It's tricky saying 'no' in Bahasa Indonesian. Technically 'tidak' means 'no'. It is also used to put words in the negative: saya tidak mau (I don't want to). But culturally, Indonesians don't like negative responses, so when someone asks if you are married (as they frequently do) the polite answer is not 'tidak', but 'belum' (not yet).
I've been told that eating dog is a delicacy in Flores... How do I say no to that?!?
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You could say you prefer cat? Or is that also on the menu? Thanks for the two posts in two days - go girl, go girl!
Ooops - sorry, didn't mean to make the last post totally anonymous. It's Kerry, by the way. (I will get a username at some point ;-)
Would "not yet" be a suitable answer rather than outright "no"?
You could try it. Trying to decide whether I'd be brave enought - may be if I could disasociate from silly golden dogs then it might be posssibe.
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