Introducing Our Self

To make an introduction, at fist we must say Sampurasun as the opening greeting.
After your respondent answers Rampés, now you can begin to introduce your self in Sundanese

Kumaha damang?
/how/ healthy/
How are you?

Nepangkeun, nami abdi ………..
/ introduce / name / I /
I introduce (my self), my name is………..

Abdi linggih di……….
/ I / sit / in
I live in…………

Yuswa abdi…..taun
/ age / I / … ./ years /
I’m……..years old

Kawit abdi ti….
/origin/I/from/
I come from…

Saha nami anjeun?
/who/ name /you/
What is your name?

if you want to say more about your self in Sundanese (introducing dialogues),
Just write it on the comment box, I’ll translate it for you…

Persons (Pronomina)

Kecap Gaganti Jalma (Pronomina)

The Persons Are:

Kuring = I/Me (1st singular person)
Urang=We/Us (1st plural person)
Anjeun=You (2nd singular person)
Aranjeun=You all (2nd plural person)
Anjeunna=He/She (3rd singular person)
Aranjeunna=They (3rd plural person)

Example

Kuring mios ka Bandung sareng Bobby
I go to Bandung with Bobby

Urang kedah diajar sakumna basa
We must learn all of the languages.

Anjeun nuju diajar basa Sunda
You are learning Sundanese Language

Aranjeun gaduh anléh diajar basa naon baé
You (all) have potention to learn any other language

Anjeunna gaduh buku anyar
(S)He has new book

Aranjeunna teu kantos diajar basa Sunda
They never learn Sundanese Language

Punten and Mangga

Excuse
Punten=excuseme/us (for general purposes)
It should answered by ‘mangga’.

condition:
A: Punten…
excuseme
B: Mangga.
Yes/sure
A: Sabaraha pangaos peuyeum téh Mang?
how much the price of peuyeum are, Sir?
B: opat rébu rupia sakilo
Four thuosand rupiahs per kilo(gram)

Quotes:
peuyeum is one of Sundanese traditional food made from fermented casava or rice and it has sweet flavour.

Apologizement
‘Punten’ is used to make an apologize statement from who has made a mistake.
It’s often chenged to ‘hapunten’ or ‘hampura’ form.
The answer may two:
- ‘dihapunten’/’dihampura’ or ‘mangga’: to explain acception of apologize statement
- ‘teu dihapunten’/’teu dihampura’; to decline the apologize statement

Condition 1:
A: Neda dihapunten tina sadaya kasalahan
Forgive me from all of my mistakes
B: Mangga, ku kuring dihampura sakabéh kasalahan anjeun
Yes/sure, I forgive you from all of your mistakes

Condition 2:
A: Punten pisan Kang, kuring telat.
I’m so sorry Brother, I’m late
B: Teu ku nanaon, sok calik!
It’s okay, please sit!

Mangga

In the condition of word ‘mangga’ not used to give an answer, it should mean ‘please’.

Condition:
A: Mangga calik! or mangga lebet!
Sitdown please or Come in please
B: Hatur nuhun
Thank you

Folksong
Punten-mangga usually sung by Sundanese children to fill their freetime

Punten Mangga, ari ga-
Gatotkaca, ari ca-
Cau ambon, ari bon-
Bonténg asak, ari sak-
Sakit perut, ari ru-
Rujak asem, ari sem-
Sempal-sempil, ari pil-
Pilem ramé, ari mé-
Méja makan, ari kan-
Kantong kosong, ari song-
Songsong lampu, ari pu-
Puak-paok, ari wok-
Wok berewok.