Bu Tiam lar......

**Warning: Due to the unavailability or proper words to represent some of the words I will be using, all word forms with ' 's around them are Not English words.**


Have ANY of you realised the difference between Sabahan, more exactly, KK people, or maybe its only TTSS student's Chinese (Mandarin), and any other people's Chinese. No need to compare with the REAL Chinese from China or any other foreign country, just take our closest state, Sarawak, to compare, or any other closest country, Singapore, for example, for comparison.

This topic became one of our canteen discussion topics a couple of days back, and it came to my senses that it was quite true.... if any of you realise it. Sabahan Chinese (or more precisely, TTSS chinese) is Nowhere else to be found in any part of the world. Read the following examples to see what I mean.

Some Examples:

1. Where are you going?
A: 'ni men qu na li?'
B: 'qu na li o?'

 2. Now what?
A: 'xian zai zhe me yang?'
B: 'Ui!, zhea ang o xian zai?'

3. Wait a while
A: 'deng yi xia'
B: 'dea aan' (if you speak this, you'll know what I mean)

4. What will you be doing afterwards?
A: 'ni deng yi xia zhuo she me?'
B: 'deaa zho mo?'

5. What are you here for?
A: 'ni lai zhe bian gan mar?'
B: 'ni lai gao ah!?'

6. Wow, that was so cool!!
A: 'Wuaa... zhe me li hai!!'
B: 'Wuaa... gou geng o...!!'

7. To express anger
A: 'shen qi yo!!'
B: 'Chiuu!..... Ngiet Sai!!'

8. To express inability to cope/catch up/many other situations
A: 'Wua... Bu neng lar..."
B: 'Ngai..... Bu tiam lar...."

9. The way people express admiration or comment on something "different"
A: 'Wah.... zhe me kuan ar?' (depending on situations)
B: 'Whoaa..... Jiang... Fon...!?'

10. I'm running out of ideas... so I hope you guys get what I mean
A: 'Wow... Hao shuài ya!!'
B: 'Wahh... Gou yeng o...!!'

11.
A: 'Zhen de zhe me li hai ya?'
B: 'Harh!? Jiang Da Det ah?' (or sometimes Da de)

12. To explain bending of an object (e.g., metal bar)
A: 'Na tiao tie zhen tiao wan xia qu le!'
B: 'Zhen tiao tie Kyuk chin liao o...'


These are just some of the most obvious ones.... I can't seem to think of any other at the moment, but if any of you have some time, just sit down somewhere with a couple of friends, talk, and listen to others talk....

You'll see the difference.