How to Improve Your English Vocabularies

How to increase your vocabulary

Hello my friends.. J Nice to meet you all.  Ok, In this blog I would like to share my own experience and others about the tips to add your vocabularies of English just for you.

I am sure that you are the English Lover, isn’t it? J Why I guess that because I have a logical reason that the first, your activity now is visiting english blog so it means that you like english, the second, you writed “english or vocabulary” word in search engine, so it means you need english also. Even you dislike it though, atleast you need English for your life. Isn’t it? Hehe.. J

Okay my pals, I like something fast so let me persuade you all to the point, “How to Improve English Vocabulary Easly, Quickly and with Fun J.”

Now, here we go... :D

1.     In the first step,  you must have a dictionary. It can be a book or electronic dictionary.

2.     Next you can choose many methodes that i did, such as:

a.     Listening a Music (english song)

b.     Watching a Movie (subtitle in english)

c.     Reading a story (novel or short story)

d.     Writing notes (diary or english words in small paper or also in your blog like me.. J)

e.      Speaking alone on the mirror (or chating in facebook, twitter, sms in english group)

What is your mind? J is there one choice that interesting for be tried, J?

If you like listen music you can choose the first choice and try to write the lyric and translate it to your language with your dictionary well it is Jhon echol dictionary or click http://translate.google.com/  or others.

Now, your way is looking so bright and very wide to reach your dream to be an English Greatest Experts. J

See you in the top. J

picture from http://juzzdat.blogspot.com/

Interview of Indonesian Journalist with Barack Obama in the USA

Hallo semua.. J Hemm. Masih ingatkah dengan wawancara Putra Nababan dengan Bapak presidan Amerika Serikat, Barack Obama? Wah, masih inget ya. Nah kali ini, kita akan belajar dan menyimak etika dan tehnik melakukan wawancara dalam bahasa Inggris versi Putra Nababan tentunya. Sekaligus kita belajar menyimak cara pengucapan bahsa Inggris dengan arti yang ada pada terjemahan. Ok to the point ajach.. Let us check it out.. J

PART 2

PART3

Daily Conversation II (Percakapan Sehari-hari)

Robbie : “Hi, Good morning Susan?”

“Hai, Selamat pagi Susan?”

Susan : “Good morning Rob, What is it?

“Pagi Rob, Ada apa ya?

Robbie : “Would you like to go with me to the cinema tonight?

“Kamu mau nggak pergi ke bioskop sama aku malam ini?”

Susan : “Sure”

“Tentu saja.”

Robbie : “Nice to hear that, I will pick you up at 7.”

“Duuh senang nya, aku akan jemput kamu jam 7.”

Susan : “If that so, see you tonight Rob.”

“Kalau begitu, sampai ketemu nanti malam Rob.”

Robbie : “See you”

“Da daah..”

C. List of Vocabularies of Conversation I and II

Morning : Pagi

Mid Day : Siang

Afternoon : Sore

Evening : Malam

Sunset : Senja

Night : Malam

Dawn : Senja

Fine : Baik

All right : Baik

Bad Condition : Keadaan yang buruk

In a bad shape : Kurang sehat

Meet : Bertemu

Greet : Menyapa

A Part : Terpisah

Take a part : Berpisah

Taken from good english blog http://fendycool.blogspot.com

Semoga bermanfaat. J

Daily Conversation I (Percakapan Sehari-Hari)

Mr. Jimmy : “Hi, Tom”

(Hai, Tom)

Tommy : “Hello, Mr. Jimmy. How are you today?”

( Hallo, Pak Jimmy. Bagaimana kabar anda hari ini?)

Mr. Jimmy : “I’m fine, thanks. And you?

(Saya sehat-sehat saja, terimakasih. Dan kamu?)

Tommy : “Pretty God, thank you.

(Baik-baik saja terimakasih.)

Mr. Jimmy : “Where do you want to go?

(Kemana kamu mau pergi?)

Tommy : “I want to buy a kilogram of sugar in the store.

(Saya mau beli gula satu kilo di warung.)

Mr. Jimmy : “Oh really?, See you Tom.

(Oh begitu ya? Sampai ketemu lagi Tom.)

Tommy : “Good bye Mr. Jimmy.”

(Selamat tinggal Pak Jimmy.)

Adapted from good english blog: http://fendycool.blogspot.com

Public Services, Buildings and Places (Nama-Nama Tempat Umum & Gedung dalam Bahasa Inggris)

Banyak tempat-tempat umum (Public Services) dan nama-nama gedung (Buildings) yang sering kita jumpai, seperti kantor pos, terminal, bank dsb. Tapi terkadang masih ada yang belum hafal nama-nama tempat2 tersebut dalam bahasa Inggris termasuk juga saya.. hehe J. Nah, saya mengajak teman2 untuk lebih mengenal nama – nama tempat2 umum dalam bahasa Inggris. Yuk kita simak.. Yuk J.

1. airport                         = bandara
2. apartment building       = gedung apartemen / rumah flat
3. bank                             = bank
4. barber shop                  = tempat cukur rambut /tempat pangkas
5. book store                    = toko buku

6. bowling alley                = gelanggang bowling / tempat olahraga bowling
7. bus stop                       = pemberhentian bis
8. church                         = gereja
9. convenience store         = toko (untuk keperluan sehari-hari seperti minimarket, jongko dll)
10. department store         = toko serba ada

11. fire department           = jawatan pemadam kebakaran
12. gas station                   = pompa bensin
13. hospital                        = rumah sakit
14. house                           = rumah
15. library                          = perpustakaan

16. movie theater               = gedung bioskop
17. museum                        = musium
18. office building             = bangunan kantor
19. post office                   = kantor pos
20. restaurant                    = restoran / rumah makan

21. school                          = sekolah
22. mall                              = mall
23. supermarket                 = toko makanan serba ada, maha-pasar
24. train station                 = statsuin kereta api

Hopely these can be useful for you all, my fellows... I ever felt that the names of Public Services and buildings was very important when there was a tourest came to Indonesia and asked it to me. Are you ready to anwer the question? Don’t worry.. keeping visiting and reading the postings, and I am sure you can increase your english talent, because english is a journey not a destination. Be happy with english. It is your friend... isn't it? J

See you next time.. bye-bye..

Adapted from http://www.manythings.org/

Translation by Saepul with google translate and Kamus 2.03

I love vocabulary.. J

Body Vocabularies (Nama-Nama Bagian Tubuh Manusia)

Hi there.. J Iam very happ meet you all in this class... Hemm. Yesterday we already talk about the names of animals. I hope you are still remember what we studied yesterday,// J

Now, we will try to recognize the names of body. There are 31 words, let’s see... J

1. back                 = punggung
2. cheeks              = pipi
3. chest                = dada
4. chin                  = dagu
5. ears                  = telinga

6. eyebrows          = alis
7. eyes                 = mata
8. feet                 = kaki
9. fingers             = jari
10. foot                 = kaki

11. forehead          = dahi
12. hair                  = rambut
13. hands               = tangan
14. head                 = kepala
15. hips                  = pinggul

16. knees                = lutut
17. legs                  = kaki
18. lips                   = bibir
19. mouth               = mulut
20. neck                 = leher

21. nose                 = hidung
22. shoulders         = bahu
23. stomach           = perut
24. teeth                = gigi (banyak)
25. tooth                = gigi (satu)

26. throat              = kerongkongan
27. toes                  = jari kaki
28. tongue              =lidah
29. waist                = pinggang
30. mustache          = kumis
31. beard               = jenggot

Hopely those vocabularies can be useful for you all. Never stop learning and learning... Go Go Go.. J

Adapted from http://www.manythings.org/