how about learning a little bit of Malay?

[nerd_stylish]

I - sa-ya (sa as in sum)
you - a-wak
him/her - di-a (as in deer)
want - ma-hu (hu as in who)
eat - ma-kan (kan as in can't)
drink - mi-num (mi is me)
this - i-ni ( as in ee nee)
buy - be-li (be as in "ver" in believer)(li as in lee)
what - a-pa (pa as in papa)

 

[al-fajr]

cool thanks i love languages! whats a greeting like good morning...or hello?

 

[Libinette]

sa-ya ma-hu mi-num i-ni.

Guess wht i said?

 

[al-fajr]

sa-ya ma-hu mi-num i-ni.

Guess wht i said?

hey libin!! was wandering where u got to

erm : i want to drink this

 

[Libinette]

:salam2: isra, how are you doing?

yeah that's was straight foward, but i think it's quite difficult to pronounce it

 

[al-fajr]

alhamdulillah im doing well, and ureself?

yeah do u speak ne other languages if so which ones?

 

[Libinette]

:salam2: ,

i'm fine alhamdoulilah,

yes i speak french (fluently), somali (can speak only, terrible in writing), a bit of italian, i'm in the process of learning arabic, which i hope will be fluent one day inshallah, umm well english (obviously!!), i've learnt latin for 3 yrs (don't ask why) but i've forgotten everything, that's abt it!

wht about you?

take care

wassalam

 

[al-fajr]

:salam2:

omg....latin? me too...and it was 4 years aswell! all those endings and tenses and we had to memorise Virgil aswell...yknow that mad poet? nightmare.

i was always soooo bad at french it was quite funny actually! my teacher basically told me to forget it!

Urdu from my parents
umm i studied russian and japanese but the one i really want to learn is arabic not just Quranic arabic. inshallah one day....!

wheres this malay person got to? we want to know some more....

 

[hambaAllah]

read and speak Malay


:salam2:

For your info malay is spoken mostly in malaysia and singapore altho the twang or styles differs..Its slightly different fm Indonesian too

so maybe i cud add in what i know eh

a-pa ka-bar? the ka sound like car with no r and the bar is bar
how are you?

A-pa nama ka-mu?Apa nama kamu?Kamu cud be for male or female gender
what name you? or What is your name?


A-wak da-ri ma-na?Awak dari mana?
you from where? or Where are you from?

Sa-ya su-ka ba-ca bu-ku.(ca sound like char without the r.)Saya suka baca buku.
I like read book. or I like to read book.


Sekian buat sekarang or thats all for now
selamat berjumpa lagi or till we meet again

 

[apocalypse77]

actually the kind of malay u wana speak depends..the malaysian type of malay or the indonesian..hmmm

 

[Libinette]

assaamu calikum,

how do you say: nice to meet you

 

[Jihan]

sa-ya ma-hu mi-num i-ni.

Guess wht i said?

I want to drink this :angryblue: I am imagining ur saying it in a angry tone LOL

 

[Libinette]

I want to drink this :angryblue: I am imagining ur saying it in a angry tone LOL

assalamu caleikum,

me? in an angry tone? Never, or maybe yes: SA-YA MA-HU MI-NUM I-NI!!!!

 

[Jihan]

assalamu caleikum,

me? in an angry tone? Never, or maybe yes: SA-YA MA-HU MI-NUM I-NI!!!!

You must be Somali spellin :salam2: with a c. Caleikum. Hehehe.
soo mati hi do. I am such a bad somali speller!!

 

[Libinette]

:salam2: ,

yep you got that right, what origin are you from??

 

[Jihan]

Im somali thats how i can read somali.

 

[Libinette]

:salam2:

aaa, ok, so let me show off a bit :
abaayo ma ficaan tahay??,
thats abt all i can write, jk jk, although i am a best speaker

Nice to meet you

take care



wassalam

 

[Libinette]

soo mati hi do. !!

what's that supposed to say??

 

[Jihan]

what's that supposed to say??

it means 'Are you not?'
As in are you not somali.
p.s. Waa iska fican ahay

 

[Libinette]

:salam2:


oo yeah i get it now.
mashallah, you're good!!!

let's continue, next question
umm, somalia maalin ma aday,??

wassalam caleikum wr wb