Sapa, Apa, Mana or Who, What, Where: Baba Malay Today

By Theresa Fuller

Precious Baba Malay is about to go extinct, but you can reverse the process by learning Baba Malay in clearly defined steps. This treasured language can be a part of your life, hopefully to be revived as it is spread through sharing this didactic method.

 

Former assessor and examiner of the Higher School Certificate (NSW, Australia), Theresa Fuller, known fondly in the Peranakan community as Bibek Theresa, draws on her years of experience in the classroom to create the Baba Malay Today series – a range of chapter books with an easy-to-follow curriculum aimed at the beginner.

 

Books 1 & 2 - Interrogatory

Book 3 - Conjunctions

Book 4 - Prepositions

Book 5 – Negatives

Book 6 – Essence

• Language: English
• Publisher: Theresa Fuller
• Release date: May 24, 2023
• ISBN: 9781925748130

Theresa Fuller

Theresa Fuller’s breakthrough novel is the Steampunk YA THE GHOST ENGINE, published in March 2018. As a computer programmer, this story combines her love of technology with her enthusiasm for the Victorian era. Her second novel, THE GIRL WHO BECAME A GODDESS, is a collection of folktales from Singapore. Malaysia and China published in May 2019. Her third novel, THE GIRL SUDAN PAINTED LIKE A GOLD RING, published in January 2022 is about the folktales of the Sea Dyaks. Born in Singapore with Peranakan heritage, Theresa is currently producing curriculum to save the language of her Peranakan ancestors – Baba Malay. Theresa resides with her family in Sydney, Australia.

Book preview

Sapa, Apa, Mana

Or

Who, What, Where

Buku

Book 1 – Interrogatory – Part I

Chakapan Baba Ni Ari Series

Baba Malay Today Series

Table of Contents

Title Page

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Introduction – Interrogatory Part 1

Baba Malay

Chobak

APA – What?

SAPA – Who?

CHOBAK – APA/SAPA/NI/TU

MANA – Where?

CHOBAK – APA/SAPA/MANA/NI/TU

CHOBAK – APA/SAPA/MANA/NI/TU/GUA/GUA MIA

APA – What is your name?

APA – Using Gua Mia

BUKAN – Not

CHOBAK – BUKAN

Pronouns

CHOBAK - Pronouns

THIS, THESE, THAT and THOSE

CHOBAK – THIS/THESE/THAT/THOSE

Forms of Questions in English

FINAL CHALLENGE

NOTES

About the Author

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Dear Reader,

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Theresa Fuller asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.