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Some common Malay words that are useful to know in JB

groober2011 said:
ginfreely said:
Hi, how to pronounce ma'af?
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Pronounced as Ma with a short pause and followed with Af. 2 syllables for ma'af.
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a is usually pronouced as 'ah' ... it may b pronounced in another way (as 'er') oni wen it occurs @ ze n of a word (eg. in minta) ...

so, ma'af is pronouced as ... mah ahf ... not mah eff ...

minta ma'af is pronounced as ... min ter mah ahf ...


sgtsk said:
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Terima kash = thank you
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shud b ...

terima kasih ...
 
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groober2011 said:
Pronounced as Ma with a short pause and followed with Af. 2 syllables for ma'af.
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This is close. Though most people would pronounce 'mak' pause then 'af'

Another common greeting to people you have not met for quite a while is 'apa khabar' literally means what is the news. It used similar to 'how are you?' or 'long time no see'
 
How come one pronounce as "mah" ahf, one pronounce as "mak" ahf, got different accent?
 
sgtsk said:
This is close. Though most people would pronounce 'mak' pause then 'af'

Another common greeting to people you have not met for quite a while is 'apa khabar' literally means what is the news. It used similar to 'how are you?' or 'long time no see'
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NO lah... where got people pronounce as "mak af"? It is ma-af... the stress is in the "af" not the "ma".. confirm sign chop
 
selamat pagi ...good morning

selamat tengah hari ....good afternoon

selamat malam ...good night

selamat jalan ...good bye.

sa'alam malikum ....peace be with you

malikum sa'alam ..... reply to the above ....means the same thing.
 
erection2011 said:
selamat pagi ...good morning

selamat tengah hari ....good afternoon

selamat malam ...good night

selamat jalan ...good bye.

sa'alam malikum ....peace be with you

malikum sa'alam ..... reply to the above ....means the same thing.
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The rest ok. Except for the two highlighted one.

It should read "Assalaamualikum" - May Peace be with u.

In reply "WaalikumSalam" - Peace be with u too.
 
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thats right bro
whoami said:
The rest ok. Except for the two highlighted one.

It should read "Assalaamualikum" - May Peace be with u.

In reply "WaalikumSalam" - Peace be with u too.
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erection2011 said:
selamat pagi ...good morning

selamat tengah hari ....good afternoon

selamat malam ...good night

selamat jalan ...good bye.

sa'alam malikum ....peace be with you

malikum sa'alam ..... reply to the above ....means the same thing.
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There is also,

Selamat datang - Welcome

Selamat jalan - Goodbye or Have a good journey (safe trip, etc)

Apa kabar - How are you?

Kabar baik - (I am) Fine
 
ah ok...thanks both bros ....i go brush up a bit first :(

whoami said:
The rest ok. Except for the two highlighted one.

It should read "Assalaamualikum" - May Peace be with u.

In reply "WaalikumSalam" - Peace be with u too.
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groober2011 said:
There is also,

Selamat datang - Welcome

Selamat jalan - Goodbye or Have a good journey (safe trip, etc)

Apa kabar - How are you?

Kabar baik - (I am) Fine
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whoami said:
The rest ok. Except for the two highlighted one.

It should read "Assalaamualikum" - May Peace be with u.

In reply "WaalikumSalam" - Peace be with u too.
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Hi, are these greeting phrases used betw Muslims only?
 
whoami said:
The rest ok. Except for the two highlighted one.

It should read "Assalaamualikum" - May Peace be with u.

In reply "WaalikumSalam" - Peace be with u too.
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What I've read before was "Assalamualaikum" and "Waalaikumsalam".
Why the slight difference with additional alphabet 'a'?
 
ginfreely said:
Hi, are these greeting phrases used betw Muslims only?
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Yes...Muslims are encourage to greet each other such.

Investor said:
What I've read before was "Assalamualaikum" and "Waalaikumsalam".
Why the slight difference with additional alphabet 'a'?
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Sharp eye there. Yes, I missed out the alpha "a". We try to pronounce the roman text as close to the arabic text. But like they say nothing beats the original...and i prefer to read/pronounce fm the arabic text.
 
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sylvester134 said:
Learn some simple Malay in this Song
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Tks for tat video clip. I have relatives who are also teochew. Like their pronounciation i.e. in malay known as "tajuit".

Still remember my kampong days, Chinese, Malay and Indians live happily together. Hey, i love watching the Wang Sa Yeh Fong comical sketch. There was one sketch whereby they spoke broken English, Malay and dialects. But i couldnt find it in YouTube..:o
 
LeMans2011 said:
NO lah... where got people pronounce as "mak af"? It is ma-af... the stress is in the "af" not the "ma".. confirm sign chop
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Wrong if you slur it into 'makaf'.
Don't carry the 'k' into the next syllable.
Its a glottal stop.

You can get by just pronouncing it as ma-af though.
 
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