Everything about Manado Malay totally explained
Manado Malay is a language spoken in
Manado and the surrounding area. The local name of the language is
Bahasa Manado, and the name
Minahasa Malay is also used, after the main ethnic group speaking the language. Since Manado Malay is used only for spoken communication, there's no standard orthography.
Manado Malay is closely related to standard
Indonesian. It differs from standard Indonesian in having a large number of Portuguese and Dutch loan words and in its use of "kita" as a first person singular pronoun (it's a first person inclusive plural pronoun in standard Indonesian).
Word stress
Most words have stress on the pre-final syllable:
| kaDEra
| 'chair'
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| STEnga
| 'half'
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| DOi
| 'money'
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But there are also many words with final stress:
| buTUL
| 'right, correct, true'
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| toLOR
| 'egg'
| saBONG
| 'soap'
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Pronouns
Personal
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Standard Indonesian |
Manado Malay |
| First singular |
saya |
kita |
| First plural |
kami |
torang |
| Second singular |
anda |
ngana |
| Second plural |
kalian |
ngoni |
| Third singular |
dia |
dia |
| Third plural |
mereka |
dorang |
Possessives
Possessives are built by adding "pe" to the personal pronoun or name or noun, then followed by the 'possessed' noun. Thus "pe" has the function similar to English "'s" as in "the doctor's uniform".
| English |
Manado Malay |
| My friend |
kita pe tamang / ta pe tamang |
| Your (sing.) friend |
ngana pe tamang / nga pe tamang |
| His/her book |
dia pe buku / de pe buku |
| This book is yours (pl.) |
ini ngoni pe buku |
The W-Words
Why = KYApa?
Where = di MAna?
Who = SApa?
Which one(s) = tu MAna?
Tenses
Ada ('to be') can be used in Manadonese Malay to indicate past tense.
eg 'Dorang ada turun Wenang' They went down to Manado
'Kita ada makan' We ate, or We have eaten.
Verb
Several verbs in Indonesian language that end with
n, is further added
g in the Manado Malay, such as
makang (makan,
to eat),
jalang (jalan,
to walk),
sirang (siram,
to shower)
Prefix
"Ba" prefix
The
ber prefix in Indonesian, which serves a function similar to the English
-ing, is modified into
ba in Manado Malay. E.g.:
bajalang (berjalan,
walking),
barenang (berenang,
swimming),
batolor (bertelur, laying eggs)
"Me" prefix
The me prefix in standard Indonesian, which also serves a function to make a verb active, is modified into ma in Manado Malay. E.g.: mangael (mengail, hooking fish), manari (menari, dancing), mancari (mencari, searching), mamasa (memasak, cooking), manangis (menangis, crying).
Other words
Several words in standard Indonesian is shortened in Manado Malay. Contohnya:
pi (standard Indonesian: pergi, to go) » mo pi mana ngoni? (where are you people going?)
co (standard Indonesian: coba,
to try)
» co lia ini oto (try have a look at this car)
so (standard Indonesian: sudah,
have/has done)
» so klar? (have you finished?), "
so maleleh?" (has it molten?),
so kanyang?" (are your stomachs full yet?)
ta (standard Indonesian: awalan ter,
passive prefix)
» tasono? (fallen asleep),
tajatung? (fallen),
tagoso (being rubbed)
Indonesian loanwards from Manado Malay
Several words in Manado Malay is loaned to the standard Indonesian:
- baku (which indicates reciprocality) for example : baku hantam (to punch each other), baku ajar (to hit each other), baku veto (to debate one another), baku sedu (to laugh oneselves off), bakudapa (to meet each other).
Manado Malay loanwords from other languages
Due to the past colonisation by the
Dutch and the
Portuguese in Sulawesi, several words of this language originates from their languages.
| Standard Indonesian |
Manado Malay loanword |
Language of Origin |
| kursi |
kadera |
Portuguese (cadeira) |
| penyu |
tuturuga |
Portuguese (tartaruga) |
| tenggorokan |
gargantang |
Portuguese (garganta) |
| saputangan |
lenso |
Portuguese (lenço) |
| garpu |
vork |
Dutch (vork) |
| nenek |
oma |
Dutch (oma) |
| kakek |
opa |
Dutch (opa) |
| Paman |
om |
Dutch (om) |
| Bibi |
tante |
Dutch (tante) |
Further Information
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