'basa kita'

(Title means Our Language / 'Bahasa kitani') 'Bahasa Tutong' is the language for the Tutong community in Brunei. My parents were born in Tutong, but I am not as fluent as one should be. So Ive decided that whenever i get back home for summer, I have to start collecting bits and pieces from the dad, grandma, and old folks at local kopitiam; and share them here. This is dedicated for my family back home, I miss you all

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Saturday, December 23, 2006

basics.

nui ado? (apa ada?. what's up?)

anyways, i guess i shall start with few basic tutong words, 'cause i will use most of them in my future posts. especially when i try to make a sentence using a particular word.

im sure most of you guys would know these...

jayi - aku.i.me.
jiyu - kau.you.
jami - kami.we.
jimu - kamu.you guys.you people.
miyan - makan.eat(-ing).
lakau - jalan.going out.
endo - inda
ituh - ani
ina - atu
lema - malam. evening. -night.
alu - pagi. hari. morning.

i guess ani saja dulu.will try to update this list selalu.huhu(=

cheers kamu, Salam.

Nakalai~
*please..do drop a word or two.i need feedbacks,correct me if im wrong.you might want to add in some more words (or english words) to this 'basic' list and yes i'll have them in.thank you.

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6 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

thanks to your blog, i can finally finish my classwork :D plus i get to learn many new tutong words. can't believe a great post like this has no comments. cheers//

9:04 PM  
Blogger N Ishak said...

well there is one now..huhu
you're welcome, i hope you would find all the posts useful.

cheers.(=

4:21 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Heee.. Thanks,will be learning a lot tutong words.. Thanks to you :))

2:10 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

what does "abut" mean? Thanks

3:38 AM  
Blogger Unknown said...

butt, jubur, ass

8:40 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

ndo ji mala

5:49 PM  

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