Thursday, December 7, 2017

Malay and Indonesian - practical words from school to sea

Problem
I pick up leaflets in a Singaporean Community Centre. By mistake I have picked up the Malay version.

Solution
Later I find an English version. By comparing the two, or copying words from the Malay leaflet into Google translate, I can find words on subjects which interest me and are practical.

Spelling and Pronunciation
Double words are plurals. For example, anak is child and anak-anak is children. There are no double letters. Every vowel is pronounced.

Malay - English
a i r / a y e r - water
anda - your
bank - bank
dan - and
i n s u r a n s - insurance
 j a n u a r i - January
Kredit - credit
laut - sea
p o l i t e k n i k - polytechnic (looks like polite  - k - nik !)
p r o f e s i o n a l - professional
p r o g r a m - programme
sekolah - school
skim - scheme
u n i v e r s i t i - university
w a n i t a - woman

English - Malay
and - dan
bank - bank
credit - K r e d i t
Politeknik - polytechnic
programme - p r o g r a m
sea - laut
university - universiti
water - a  i r / ay e r
woman - w a n i t a
your - anda

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

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