Ular melingkar-lingkar di atas pagar pak Umar.
Meaning: A rolling 'l / r / ling' drill that loops like the snake it describes.
Language: Indonesian
Literally: A snake coils around and around on top of Mr. Umar's fence.
Category: Warm-up
Origin: A popular Indonesian children's tongue twister.
More tongue twisters — Warm-up
- Unique New York. — Three words that jam the 'y/n/k' sequence together — repeat it and it collapses into 'you…
- O peito do pé de Pedro é preto. — Five 'p' words in a row, with the vowels shifting underneath each one.
- Ząb, zupa zębowa; dąb, zupa dębowa. — Drills the nasal vowels ą and ę, which only differ from plain a and e by the nasal hum.
- Packa pappas kappsäck. — Three words, six hard k and p stops, and almost no vowel variety to rest on.
- なまむぎ なまごめ なまたまご (Nama mugi, nama gome, nama tamago) — A nimble warm-up for the Japanese 'na / ma / ge' syllables.
- Pablito clavó un clavito, ¿qué clavito clavó Pablito? — A bouncy drill on the 'cl' cluster.
From our idioms
- Besar pasak daripada tiang — To spend more than you earn.
- Buah tangan — A souvenir or gift brought back for others from a trip.
- Sambil menyelam minum air — To accomplish two things in one go.