1) call in - 'you can call in anytime you want!'
kita faham : boleh telefon bila-bila masa
sebenarnya : boleh datang (ke rumah/ke klinik/etc) bila-bila masa
2) do you have the time?
kita faham : adakah anda mempunyai masa terluang?
sebenarnya : ada jam tak, pukul brape ek?
3) dinner
kita faham : makan malam
sebenarnya : meal paling besar untuk hari itu. kalau orang irish, memang benda biasa refer to makan tengahari as 'dinner'
4) quarter to/quarter past - 'what time is it?' 'quarter to'
kita faham : kita tak faham
sebenarnya : as a general consensus, semua orang akan tahu roughly pukul berapa. kalau roughly pukul 1, maksud 'quarter to' is 12.45
5) bungalow
kita faham : rumah sebiji yang tidak melekat dengan rumah-rumah lain
sebenarnya : rumah setingkat
6) spuds - 'i had spuds for dinner'
kita faham : kita tak faham
sebenarnya : kentang
xoxo
Atiqah
8 comments:
"banglo" in kamus dewan is still rumoh sebijik not attached to any houses.
of course it is! that's why this is colloquial english 101. or probably just irish english 101...haha.
yeah my English (as in demonym, not language) teachers never say it as 'nine twenty' (9.20). it will always be 'something past/to' ie half past nine, twenty past nine.
but i got the "call in" part alrite. haha.
ooohh.. i sure learned a few things today. kalu rumoh setingkat is bungalow, what is rumoh 2 tingkat on its own? kalu besar bulehla panggil mansion etc. kalu smaller rumoh 2 tkt macey white villa masuk category gapow?
Kakwe : toktau la pulok, huhu. we always ask 'how many floors are there in your house?' to the elderly patients to make sure they're not climbing stairs when it's not safe for them to do so. and they always asnwer with 'i live in a bungalow' which confused me. one day i got round to asking what they meant, and they said it means there's only one floor. huhu.
rumah 2 tingkat orang panggil 2-storey house tidok.. bungalow is always one storey...
kita tak faham esp quarter to...humph~!!
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