| NOTES AND VOCABULARIES : | INDONESIAN PROVERBS INDONESIAN PROVERBS INDONESIAN PROVERBS |
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INDONESIAN PROVERBS INDONESIAN PROVERBS INDONESIAN PROVERBS |
| Notes for "Berat sama ..... | The meaning of this
proverb is "Stick together through thick and thin". |
| Notes for "Masuk kandang kambing ..... |
The meaning of this proverb is "Wherever we live, we have to respect and adapt ourselves to the culture of local community". A similar English proverb is "When in Rome, do as the Romans do". |
| Notes for "Menanti seribu.. | This proverb illustrates the act where someone lets go of something he has, expecting to get something better that might never come. |
| berat | heavy adj. |
| sama | 1.
together,with 2.similar, identical adj |
| pikul | carry on the
shoulder using a stick to hang things on as in the picture above v. di ~ = to be carried on the shoulder (passive form). |
| ringan | light (in
weight) adj. |
| jinjing | carry in one's
hand v. |
| masuk | enter, go
into, get into v. |
| kandang | stall, pen,
stable,cage n. |
| kambing | goat n. |
| embik | bleat v.
me ~ = to bleat |
| ayam | chicken n.
~ jantan = cock |
| kokok | ber ~ = 1.crow
2.boast |
| nanti | 1.wait
2. later. me ~ = wait v. |
| seribu | thousand |
| burung | bird n. |
| udara | air n. |
| di | in, on, at,
into |
| satu | one |
| tangan | hand n.
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| lepas | release, free,
let go v. di ~ kan = to be let go, to be released (passive form) |