NOTES AND VOCABULARIES :  

INDONESIAN PROVERBS   INDONESIAN PROVERBS   INDONESIAN PROVERBS

   

INDONESIAN PROVERBS   INDONESIAN PROVERBS   INDONESIAN PROVERBS

 

Notes for "Biduk satu .....    Meaning : There is always a problem when there are two leaders in one job. A similar English proverb is "Too many cooks spoil the soup".

        

  Notes for "Mendapat
  durian.....
   Meaning : Get a piece of luck without doing any work. It has the same meaning with the English expression " windfall ".

 

  Notes for "Tak usah itik.....   Meaning : It is a waste of time to teach somebody something that he already knows
 

 

  biduk      small boat, river craft n.
   

 

  satu      one
     

 

  nahkoda      (Naut.) ship's captain, admiral of the fleet
     

 

  dua   two 
     

 

   dapat       1.get, obtain vi.2.may, can, able 
   men ~ = to obtain 

 

   durian       durian, big and spiky kind of  fruit. Most Indonesians like this fruit. 
      

 

  runtuh      collapse, fall, fall out vi.
   

 

  tak      no, not
     

 

  usah      it is not necesary, no need to
 tak ~ = it is not necessary   

 

  ajar       to teach
   me~ : to teach

 

  itik      duck
   

 

  renang      swim, natation
  be ~ = to swim