'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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Tuesday, April 24, 2007

sambut.sarepot.lema.

atlast its here~~ blame it on the connection, it took me 2months to download the page. nah im kidding..huhu
sorry sorry.. im so sorry.. i know some of you have been waiting for me to write something here.. Not that ive been very busy but sometimes when i have the freetime, i dont have the 'feel' to write. *sigh* lack on inspiration i would say, motivate me people..huhu

bah enough crappies, here you are..

sambut (sum-boot) - pagi. morning
sarepot (sa-ree-pot) - petang. afternoon
lema (luh-maa) - malam. evening/night.
alu (aloo) - hari. the day.
tada-alu (ta-daa a-loo) - tengahari. noon.

alu-ituh - hari ani. today
kenalom - kelmarin. yesterday.
kenalom sarepot - kelmarin patang. yesterday afternoon.
lema-ituh - malam ani. tonight
lema-nih - dimalamnya. lastnight.
jayin - bisuk. tomorrow.
jayin-nih - bisuknya
lema jayin - malam bisuk. tomorrow night.
lema kenalom - dua hari kemarin. the day before yesterday.
*note the use of -nih and -ituh; refer to my previous posts to get the idea of how to use those two in any tutong words you know.

since alu is hari/-day, you can always apply it to name any day of the week. get what i mean? ok, here the examples..

alu senin - hari isnin. monday.
alu selasa - hari selasa. tuesday.
alu rabu (*mind the 'r' yahh) - hari rabu. wednesday.
etc .. etc..

its getting late. will give example of sentences using those words in my next post.

keep warm everyone, Salam.

Nakalai~