Sunday, February 17, 2008

Suffering Leysa

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Leysa is our language teacher. Our suffering language teacher. While there are hardcore addicts in the drug world, there are hardcore students in our language class. Pelajar-pelajar tegar. We who never give up. We hope neither will Leysa. Now, Leysa is young and "cun", now for you non-Melayus our there, it is pronounced "choon", rhyming with boon. It means she's a doll. At least that's what I think it means. That is not the reason I am a pelajar tegar. I swear. Just like the song. How "cun"? Like Liza Minelli without the overbite. That's how "cun" she is. Comel, trust me.....

All through the "u minya nyiest" and "u tebya nyiest", she is patient. After the second month, she could not understand how we could be so so benak.

"My previous group of students especially Azwari and Kamal were very good. I don't know what is wrong with the four of you."

She means Mior, Hafiz, Maharip and me. Now you know why I hate Azwari and Kamal. But wei, Leysa wei, I know why they are good. Walking dictionary one maaahhhhh...... I roped in Amin who just reported for duty but he usually chickens out just before each lesson. I like the way she says our name. Of course mine especially.

"Miyooorrrr....."
"Hafffeeeezzzzz........."
"Maharrrreeeeppppp.........."
And of course mine........

I know the basics. The good morning (dobre utra), how are you (kagzilla), fine (normano), good (horasho), bad (plaho), yes (da), no (nyet), not bad (ni ploho), young girl (jarushka), pretty (krasivaya), pretty young girl (krasivaya jarushka), and old lady (babushka). Then there is how much (skolka), where (gde), when (kagda), who (kto) and why (pachimu). One is ajhin, two is dva, three is tri, four is chetierri, five is pietz, six is sheish, seven is siem, eight is vorsiem, nine is jay vit and ten is jay sit. Twenty is dvat nat sat, thirty is trit nat sat but forty is sorok. Wei, macam mana boleh jadi sorok? From chetierri (four) to sorok (forty)? No one has been able to give me a satisfactory answer.

Spasiba is thank you and spasiba balshoi is thank you very much, from the word balshoi. Which means big.

Ah well, I'll practise and surprise Leysa one day. And make her suffer less.

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