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Friday, January 28, 2011

Bahasa Jiwa Bangsa

Sedang I minum petang ngan mak, kami dok bual-bual la pasal sekolah mak. Mak I cikgu, so dia selalu la citer perihal murid la..cikgu la..parents la kalau time lepak-lepak minum petang.



Mak : Tadi ada budak Darjah 1 tu baru masuk. Dia baru balik dari UK, mak dia lecturer UTHM belajar kat sana......tapi langsung tak reti cakap Melayu.


Me : Mak ayah Melayu ke?


Mak : Yer la....mak dia tu siap sampai sekolah pon dok bagitau anak dia ni bila time nak bagi duit belanja tu dalam "Pound" (GBP).


Me : Hah...yer ker? Perasan "jet lag" la kot...hahahah cakap jer la Ringgit. Poyo je!


Mak : Haah. Patut ajar la budak tu...Malaysia guna Ringgit. Budak tu terpaksa la masuk kelas pemulihan sebab dia tak reti sangat Bahasa Melayu. Ada sekali tu cikgu suruh eja "GAJAH". Bila dia eja, bunyi jadi "G-E-J-E-H".


Me : Hahahahha serius ke? Ala....poyo la tak ajar anak cakap Melayu dari kecik. Kalau ye pon dok overseas....ntah-ntah mak ayah pon orang jawa sebenarnya...hahahah

Bagi I, kalau yer pon dok overseas takat 4-5 tahun amik PHD tu, tak yah la nak berlagak sampai bahasa Melayu pon tak bole ajar kat anak. Bukan susah sangat pon. Anak-anak ni kan mudah belajar. Lagipon teknologi sekarang dah canggih kan? Setakat bukak internet banyak e-book untuk budak-budak.

Tu baru 4-5 tahun dok overseas, kalau 10-20 tahun? Ntah camner....Isskk..iskk......tu blom suh baca Alif-Ba-Ta ke..mengaji ker. Hah! Sapa mau jawab?

Salute kat Anita Sarawak, dok puluh tahun kat Las Vegas pon cakap Melayu still terang lagi.....kalau dia tu sebut "R" mesti "RRrrrrr" bunyi dia. Terang dan jelas u'ols!

Takda la macam certain penyanyi tu.....kalau nyanyi lagu mcam nak ngada-ngada gitu....nyanyi perkataan "Tolong" pon jadi "Tholong". Kita kalau "Ta" tu jadi "Tha" *sila sebut dalam slang mengada...well know...* hahahha.......meluat aku bila dengar lagu macam tu!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi there,
Bloghopping and found your blog. Actually, 4 or 5 years is actually a long time. If you beranak, anak you pun dah 5 tahun, and in the UK kids go to school as early as 3yrs old. Kalau you ajar dia cakap BM je 100% of the time, how is the kids going to fit in at school? From what I observed, bilingual parents do speak both of the language to the kids. The kid normally understands the 2nd language, (e.g. BM, etc) but not able to speak it, and it takes time. Especially like your mom's students. I am sure in a year or two, the kid will be able to speak BM, but no doubt the kid already understood what was being said in BM already. And what is this mentality of "berlagak" (as you put it) to teach your children to speak English? It is a universal language. And what is wrong for org Jawa to speak English? Org Jawa tak boleh cakap English ke? I hope you will be more sensitive towards other people's feelings. Jgn suka2 hati cakap org poyo dan sebagainya. And, tak semestinya budak kecil tak pandai cakap BM, dia tak reti mengaji Quran. What about org Islam di negara Eropah, tak cakap BM pun, mereka tak reti baca Quran ke? And, for your info, Anita Sarawak tu berhijrah ke US masa dia dah tua, org dewasa mmg susah nak absorb benda baru, sebab tu dia masih boleh cakap BM asli. Like you, you went to Australia, you can speak BM fluently I believe even if you stay there for 10yrs. We are talking about kids who are born and brought up in a foreign country. And kids absorb things like a sponge. I hope you will think clearly and thoroughly before putting pen to paper. Buat pengetahuan awak, saya tak terasa apa2 sebab saya bukan Jawa dan saya tak ada anak pun. Dan jika saya akan ada anak in the future, saya akan pastikan anak saya pandai berbahasa Inggeris, tak macam mak dia. Thanks. Peace!

Betty A. said...

Hi Anon.

Thank u for ur comments. I rasa u salah paham dialong yg I smpikan. X salah nak ajar anak ckp english tapi if u baca btol2, mak dia terbwk2 smpi Msia (e.g mentioned Msian currency in GBP instead of RM)

Pasal Jawa tu, I sdri Jawa. Sb bab Jawa tu I bergurau jer, so x kan la I sdri x sensitive kan?

Tp sbnrnyer mentality ibu bapa tu sdri dlm mendidik anak2. I knal dgn org yg dh dok Oz 20 tahun, Malay n Kelantanese tapi anak2 dia semua bole ckp Melayu siap kelantan slang walaupon umur baru 10 and 9 tahun. Padahal anak dia attend public school kat Oz. Bole je kan??

Lgpon bkn English tu x penting. Cuma I lebih menjurus kpd pemahaman Bahasa Melayu dlm mendidik anak2.
Tapi budak2 mcm ni cpt absorb dgn apa cikgu ajar, so no worries.

Peace :)