Apo Nak Di Kato...

Negeri dialect for dummies.

mi: ASM mak, apo kabar?
(Hi mum, how are you?)
mak: sihat. Dah bukak poso, dah dapek sireh OK lah.
(I'm well, after the iftar I've eaten my sireh, I'm OK)
mi: kalau tak makan sireh apo jadi?
(What happens if you don't eat your sireh?)
mak: Badan den raso sombab, jantong den macam bongkak..
(My body feels like it's gorged, my heart swollen)
mi:Orang ketagih memang macam tu, sekarang dah lambek nak suruh boronti..
(Addicts are like that, it's too late now to ask you to stop eating the sireh)

mi: Atok macamano skarang?
(How is grandma now?)
mak: Den risaukan dio tak berak2 sojak kono stroke.
(I'm worried that she has not passed motion since she got the stroke)
mi:Dah, tak lalu makan camano nak berak?
(Since she is not eating well, how to go to toilet?)
mak:Tu budak kocik baru kluar pun berak yo, takdo makan apo2 doh.
(A newborn baby also passes motion eventhough he has not eaten anything. )
Nor kato apasal mak nak risau, dio pun dah seminggu tak terberak. Den kobar kan, kau tu pokok dek kau tak terberak sebulan pun! Den risaukan atok kau sobab den yang jago dio!
Your sister Nor said not to worry, she too has not gone to the toilet for a week. I told her, that's her problem, I don't give two hoots even if she doesn't go to the toilet for a month! I'm only worried over your grandma since I'm taking care of her...)
mi: habih tu, atok seleso tak?
(Is grandma comfortable then?)
mak: Bilo si Idah dah mandikan, nampak cam tak sakit. Kau kato nak nuntut ilmu dio, dah dapek?
(After the maid bathes her, she doesn't look sick. You said you want to learn the tips from her on how to look forever young, have you got it?)
mi: haritu kitorang gurau2 cakap kek dio, dio buek derk yo.
(That day we jokingly asked, but she refused to let us in to the secret)
mak: skarang atok dah tak dapek cakap, tak boleh turunkan petuo. Nanti kau mintak petuo nak cantik, dio bori petuo burok...
(Too late, now she can no longer talk, she can't transfer the knowledge anymore. Otherwise, you ask for the mantras to appear pretty, she may give you the ones that would make you look ghostly)
mi: mak ajo lah mintak dulu, nanti kitorang ambik kek omak!
(In that case, you learn them from her first and pass them to us later!)
mak: membising den doh. Nanti den pulak yang susah nak mampuih!!!
(No way !!!! I'm not going to be the next person who would find it difficult to drop dead!!)


So much for a mother-daughter bonding!!!!...
It's entirely not your fault if you don't understand what the ramblings are all about...