Lesson 1...

p0h finally plucked some courage to go ahead & pick up a 3rd lang; Melayu!

Not quite a heavy investment in the additional lang coz... $85 for 12 lessons, each lesson last for 2hrs... I personally tink its pretty affordable.

Btw, tis lang coz which I took up ain't gonna get mi super proficient in Melayu man!


Lesson 1:

Malay: nama siapa?
Eng: What is yr name?

Malay: Selamat malam, nama saya P0h....
Eng: Good evening, my name is Poh...

Malay: Boleh / Tak boleh
Eng: Can / cannot ('tak" refers to not / no etc...)

Malay: Ada / Tak ada (pronounced as "Ah-Der")
Eng: Have / Don't have ('tak" refers to not / no etc...)

Malay: Makan apa (pronounced as "upper")
Eng: Eat what?

Malay: Pergi mana
Eng: Go where

Malay: Faham (pronounced as "Far-Hum") / Tak faham
Eng: Understand / Don't understand

Malay: Soalan (pronounced as " so-ah-lan)
Eng: Question...?

Malay: Mahal (pronounced as "ma-har) / Murah (pronounced as "mu-ra")
Eng: Expensive / cheap...
**Erm... good for my bargaining when I go M'sia. ;)

Malay: Balik
Eng: Return
Eg: Balik Kampong...

Malay: Hodoh (pronounced as "ho-dough)
Eng: ugly

Malay: Bodoh
Eng: Stupid...

Malay: Termima kasih (you can also say... "tri-ma kasih) Jumpa lagi minggu
Eng: Thank u.... See you next week
**If you need to reply "U r welcome"... u can say it as "sama sama..."

There's more dat I've learnt 2nite but its getting late. p0h needs her precious Zzz... Nitez...