Two years in the godforsaken sleepy town, Ka Cher and I had fun picking up this funny dialect. At times we still use it to have a good throaty laugh while ngeteh. At Lengkuas for brunch today, we almost had a sore throat knowing and talking about so many biaks around us:
Pohpalih laa!
Ah ye.
Ngkaler awaok nte doh tau konoan nye suor nte pakei ndi kaki, ngape plowk tiber pakei ndi lengei?
Namer nye sngaje gitu gayer?
Sebak pakei ontok duduk dalaang ghumoh je yak?
Bukei nok kwor ghumoh nunjowk koghang?
Ehh dowwwkk! Ontok duduk dumoh je ko kabor.
Keknyer diyer nte tau ke dowk suor te mende?
Ntoh ye ntoh dowk ke tau nyer tuu.
Ngkaler ye, babei lalu kelaku nyer. Bingei tu lah.
Ngkaler dowk, sabik ko ngabor nyughuh nneingok jer dulu segoner. Bukei nyughuh balik lajor poan.
Waser lok jantoang klabu asak diyer nte biler ong ngabor diyer nggitu gayer.
Ah bukei diyer nte waser! Oghang laeng ni howk lampaaa kisowk nyer. Tok tesughawh ke babei nte.
Ssudu memanyowk, kuwoh ntoh maner dataang.
Ah, howk tangkak wak tu lah.
Palih laa yak?
Ihhh…waser nowk mek luku ke, lutu ke, ssekehh kek paler mmaseng ni kaghang.
Ho’oh owk. Lepeih te amik kek gambo mater nte buntaaang, antor plowk ke kedei Lee Naaang.
Eh, enchipoat laluu.
Biak biak biak biak biak!
Ghebeih, ghebeih!
*Please email enida@mail.com if you would like to get a copy of a translated version.
Wiz:
Muahahahah! Tak sia-sia you pegi Kuantan. Express betul kefahaman you terhadap apa yang I tuliz. Hehe. Best lah you.
Datang Moscow tu memang tepat sekali – a shot between the eyes. Tapi tang tambang tu…errr, actually I cakap Singapore Airlines punya rate agak menarik. Iaitu RM3500 per person return. (Iaitu kay! Nasib baik tak guna perkataan yakni Cik main Enida!)
And yesterday I saw kat The Star, 8D Moscow & St. Petersburg Package (All Board) RM5190 per person. Tapi tak tau lah pulak which airlines. Kalau you ambik package Enida…RM3500 tu flat rate. Tul tak tipu. Makan tanggung! I will even bekalkan you sandwiches daily bila you pegi bertouring around Kremlin ke, Red Square ke. You bayor tambang Metro je.
Not bad. Tok mudowh lalu translation awaok nte ontok ghodong hawk maeng tembawk tak pader.
Eh I tau I tau I tau you cakap apa. YOu cakap,
“…wiz nanti I dah pindah Moscow, jom la datang umah. I bawak you gi jalan2, main snow masa winter, kite makan coklat bebanyak pastu kite ketawa kat orang pakai topi bulu2 besau tu ha ha ha. Nanti you datang tak yah riso bayar tambang, I belanja, tul tak tipu. So datang k, jangan tak datang”
Sebijik tak translation I? I pun terkezut sebab paham apa you tuliz Enida! ahaks.