Teach Us Malay Language Pls

[Ben5266]

jangan mimpi basah sudah

[laugh]

[Ben5266]

Hehe.... Takde laa... Tau cakap aje....

Hehe.... bukan laa... Tau cakap aje....

 

Or

Hehe... Tak... Tau cakap aje...

 

Takde should be I don't have. Tak ada.

Bukan is No, I am not.

[Ben5266]

Should be macet.

 

For kosong, it depends on the context.

Thanks. Always hear from the taxi driver and couldn't catch it.

 

Then, I like to order Air kelapa muda. Then they will tell me, air kelapa kosong? I understand it as, air kelapa without ice? or without syrup?

 

Then, lewat sudirman is go via sudirman?

[Count_duku]

One of the most misunderstood Malay word is the word "lobang" .. just use it carefully when in Malaysia/Indo .. dun ask any lady whether she has any lobang

Edited July 30, 2010 by Count_duku

[RadX]

One of the most misunderstood Malay word is the word "lobang" .. just use it carefully when in Malaysia/Indo ..

 

 

also Penang, when u pay, you say 'kupang'....correct?

[Count_duku]

also Penang, when u pay, you say 'kupang'....correct?

 

Dunno leh .. when you pay you say "berapa?" (sorry I not from Penang)

[RadX]

Dunno leh .. when you pay you say "berapa?" (sorry I not from Penang)

[laugh] any penang-ians here

[Jolie888]

awak baba ah??

 

Yah, gua orang baba. 100% praternal & maternal.

[Jolie888]

jamban is the olden way of of saying toilet in malay.

Tanda is a newer and more "polite" way of saying toilet.

 

it's like mandarin "cher shuo" and "xi sou jiang"

 

Chiluan in baba patois. Jamban also used.

 

Never tandas ... that's Bahasa Melayu.

[Beehive3783]

Tarik - Pull

Tolak - Push

Sedap - Delicious

 

Tarik, tolak, tarik, tolak, tarik, tolak.................. sedap!!!

[Tjkbeluga]

i realised some chinese words also use wat malay words are used and tagalog too

 

English = typhoon

Malay = taufan

Mandarin = tai feng

Japanese = tai fuu

[Ben5266]

also Penang, when u pay, you say 'kupang'....correct?

Kui puat?

1 puat is 10cents.

 

[Jchuacl]

It is not easy to learn without having a native speaker to correct you. I've been building up the vocab for 2 years but still need help to join words together as conversational vocab is not quite the same as learning from the books/media.

 

Without ice is correct.

 

Yes, that's the meaning of lewat.

 

 

Thanks. Always hear from the taxi driver and couldn't catch it.

 

Then, I like to order Air kelapa muda. Then they will tell me, air kelapa kosong? I understand it as, air kelapa without ice? or without syrup?

 

Then, lewat sudirman is go via sudirman?

 

[Jchuacl]

Hokkien always use Sabun for soap but no one seems to know the exact hokkien word for soap.

 

 

i realised some chinese words also use wat malay words are used and tagalog too

 

[Jchuacl]

Tamil is spoken by a minority group in southern India. It is better to learn Hindi which can be easily understood across most states in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.

[Hermitage]

Can't really speak the language, but can roughly understand the more simple terms and swear words! Haha! I can however, sing alot of oldskool malay rock/jiwang songs and thoroughly enjoy doing so at the chagrin of my chinese karaoke kakis! Hahaha!

[Ryanyusoff]

Can't really speak the language, but can roughly understand the more simple terms and swear words! Haha! I can however, sing alot of oldskool malay rock/jiwang songs and thoroughly enjoy doing so at the chagrin of my chinese karaoke kakis! Hahaha!

 

i still remember my ah beng sec sch mate singing "Isabella"!what a sight!i was laughing not in insult,but more in the amusing way he sings it!

[Ryanyusoff]

Tamil is spoken by a minority group in southern India. It is better to learn Hindi which can be easily understood across most states in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.

 

imo,we learn the basics of the major languages here is good enough already..it truly can be an ice breaker..