Translate English to Malay
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Common English to Malay translations
| English | Malay | Pronunciation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hello | Hai | hai | ||
| Good morning | Selamat pagi | seh-LAH-maht PAH-gee | ||
| Thank you | Terima kasih | teh-REE-mah KAH-see | ||
| Please | Tolong | TOH-long | ||
| How much is this? | Berapa harganya? | beh-RAH-pah har-GAH-nyah | ||
| Where is the bathroom? | Di mana tandas? | dee MAH-nah TAHN-dahs | ||
| I do not understand | Saya tidak faham | SAH-yah TEE-dahk FAH-hahm | ||
| Can you help me? | Boleh tolong saya? | BOH-leh TOH-long SAH-yah | ||
| I would like tea | Saya nak teh | SAH-yah nahk teh | ||
| The bill, please | Bil, tolong | bil TOH-long | ||
| Nice to meet you | Seronok berkenalan | seh-ROH-nok ber-keh-NAH-lahn | ||
| Goodbye | Selamat tinggal | seh-LAH-maht TING-gahl | ||
| I need a doctor | Saya perlukan doktor | SAH-yah per-LOO-kahn DOK-tor | ||
| Excuse me | Maafkan saya | MAH-ahf-kahn SAH-yah |
Tips for English to Malay translation
Malay and Indonesian are mutually intelligible, essentially two standards of the same language. Malay is the official language of Malaysia, Brunei, and Singapore. Vocabulary differences are comparable to British vs. American English.
Malay uses the Latin alphabet with no special characters, making it one of the easiest languages to read. Grammar has no conjugations, no gender, no tones, and SVO word order.
Malay has a productive affix system. The root tulis (write) produces menulis (to write), penulis (writer), penulisan (the writing), ditulis (was written).
Malay has borrowed from Sanskrit, Arabic, Portuguese, Dutch, English, and Chinese. Kereta (car, from Portuguese carreta), meja (table, from Portuguese mesa).
About the Malay language
Malay belongs to the Austronesian family and served as the lingua franca of maritime Southeast Asia for centuries. Modern standard Malay is the official language of Malaysia, Brunei, and one of four official languages of Singapore. It is mutually intelligible with Indonesian.
Malaysia has about 33 million people and is a major economy in Southeast Asia. Kuala Lumpur is a global city known for the Petronas Towers, diverse cuisine, and multicultural society. Malay is written in Latin script (Rumi) in modern usage, though the Arabic-based Jawi script is still used in some religious and cultural contexts.
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