,

Watch out. Good. How would you say 70,000 rupiah? Good. And how about the word for fish? Good. The first word we're going to learn today is the word for to think. Listen and repeat. Good. Next, we're going to learn the word for to feel. Listen and repeat. Good. As a noun also means taste. The next word we're going to learn is the word for to know. Listen and repeat. Good. And what are the two words that mean to think and to feel?

Good. Next, we're going to learn the word for to believe. Listen and repeat. Good. How do you think you'd say, I believe he is from America? Good. How do you think you'd say, I think that chicken satay is too expensive.

Expressing Views with Adjectives

Good. The next word we're going to learn is the word for that, as in, I believe that this is true. or I know that's wrong. Listen and repeat. Good. How do you think you'd say, I am happy that you are here? Good. Now let's learn some adjectives to express how we think or feel. The first word we're going to learn is the word for good or fine when we're describing things. It's never used to describe people. Listen and repeat. Good.

Now here's the word for funny or amusing, as in a person or a joke. Listen and repeat. Good. How do you think you'd say, I think he's very funny? Great.

Review and Future Lessons

Now let's do some review from previous lessons. How would you say, I want to pay? Good. How about what time do you close your store? Good. And how would you say August 17, 2008? Good. That's it for this lesson. In the next lesson, we're going to learn how to ask different kinds of questions. Thanks for listening. Terima kasih. See you soon, everyone. Same nanti.

Learning Indonesian is a production of El Pond Language Services, a division of El Pond Enterprises, Inc. Details about this program and other resources are available at learningindonesian.com.

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