Lesson XXII
Bring my hat and riding-whip— Bawa topi31 dengan rotan.32
What is this candle made of?— Dian ini di-buat dengan apa?
Give me pen and ink— Kasih kalam33 sama dawat.34
That man is deaf and dumb— Orang itu bisu.
His hair is very long— Panjang sakali rambut-nia.
What is your occupation?— Apa pen-chahari-an angkau?
He cultivates padi for a livelihood— Dia buat bendang35 men-chahari makan.
Is so-and-so alive still, or is he dead?— Si-anu ada-kah lagi hidop atau mati-kah?
This cloth is very dirty— Kotor sakali kain ini.
His house was entered by robbers last night— Rumah dia di-masok peny-amun sa-malam.
They made off with a good many things— Baniak juga barang-barang dia orang angkat bawa pergi.
All were fast asleep, not one was awake— Sumua orang tidor lena sa-orang pun tiada jaga.
I keep my box under my bed— Peti sahaya simpan di-bawah tampat tidor.
I sleep on an iron bedstead— Sahaya tidor di-atas katil36 besi.
My two children sleep in the loft— Anak-anak sahaya dua orang tidor di para.
There was a policeman watching in the street— Ada mata-mata sa’orang men-jaga di jalan.
He ran very fast and could not be caught— Dia lari ter-lalu dĕras ta’ sămpat orang menangkap.
The policeman chased him down to the river-bank— Mata-mata kejar juga sampei ka-tepi sungei.
Sometimes he comes in the morning, sometimes in the middle of the day— Kadang-kadang dia datang pagi-pagi, kadang-kadang tengah hari.
Exercise37
Ada sa-orang binara memelehra-kan sa-ekor kaldei maka ‘adat-nia pada tiap-tiap hari apabila sudah iya mem-basoh kain maka di-muat-kan-nia ka-atas kaldei itu di-bawa-nia-lah ka negri di-pulang-kan-nia kemdian pula di-ambil-nia kain-kain chumar di-muat-kan-nia ka-atas-nia di-bawa-nia pulang ka rumah-nia sa-telah malam hari di-ambil-nia suatu kulit harimau di-salimut-kan-nia ka-atas kaldei itu lalu di-lepas-kan-nia dalam ladang orang damikian-lah hal-nia binara itu pada tiap-tiap hari maka apabila dinahari pulang-lah kaldei itu ka rumah tuan-nia itu maka be-ber-apa kali ber-tĕmu kapada yang ampunya ladang itu ka-takut-an lah iya di-sangka-kan harimau lari-lah iya pulang.
31. Topi, Hindustani, signifies the hat of an European.
32. Rotan, rattan, more correctly raut-an, the thing peeled, from raut, to peel.
33. Kalam (found in Hindustani also) is derived from the Arabic. Cf. Sanskrit kalama, a kind of rice; Greek κάλαμος.
34. Dawat in Hindustani (derived from Arabic) means inkstand, ink-bottle, pen-case; in Malay it also signifies ink. Tinta (Portuguese) is also used by the Malays for ink.
35. Buat bendang, lit. “works the fields;” bendang = wet rice-fields, as opposed to huma, dry fields on high ground.
36. Kaṭṭil, Tamul, a cot.
37. This and the following fables are taken from a Malay translation of the Hindi version of the Pancha-tantra, by Abdu-llah Munshi.