Oktober 10 2011
Berapa jam sehari?
We looked at some time and calendar issues.
1 hari = 24 jam
1 minggu = 7 hari
1 bulan = 4 minggu
1 tahun = 12 bulan = 365 hari
60 minit = 1 jam
30 minit = 1/2 jam (setengah jam)
Prof Jim tinggal di Jalan 14 di DeKalb. Tapi ada rumah Prof. Jim di Kajang juga. Kucing, yang bernama Muscat, tinggal di rumah Prof Jim itu. Muscat berumur 15 tahun! Dari Kajang kita boleh naik keretapi komuter ke Kuala Lumpur. Tiket itu berharga RM2.80 saja. Kita naik keretapi setengah jam saja ke Kuala Lumpur. Muscat tak suka pergi ke Kuala Lumpur. Dia duduk di rumah saja. Makan tidur.
Prof. Jim lives on 14th Street in DeKalb. But there is also a house of Prof. Jim's in Kajang. A cat, named Muscat, lives in Prof. Jim's house there. Muscat is 15 years old. From Kajang we can ride a commuter train to Kuala Lumpur. The tiket costs only RM2.80. We ride the train just 1/2 hour to Kuala Lumpur. Musacat doesn't like to go to Kuala Lumpur. She just stays at home. Eating and sleeping.
A short discussion about Malay grammar.
Charles kerja berapa jam di Hospital Kishwaukee?
How many hours does Charles work at Kishwaukee Hospital?
Dia bekerja 28 jam seminggu di sana.
He works 28 hours a week there.
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In colloquial Malay, kerja can be a verb:
Kerja berapa jam? 'How many hours do you work?'
In formal Malay, a prefix is added:
Bekerja berapa jam? 'How many hours do you work?'
The be- in front is a prefix; it is used in formal Malay and it makes sure you know that this is a verb. When you add be-, or more often ber-, the word means having some feature or characteristic.
Take a look at the cerita (above) about Kajang and Muscat.
Kucing, yang bernama Muscat, tinggal di rumah Prof Jim itu.
A cat, named Muscat, lives at Prof. Jim's house.
A cat, having the name Muscat....
Muscat berumur 15 tahun!
Muscat is 15 years old.
Muscat has the age of 15 years.
Tiket itu berharga RM2.80 saja
The tickets costs only RM2.80.
The ticket has the price of...
In Malay there no complicted tenses like in English. No swim swam swum, not even any cook, cooked. You can only tell the tense if there is a word that means already, or will, or never, or should. But no changes to the Malay verb.
What Malay does do is add prefixes (in front) and suffixes (in back) to tell you more about the verb, and sometimes change the meaning a little. The prefix ber- (sometimes be-) is very important and it is the first prefix we study in this class.
We also learned to tell the time:
Time
pukul satu one o'clock
pukul lima five o'clock
pukul sembilan nine o'clock
pukul dua belas twelve o'clock
pukul tiga suku a quarter past three
pukul lapan suku a quarter past eight
pukul dua setengah half past two
pukul tujuh setengah half past seven
Now study the following expressions:
1. Derek: Pukul berapa sekarang? What is the time now?
Tracy: Pukul enam dua puluh lima minit twenty five minutes past six. (or if you want to be specific about the time of the day, pukul enam dua puluh lima petang/pagi.
2. Marah: Rob bangun pukul berapa? What time do you wake up, Rob?
Rob: Saya bangun pukul lapan setengah pagi. I wake up at 8.30 in the morning.
3. Scott: Alpkan bangun pukul berapa setiap pagi? What time do you wake up every morning, Alpkan?
Alpkan: Saya bangun pukul tujuh setiap pagi. I wake up at 7 every morning.
4. Nellese: Mike tidur pukul berapa semalam? What time do you sleep last night?
Mike: Saya tidur pukul sebelas semalam. I slept at 11 last night.
5. Joe: Charles pergi kerja pukul berapa? What time do you go to work?
Charles: Saya [ergi kerja pukul satu petang. I go to work at 1 in the afternoon.
Joe: Charles kerja di mana? Where do you work?
Charles: Di Hospital Kishwaukee. At Kishwaukee Hospital.
Words you should know :
1. bangun: wake up
2. tidur: sleep
3. semalam: yesterday or last night
4. setiap: every [ E.g. Setiap pagi (every morning) Setiap hari, (everyday), Setiap bulan (every month), setiap pelajar (every student), setiap orang (everyone)