Instant Malay - more than 30 words

Problem
How to remember Malay?

Answer
Start with the easy words.

Story
I woke in the middle of the night and couldn't get back to sleep. So I spent an hour reading a little tex book on the Malay language. I was far too tired to remember anything except the words which sounded nearly the same as English. Next day over breakfast, I asked a companion for the words which they recognised and remembered as being nearly the same.

Tips
SAME/SIMILAR WORDS
Malay - English
a l e r g i - allergy
a m b u l a n s - ambulance
a p r i l - April
aspirin - aspirin
a s m a - asthma
a p o t e k - (apothecary was the old word) pharmacy / chemist (Americans would say drug store)
c e k - check (as in travellers checks)
d o k t e r - doctor
diabetes - diabetes
donor - donor (as in blood donor)
guru - teacher


English - Malay
allergy - a l e r g i
ambulance - a m b u l a n s
April - a p r i l
aspirin - aspirin
asthma - a s m a
cheque (Americans spell it check which is a verb in British English) - c e k
chemist / drug store / pharmacy - a p o t e k
diabetes - diabetes
doctor - d o k t e r
donor - donor
teacher - guru

Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author, speaker and teacher of English and languages.