After walking down the dark back streets of Newcastle-under-Lyme I was outraged to hear the Government will not be making lamp posts any longer.*
We have not had any competitions here for ages, so here is a special Christmas Quiz with fantastic prizes. No, FANTASTIC PRIZES!
It is an Indonesian language quiz but no knowledge of Indonesian is needed.
The answers are all English and familiar words from other languages that have crept into Indonesian. So, I repeat..... no knowledge of Indonesian is needed.
All need to know is:
The Indonesian C is always pronounced ch, as in cheese.
The Indonesian U is more of an oo, as in moon, and NOT like the u in rung or sung.
The Indonesian e is usually soft like the a in father but sometimes can be an ay sound, as in Hey! I'm not going to put in accents so when in doubt try both.
The Indonesian i is pronounced ee, as in fee.
Anyone with a knowledge of Indonesian has to complete the second section to enter for a prize. The rest of you stick to part one.
NO CHEATING. NO INTERNET OR DICTIONARIES.
All words are in Tuttle Concise Pocket Dictionary.
Answers by email please or the comment box to the right.
Ayo, here we go and
Semoga Sukses!
1. Easy one to start.
What is an ambulans?
2. Can you guess what an amplop might be?
3. Who or what is an aparat?
4. What would you do with an apel?
5. What would you make out of wol?
6. Where would you find a bemper?
7. The verb Bercas-cis-cus means:
a) To lure an orangutan into a trap.
b) To talk in a European language.
c) To fool tourists into buying cheap imitation batik made in China.
8) You probably have a weker. What does it do?
9) Would you like your computer to be bergaransi?
10) What noise does an Indonesian rooster make?
a) Merokok
b) Kokok
c) Bermaaf-maafan
11) What is a sepatu?
12) What distinguishes a woman who is berponi?
13) What would you do with a sepeda?
14) Or a blus?
15) Where would you go to get a bistic?
16) What would you do with a mobil boks?
17) Who might you give a bros to this Christmas?
18) What would expect to find a wese? Think initials.
19) What is a carter?
20) What goes dag dig dug?
21) Where would you find a dasbor?
22) Where are you likely to be diklakson?
23) Another object focus verb. What would be happening if you were dipingpong?
24) One for the scientists. What would be going on if you were dironsen?
25) Dor! is the sound of:
a) a gunshot.
b) a barking dog.
c) a loud snoring.
26) Where would you put elpiji?
27) What would you do with es krim?
28) in Indonesia a mobile phone is called a hape (the final e is one of those ays as in hay) Can you work out why?
29) Where would you put hotmiks?
30) What does an insinyur do?
31) What would you put in a jerigen?
32) Another ber... verb. What would you be doing if you were berjoget? It's not the obvious answer.
33) can you guess what jus alpukat is ?
34) Kaca means glass. So what happens to you if you berkaca-kaca?
35) Where might you find a kano?
36) Where would you go to get a kari?
37) Kecup is a sound. Is it:
a) the sound of sauce coming out of a bottle.
b) a hiccup
c) a kiss
38) Where in the world are you likely to meet a koboi?
39) Lego is not a little plastic brick (it says in the dictionary) it means.... what?
40) Mata means eye. But who is a mata-mata?
41) Matahari was a famous spy but do you know what matahari means in indonesian?
42) What is the English word for oli?
43)What would you use a pulpen for?
44) What is pup?
45) What would you use sabun and sampo for?
46) Westeners are often surprised to see shops with a sign saying 'Semen'. What are these shops selling?
47) When might you come across Sinterklas?
48) What would you do with a switer and a syal?
49) Where is the best place for talk in Jogjakarta?
50) Finally if an Indonesian told you you were telat. What would it mean?
Compulsory questions for anyone who knows any Indonesian.
1) What is a teka-teki?
2) what sort of noise are you making when you mengorok?
3) What might you use a kunci Inggris for?
4) Where might you find three different types/meanings of tahi lalat?
5) If you ngompol would you be:
a) delighted and tell all your friends.
b) be deeply ashamed and hide yourself in a cupboard.
c) be furious and write an angry letter to the paper about it.
All the answers are in the Tuttle Dictionary though I find it hard to believe many Indonesians still use some of these words.
Selamat Malam Natal!
* David Cameron says they are long enough already! Boom! Boom!