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Sunday, August 11, 2013 @ 2:57 AM | 2 Comment [s] Words of the week! ESON (eh-son) Meaning: I, Me, My, Mine. Eson however, is considered an impolite way to refer to oneself. It is therefore not recommended to use it when speaking to elders or people of higher authority. Eson nak ngaken (I want to eat). He doesn't like eson very much. BULE (boo-luh) Meaning: I, Me, My, Mine. Buler is the polite way to refer to oneself. See examples above. BEKNA (buhk-na) Meaning: You, Your. Kenapa bekna punya rambut tarebeng sekali (Why is your hair so irritating/annoying)? Have bekna eaten? JERIAK (juh-ree-ak) Meaning: He/she/They, his/hers/theirs. Baju jeriak koyak (His/her clothes are torn). Jeriak so pretty. xoxo 001.
Saturday, August 10, 2013 @ 9:17 PM | 1 Comment [s]
Beras, everybody?
We also realized that many boyanese who are of the younger generation who cannot understand the Boyanese lanuguage, what more speak it. We have been extremely lucky to have been brought up in households where our grandparents speak the language and where our parents would randomly use Boyanese words despite speaking to us in Malay or English. In fact, there were so many occasions where we mistook a Boyanese word for a Malay one hah.
In our families, we sometimes speak Boyanese + English or Malay + English or Malay + Boyanese. Therefore, posts on this blog will be in mixture of the said languages.
We understand that different parts of the Bawean Island speak the language differently (albeit slightly) so here is to what we know or were taught!
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