On a presumably hot afternoon a few years ago, I saw my late grandmother (Mek) eating cucumbers. Knowing her and her liking for kuih muih, I stopped and asked her:
Me: Mek, bakpo Mek make timung ja? (mek, why are u eating cucumbers?"
Mek: "Jange dok ghoyak deh, mek sughuh Kak Im potong buoh timung ko Mek, dio wi Mek timun"
Me: Hahahahaha. Yo ko Mek?
For all you non- Kelantanese speaking Malaysians, Buah Timun Cina is Watermelon. And Kak Im was our Indonesian helper who has since, improved her Bahasa Malaysia and a bit of Kelantanese during her 7 years of employment with us.
When my sister asked Mama (our current helper ) for a polka-dot shirt, she came back with a stripey shirt. "Iyalahhhh ini tee sirt polka dotnya ya Ila."
We all have the tendency to assume that Bahasa Indonesia and Bahasa Malaysia is the same. Haha.
3 comments:
mimi, i plant to go to Galway... kalau tak keberatan maybe nak tumpang satu malam di Dublin tapi kena tgk schedule kau dulu tau.
Mimi,
There's a tinge of sadness for me reading this short episode.
I missed Mek.
Babe: Mana kau menghilang? Anyway boleh je, kau plan datang bila? Email aku detail. Sebab July 1-JUIly 4th aku kt London. Tumpang dua-tiga malam pun takpe.
Abanh:Sorry, didn't mean to. You know I like to remember fond memories of everybody. I miss her too!
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