How do you get interested in Malay? Just look at words around you and on line. the language structure is in some ways quite easy.
I and my are the same word. Here are some more words from the day's news programmes:
Malay - English
b e r i t a - news
c i l i k - young
Cina - China
d a t u k - grandfather
d e t i k - second
jalan - way / road
jalan d a t u k saya - the way of my grandfather / grandpa's road
kenegeri - the land
kenegeri cina - the land of China
m a s y a r a k a t - community
saya - I (or my)
skuad - squad / team ; skuad cilik - young squad / team
English - Malay
China - c i n a
community - m a s y a r a k a t
I / my - s a y a
grandfather - d a t u k (like Dad but older)
land - k e n e g e r i
news - b e r i t a
road / way - jalan
second - d e t i k (the letter d often starts two or second, as in duo, duet, dual, double)
squad / team - s k u a d (the sound is the same but a q is turned into a K)
Young - c i l i k
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, teacher of English and other languages and public speaking.
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