sabah bah :)

Do You Speak Bahasa Malaysia the Sabah Version? Hakka Connection A whiteboard serves as menu for the coffee shop in Sabah: kopi ping, teh si ping, lemon ping, lemon teh ping, kit chai ping... Apart from adopting the Hakkas' way of addressing a young lady as " Ah moi", "ping" has become an accepted term for iced drinks in all coffee shops. Need a spoon? Just yell," Ah moi, sikang!" Slurpppp...how's your kopi ping? Ngam ngam manisnya. English Connection Even very old ladies refer to school as "sikul" and refrigerator as " aisboks" and even " aisbuks", out of their red-stained lips that pepetually chew betel nuts. Why do you think a crazy person is described as "sot"? There must have been a "short circuit" inside his brain. Legacy of the British and their missionaries. Telling Apart A Sabahan *A distinctive influence of the largest ethnic group Kadazandusun is the incorporation of " Bah" into Bahasa Malaysia. So if you hear: " IyaBAH" instead of "Yalah" "BAH, jalan dulu." instead of " Pakcik, minta diri dulu." "BAH!" instead of " Baiklah!" Most probably you meet a Malaysian from " the land below the wind". Wan however, prefers to turn this cliche' into " land of Bah".

Vowels

----------------Scenario 1--------------------

Tauke : Ah moi, bawa air sijuk pigi meja satu.

Waitress : ( Spilt water on the table )

Tauke : Silaka! Sudah berapa kali saya bilang hati-hati? Mimang tidak ada hati kerja. Bisuk jangan datang!

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If you are not a Sabahan, you need to refer to this table:

sijuk	pigi	silaka	mimang	bisuk
sejuk	pergi	celaka	memang	esok

What do you notice? The vowel "e" in Bahasa Malaysia baku is read as "i". Sabahans has yet another way of dealing with "e".

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Anu : Tauke, kamarin mana kau tapuk?

Tauke : Saya pigi tamu bali krabau.

Anu : Minta puji! Mana ada bali krabau. Bali tarap, sia parcayalah.

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What happen to "e"? Yes, it has become "a"!

kamrin	bali	krabau	tarap	tambirang
kelmarin	beli	kerbau	terap	tebirang

In some cases, "e" is completely left out:

Jangan kau brani tlefon sia lmpas pukul lapan."

"Siapa tapuk slipar aku di bawa krusi?"triak bos.

brani	tlefon	slipar	krusi	triak
berani	telefon	selipar	kerusi	teriak

What happen to "o"? Just look at : bula, urang, buduh and munyit. Then replace "u" with "o" and you get...Bahasa Malaysia baku. :)

Easy Going

Yes, it is easy to learn Bahasa Malaysia the Sabah version as Margaret finds out very quickly because most Sabahan folks are easy going. In fact, Bahasa Malaysia is surpassing many native vernacular languages in popularity here!

List of Other Helpful Sabahan Words

ping	ice	tapuk	hide
anu	so-and-so	minta puji	show off
ngam ngam	just right	limpas	past
bilang	say	bos	father
tamu	local market	cincai	easy going
sikang	spoon	sia	me

**soory. this is. copy n paste from google :)

*** please. don't copy from my blog n paste it to your beautifOOL belog (:

haha. kasar kan? mesti bah . kau BIADAP. haha.

okay, chillchill*

see you next time. daa~

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