Malay and Indonesian are very similar with slight additions to vocabulary, like British English and American English
Learn a few of these and you can order from the menu in a restaurant in Malaysia or Indonesia or an Indonesian or Malay restaurant in Singapore or London or from a kiosk in a food court. In Singapore a food court is called a hawker centre. The itinerant hawkers were grouped in a place which the govenment build and inspected to raise standards of food and hygiene. Now in the UK and worldwide we have food festivals and pop-up restaurants. Anyway, here goes with some handy vocabulary:
English - Malay
fish - ikan (I can swim said the fish)
chicken - ayam (I am running around like a headless chicken)
lamb - domba (the b and d look like revered letters, letter amb in both words, letter am in both words)
grilled - dipanggang (notice the doubled g in the middle, g for grill, doulbe letter like double ll in grill)
roasted - panggang (not in a pan for frying but roasted in a pan in the oven)
cooked - matang
fried - goreng (like mee goreng which is fried rice)
stir fried - aduk goreng
rice - mee (as in mee goreng)
potato - kentang (do you ken John Peel, otatoes have no tang)
pasta / noodles - pasta mie
vegetable - sayur mayur (starting with s - either salad or vegetable)
raw vegetables - sayur mentah (you must be mental to eat raw vegetables)
cooked vegetables - sayuran yang dimasak (3 words, lots of effort, you'll be here until Sunday)
salad - salad (Order simple salad and no need to learn all those other words)
Malay - Indonesian
ikan -fish
ayam - chicken
domba - lamb
dipanggang - grilled
panggang - roasted
matang - cooked
goreng - fried
aduk goreng- stir fried (fried, usually in a bsin shaped wok for easy tossing and mixing but add effort in stirring)
Nasi - rice (letter i in both, c pronounced like s as in police but the write phonetically)
kentang - potato
pasta - pasta / mie
sayur-mayur
sayur mentah
sayuran yang dimasak
salad - salad
Test yourself
Malay - English
ikan - ?
ayam
domba
dipanggang
panggang
matang
goreng
aduk goreng
Nasi
kentang
pasta / mie
sayur-mayur
sayur mentah
sayuran yang dimasak
salad - salad
Test Yourself
English - Malay
fish - ?
chicken
lamb
grilled
roasted
cooked
fried
stir fried
rice
potato
pasta / noodles
vegetable
raw vegetables
cooked vegetables
salad
NB
The Chinese for fried rice is mee goreng. The Malay is nasi goreng.
Because the Muslims don't eat pork, restaurants in Malaysia and worldwide, whether run by the Chinese, Malays or others, serving Chinese food, Malay food or a mixture, might discreetly list 'meat' which is pork, or a mixture of meats including pork.
Useful Websites for travellers and learning Malay or Indonesian
amazon - books
Duolingo - free language courses and discussion forums
https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/20796214/Malay-Basics-1
Duolingo also have tinycards. These flashcards reverse when you click and then ask you to select from three multiple choice answers.
https://tinycards.duolingo.com/decks/Seft5g/malay?lesson=1
If you don't see the exact set you want, create a set and share with others.
wikipedia - detailed language
simple wiki - I prefer this, less complicated and less technical, easier to understand, takes less time to find facts.
Travel Websites
visit-Malaysia.com
visitsingapore.com
Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, teacher, tutor and workshop leader for learning other languages. See my later and earlier posts on learning the Malay language. Please share links to my posts with your family and friends.
Learn a few of these and you can order from the menu in a restaurant in Malaysia or Indonesia or an Indonesian or Malay restaurant in Singapore or London or from a kiosk in a food court. In Singapore a food court is called a hawker centre. The itinerant hawkers were grouped in a place which the govenment build and inspected to raise standards of food and hygiene. Now in the UK and worldwide we have food festivals and pop-up restaurants. Anyway, here goes with some handy vocabulary:
English - Malay
fish - ikan (I can swim said the fish)
chicken - ayam (I am running around like a headless chicken)
lamb - domba (the b and d look like revered letters, letter amb in both words, letter am in both words)
grilled - dipanggang (notice the doubled g in the middle, g for grill, doulbe letter like double ll in grill)
roasted - panggang (not in a pan for frying but roasted in a pan in the oven)
cooked - matang
fried - goreng (like mee goreng which is fried rice)
stir fried - aduk goreng
rice - mee (as in mee goreng)
potato - kentang (do you ken John Peel, otatoes have no tang)
pasta / noodles - pasta mie
vegetable - sayur mayur (starting with s - either salad or vegetable)
raw vegetables - sayur mentah (you must be mental to eat raw vegetables)
cooked vegetables - sayuran yang dimasak (3 words, lots of effort, you'll be here until Sunday)
salad - salad (Order simple salad and no need to learn all those other words)
Malay - Indonesian
ikan -fish
ayam - chicken
domba - lamb
dipanggang - grilled
panggang - roasted
matang - cooked
goreng - fried
aduk goreng- stir fried (fried, usually in a bsin shaped wok for easy tossing and mixing but add effort in stirring)
Nasi - rice (letter i in both, c pronounced like s as in police but the write phonetically)
kentang - potato
pasta - pasta / mie
sayur-mayur
sayur mentah
sayuran yang dimasak
salad - salad
Test yourself
Malay - English
ikan - ?
ayam
domba
dipanggang
panggang
matang
goreng
aduk goreng
Nasi
kentang
pasta / mie
sayur-mayur
sayur mentah
sayuran yang dimasak
salad - salad
Test Yourself
English - Malay
fish - ?
chicken
lamb
grilled
roasted
cooked
fried
stir fried
rice
potato
pasta / noodles
vegetable
raw vegetables
cooked vegetables
salad
NB
The Chinese for fried rice is mee goreng. The Malay is nasi goreng.
Because the Muslims don't eat pork, restaurants in Malaysia and worldwide, whether run by the Chinese, Malays or others, serving Chinese food, Malay food or a mixture, might discreetly list 'meat' which is pork, or a mixture of meats including pork.
Useful Websites for travellers and learning Malay or Indonesian
amazon - books
Duolingo - free language courses and discussion forums
https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/20796214/Malay-Basics-1
Duolingo also have tinycards. These flashcards reverse when you click and then ask you to select from three multiple choice answers.
https://tinycards.duolingo.com/decks/Seft5g/malay?lesson=1
If you don't see the exact set you want, create a set and share with others.
wikipedia - detailed language
simple wiki - I prefer this, less complicated and less technical, easier to understand, takes less time to find facts.
Travel Websites
visit-Malaysia.com
visitsingapore.com
Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, teacher, tutor and workshop leader for learning other languages. See my later and earlier posts on learning the Malay language. Please share links to my posts with your family and friends.
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