76 PENANG MALAY. 
Pakat “agreement by conference,” is sometimes used in cow- 
bination with other words to mean, “in a body.”— 
“The thieves went off in a body.” Pénchurt itu pun sudah pakat 
lart. 
“ Five men assaulted me in a body.” Lama orang pakat pukoi dékat 
saya. 
“The women cursed him ina body.” Pérémpuan sudah pakat maki 
dékat dia. 
The plurative suffix pa (in Kedah apa) is used in conjunction 
with the personal pronouns to form the plural number :— 
Saya i Sepa We (Saya pa) 
Hang You Hang pa You all (Hang pa) 
Dia He or she Depa They (Dia pa). 
You people are always like this. Hang pa ni macham tu-lah sélalu. 
We will not forget them. Sepa ta lupa ka-depa. 
Kut “ perhaps,” used interrogatively at the end of a sentence 
but does not do away with barang kali :— 
“T hope he has not fallen down by any chance.” Jangan dia pr 
jatoh kut. 
“Perhaps he is already married.” (answer) “ May be.” Barang- 
kalt dia sudah kawin. (answer) Kut-lah. 
Jom, “Come on!” is frequently used alone as an interjec- 
tion :— 
“Come along.” (answer) “ Come on then.” Mari-lah. (answer) Jom. 
“ Aren’t you coming?” (answer) “ Alright, let us be off.” Tuan ta’ 
mau pv? (answer) Jom-lah. 
Lagu “a tune ” with the addition of mi “ this ” and tu “ that ” 
takes the place of macham im and macham itu “ like this or like 
that” and has the meanme of “ manner” or “way “>— © 
“ Do it in this manner.” Hang buat lagu m. 
“ He wears a Chinese style of dress.” Dia pakat lagu China. 
~ I don’t like people carrying on in that manner.” Saya ta suka 
orang buat lagu tu. 
“This is not the right way to carry on.” Lagu ni ta’ kéna-lah. 
Noh “will you!” ete. is used interrogatively at the end of a 
sentence :— 
“Don’t forget, will you? ” Jangan hang lupa noh? 
“Youre going aren’t you?” Hang nak pi noh? 
“You love me, don’t you? ” Hang sayang noh? 
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