Ongkor lost his mother
Ongkor goes to work one morning crying hysterically. His boss, Gumpirit, concerned about his employee, walks over to him and asks sympathetically, “What’s the matter?”
Ongkor replies, “Awal pagi tadi, saya dapat panggilan telipon, bahawa sahnya, mama saya meninggal” (“Early this morning I got a phone call that my mother [...]
Ongkor bought a new car
Ongkor bought a brand new car and decided to drive down from his hometown to meet his friend, Gumpirit in another town.
He reached there in a few hours.
After spending a few days there, he decided to return, and called up his mother to expect his return in the [...]
Ongkor went to see his doctor
Ongkor with two red ears went to his doctor, Dr. Gumpirit. The doctor asked him, “Kanapa kau ni Ongkor, mirah-mirah telinga?” (“What happened?”)
Ongkor answered, “Sia sedang seterika baju ba, tiba-tiba ada call, tapi saya tersalah angkat, saya taru itu seterika di telinga saya pula.”
(“I was ironing a [...]
Ongkor in the public toilets
Ongkor went into the public toilets to relieve himself. The first cubicle was in use, so he went into the next one. As he took down his trousers, he heard a voice from the other cubicle.
“Apa khabar ko?”
(“Hey, hows it going?”)
Not wanting to be rude, [...]
Ongkor and the suicide
Ongkor and Gumpirit went to the pub after work for a drink, and sat on stools watching the 6 O’clock news. A man was shown threatening to jump from the Tamparuli Bridge, and Ongkor bet Gumpirit RM50 that he wouldn’t dare to jump.
But sure enough, he jumped, so Ongkor gave [...]
The Dusun Comparative Adjectives I had breakfast with my colleague this morning and one of the topic that caught my ever inquisitive mind was – if the adjective comparative and superlative morphemes (-er) and (-est) is present in the Dusun Language. I requested more information about this from my colleague, Mr. Joseph Yabai, [...]
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