Comments on: Ringgit-less in Malaysia

By: hendri

hendri — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 17:55:45 +0000

Daphne: Hahaha, you have good observation too. I didn’t realise I forgot to translate Sdn Bhd.

“Sendok” was one of the common mistakes when I took Malay in Sec 3 here. Another one was “bisa” (vs “boleh”).

By: Daphne

Daphne — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 17:47:53 +0000

and u didnt explain that SDN BHD stands for sendirian berhad, which means private limited haha.

but eh, gd observation. i never noticed that before, that they had those texts next to the shop names.

By: Daphne

Daphne — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 17:46:15 +0000

wahh!! at least u know it’s called sudu!!
i still call it sendok. HAHAHAHA.

By: hendri

hendri — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 05:38:13 +0000

Roys: Haha… It’s probably the same when you ask me to speak in Chinese.

Well the difference is that I could have just used Indonesian language (my first language) altogether and I would be OK (Malay and Indonesian languages are largely mutually intelligible, as long as you speak slowly).

The problem is that I panicked and filled in English words instead, which made my conversation probably unintelligible to the poor girl.

By: Roys

Roys — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 03:10:13 +0000

Nice lesson in Bahasa Melayu

I always panic when I use my half-baked Malay when I have to go to Malaysia to settle stuff …