BORAK WARGA GANU-KLATE V2 ~ JEMPUT MASOK GU KITO~

Tashu · Post time 30-8-2014 11:44 AM

Kelantan Malay

It isn't nasi dagang, nasi kerabu, kapak kecil that does away with an enemy instead of keris or the sole opposition state government that distinguishes Kelantan from the rest of Malaysia.

It is the Kelantan Malay language. When a Kelantanese gives you lima, he isn't giving you five; he is giving you a juicy limau! Five is limo in his language.

Long Consonants

What I like best is the language's tendency to make words shorter. A Kelantanese that wants to mmusing, wants to go for a walk. You see, originally, the intended word is 'memusing' and Kelantan Malay prefers to condense words of three syllables into words of two syllables. So the imbuhan 'me' becomes 'm' and then you read the 'mm' as a lonnnng consonant sound. It's sort of like pronouncing 'moosing' in English but actually the elongated accent is on the letter 'm'.

Other examples: " Bimbe katok lopat ddale kain sarung." is " Bimbang katak lompat di dalam kain sarung." 'Di dale' is 'di dalam', which is condensed to 'ddale'. "Nak kkeda?" is " Nak ke kedai?" "Ggocoh" from "begocoh" for " bertumbuk". "Nnari" is "menari"."Ssilat" is from "bersilat"."Ccapat" for "cepat-cepat". "Llamat" for "lambat-lambat".

Say These Vowels Through Your Nose

We have "dale" for "dalam" from the examples above. What do you think of the following?: "male", "tele" and "minu". They are " malam", "telan" and "minum". How about: "kapo", "gunu" and "bate"? Yeap, they are "kampung" or "kunci", "gunung" and "batang".

A woman lovingly addresses her husband as "abang" so the Kelantan dialect is "abe". I heard that a lady who calls her husband " a-be" ended up calling him " ah-bear" and finally...Bear! :-)

Absent Diphthongs

The diphthongs missing in action in Kelantan Malay are "ai" and "au". "Keda" and "paka" are " kedai" and "pakai" respectively. "Pisa","pula" and "kuba" are " pisau", "pulau" and "kerbau" respectively. Now can you understand why "lima" is "limau"? :-)

From 'A' to 'O'

"Limo" is "lima". Guess what is "bilo","duo", "tuo", "pulok", "budok", "dio", "betino" and "kkuro"? They are: "bila", "dua", "tua", "pula", "budak", "dia", "betina" and "kura-kura". Hey, they even make a video of "katok gilo" --"katak gila".

Thai Influence

Then there are other words: "Ambo", "bewoh", "kecek", "kelih", "hok" which mean "saya", "kenduri", " cakap", "tengok", "yang" respectively in standard Malay. No wonder I was entirely lost the first time I heard "baso kelate" or bahasa kelantan. At least I am comforted it's not due to the poor standard of my Bahasa Malaysia.

Kelantan is not only physically close to Thailand. Intermarriages between Malays and Thais are common and accepted. Not surprisingly their languages--Kelantan and Pattani Malay, come to be closely related.

Tashu · Post time 30-8-2014 11:52 AM

Tashu · Post time 30-8-2014 11:53 AM

Tashu · Post time 30-8-2014 11:54 AM

amiraira · Post time 30-8-2014 12:02 PM

Tashu posted on 30-8-2014 09:02 AM
Sha pun ada tag mama tp mcm x lekat jah

Mmg x lekat pn, x ikhlas la tu

Tashu · Post time 30-8-2014 12:04 PM

amiraira posted on 30-8-2014 12:02 PM
Mmg x lekat pn, x ikhlas la tu

x ikhlas celah mana tu?

lavender_aqua · Post time 30-8-2014 12:06 PM

Tashu posted on 30-8-2014 01:21 AM
@amiraira @intan_smsb @Fantagiro79 @duniaku85 @lavender_aqua @ciksurie @tari @ain0345 @mrJOKERfromHE ...

hbs semua negeri nak konker nampak, hee

masuk lepas sha tag

Tashu · Post time 30-8-2014 12:06 PM

amiraira posted on 30-8-2014 12:02 PM
Mmg x lekat pn, x ikhlas la tu

Rujuk gmbar sha tepek kt atas tu kalo betul2 nk belaja bahasa ibunda

Tashu · Post time 30-8-2014 12:08 PM

lavender_aqua posted on 30-8-2014 12:06 PM
hbs semua negeri nak konker nampak, hee

masuk lepas sha tag

2 jah aqua...melaka n kelate

Ni pun x dirancang....lalu jah semlm npk umah lama bersawang dah bertahun2 so sha n mama tlg clearkan lah

Welkam aqua...rajin2 la moyan sini jugak

lavender_aqua · Post time 30-8-2014 12:11 PM

Tashu posted on 30-8-2014 12:08 PM
2 jah aqua...melaka n kelate

Ni pun x dirancang....lalu jah semlm npk umah lama bersawang d ...

aqua byk tempat nak singgah camni dalam sehari

kp, n9, melaka, pahang, penang, oberc, ni tambah ganu-klate

tak campur bod bukan negeri ni

hahahaa jd zombi la aqua pasni