Speak Malay:- Get started

As i mentioned in my previous post, i have been in Malaysia for six years now and I am still unable to speak a decent Malay (What a SHAME),alright relax. Well, i actually fool myself into believing that i can all this while, and usually do speak when i meet a Melayu who doesn't speak English..and then all of a sudden my Malay kicks in.

So, now each day i will learn a new word, a new concept or even a new song that can help me improve my Malay.

For today,here are some basic phrases:

• Good morning: Selamat pagi
• Good Afternoon: Selamat tengahari
• Good Evening: Selamat petang
• Good Night: Selamat malam
• Goodbye: Selamat tinggal (Good leaving}
• Hello: Hello

Some common questions and answers:

• How are you?: Bagaimana dengan keadaan kamu? (How's your condition?)
  
  • I am okay: Saya baik (I'm good)
  • I am not okay: Saya kurang baik (I'm less good)
  • I am ill: Saya sakit
• Where are you?: Di manakah kamu?
  
  
  • I am at ___: Saya di ___
• Where do you live?: Di mana kamu tinggal?
  
  
  • I live in ___: Saya tinggal di ___
• How old are you?: Berapa umur kamu? (How much is your age?)
  
  
  • My age is ___: Umur saya ___
• What is your name?: Siapa nama kamu?
  
  
  • My name is ___: Nama saya ___
• Where are you going?: Di mana kamu hendak pergi?
  
  
  • I'm going to ___: Saya hendak pergi ke ___
• When will you return?: Bila akan kamu kembali ke sini? (When will you come back here?)
  
  
  • I will return (in the morning / in the afternoon / this evening / tonight):
    Saya akan kembali (pagi ini / tengahari ini / petang ini / malam ini).
• What is your job?: Apa kerja kamu?
  
  
  • My job is a ___: Kerja saya adalah seorang ___
• Have you arrive there yet?: Kamu sudah tiba di sana?
• I am going: Aku mahu pergi
• What?: Apa?
• How many?: Berapa?
• How many siblings have you got?: Kamu berapa beradik?
• I have ___ sibling(s): Saya ada ___ beradik (look below)
• Have you got children?: Kamu ada cahayamata? (informal) Kamu ada anak? (formal)
• How are you doing?: Apa khabar? (How's your news?)
  
  
  • Fine thanks, and you?: Khabar baik, kamu? (My news' good, you?)
• Do you know what I mean?: Kamu tahu apa yang aku maksudkan?

 

Change

So, After 6 years of staying in Malaysia,after 6 years of only speaking English and little Malay,I have decided that today 18.12.2012 i will speak only Malay to Malaysians, and if they speak English then i am gonna to shout " Cakap Melayu Lah,B*d*h!!