How To Ask For A Table And More Chairs in Malaysian and Indonesian Restaurants

Problem
Indoors or outdoors? Outdoors for fresh air. Outdoors if you want to smoke.
Indoors if you don't want to be near smokers. Indoors if you are hot and want the air conditioning.

TABLES
indoors - dalam ruangan
outdoors - di luar ruangan
in the sun - di bawah sinar matahari - (sun - Matahari, nickname of dancer)
in the shade - di bawah - naugan
is this one ok? - apakah ini baik-baik saj

I need a table - saya butuh maja
saya - I
butuh - need
maja - table
I need a chair - saya butuh kursi
kursi - chair
two chairs - dua kursi
three chairs - tiga
four chairs - empat

Numbers one, two, three, four
satu dua tiga empat

a big table - sebuah meja besar
about ten of us - sekitar sepuluh dari kita
it's a celebration - ini sebuah paryaan
a birthday - ini ulang tahun
its a wedding anniversary - ini adalah hari jadi pernikahan

Useful Websites
LANGUAGES
amazon - books including phrasebooks and dictionaries from Berlitz, Lonely Planet and others.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=malay+language
This is the UK website. You may find different books and prices and postage on
Amazon.com
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

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-malaysian/one_1

TRAVEL

visitsingapore.com
singaporeair.com (Singapore Airlines is part of Star Alliance. Collect airmiles and use airmiles for flights.)
visit-malaysia.com

Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, teacher or English and other languages. Contact me if you need a lesson or workshop.