Proverbs - 12 : Better Safe Than Sorry

Proverbs - 11 - No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

Proverbs - 10 - Let bygones be bygones

Proverbs - 9

Similar proverbs in Malay :

-Bagai menantikan ara tak bergetah @

Like waiting for figs to not be sticky

-Bagai menantikan buah rumbia masak @

Like waiting for true sago palm fruit to ripen

-Bagai menantikan kuaran bertelur @

Like waiting for night-Heron to lay eggs

-Bagai menantikan putih gagak hitam @

Like waiting for black craw to be white

English Equivalents :

-When pigs fly

-When hell freezes over

-On a cold day in hell

-Not in a month of Sundays

-When the rivers run dry

-When the moon turns blue

Proverbs - 8

Today’s Vocabulary

Ø  Mengukur (ukur)     = To measure

Ø  Baju                         = Cloth

Ø  Badan                      = Body

Ø  Sendiri                    = Own

Proverbs - 7

Today’s Vocabulary

Ø  Alah         = To loose / To be defeated

Ø  Bisa         = Venom / Poison

Ø  Tegal       = Because (classic literature term of KERANA )

Ø  Biasa       = Common / Familiar / Typical

Proverbs - 6

Today’s Vocabulary

Ø  Air                                           = Water

Ø  Mencincang (cincang)            = To chop

Ø  Tidak                                        = Not

Ø  Akan                                        = Will

Ø  Memutuskan                           = To Cut

Proverbs - 5

Today’s Vocabulary

Ø  Sambil                     = While/During

(doing two things at a very same time)

Ø  Menyelam (Selam)  = To dive

Ø  Minum                     = To drink

Ø  Air                           = Water

Proverbs - 4

Today’s Vocabulary

Ø  Bagaimana              = How

Ø  Acuan                      = Mould

Ø  Begitu                     = Like that

Ø  Kuih                         = Cake (Traditional sweet foods)

Proverbs - 3

Today’s Vocabulary

Ø  Di                             = At

Ø  Di mana                   = Where

Ø  Ada                          = To have

Ø  Di situ                     = There

Ø  Jalan                       = Way / Street

Proverbs - 2

Today’s Vocabulary

Ø  Hendak                    = To want

Ø  Ribu                         = Thousand

Ø  Seribu                     = A thousand

Ø  Daya                        = Mean / Way / Effort

Ø  Tidak (tak)               = Not

Ø  Dalih                        = Excuse

Proverbs - 1

Today’s Vocabulary

Ø  Bapa        = Father

Ø  Borek      = Speckled/Freckled

Ø  Anak        = Child

Ø  Rintik       = Speckled/Freckled