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Further, when friends, neighbors, or acquaintances pass through or come to someone’s house
in the afternoon and evening,
the expression such as
ngelor aneh!
[Let’s have lunch/dinner] or
ape
kelam tie?
[What are you cooking?] is often used. Similarly, the expressions above are kind of lip-
service to express a speaker’s feeling of solidarity and warm attitude. It is uncommon for the addressee
to respond to the greeting
ngelor aneh!
[Let’s have lunch/dinner] by accepting the offer. Frequently, it
is rejected by uttering
dende wah, makasi
[No, thank you]. However, on condition that the interlocutors
are quite close, then accepting the offer is reasonable. Since it is only a lip-service, the addresser does
not hope that the addressee will accept his/her offer. Meanwhile, the greeting
ape kelam tie?
[What are
you cooking?] is often uttered among female speakers or a male to a female. It is not common to express
it among males because the core assignment of males in Sasak is not in the kitchen. To respond to this
expression, an addressee may reply by telling what she is cooking or not.
These are not meant to
investigate what the addressee is cooking, but it is just an expression to show considerateness.
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