Conversation in Malay made EASY.

 Conversation in Malay made easy. Copyright A. L. Junid. 2009 edition.
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Conversation in Malay made easy. Book 1.
Preface.

Here is language programme, a simple daily converstaion made easy in Malay.It is spoken well over 250 million people and even at higher office in the U.N.
I hope I have achieved my target introducing Malay Language and hoping in the near future would be well introducing as one of the fundamental, important media in conversation.That is the reason as to why I called it ‘Conversation in Malay made easy’.
I hope I have achieved assisting readers some enjoyment in this simple course. Probably in a year's time you might be able to write an essay or perhaps a novel in MALAY.
Other than the lesson easily focus on structur of grammer, I also include the local slang and dialect. In this way I hope to give readers more insight and understanding and thus they would be able to comprehend that verbal slang in our lesson. I have also included the my own study of the language and hopfully I have achieved that. If I have achieved just that and manage to give readers especially those studying Malay language than I have been successful.If I am able to give readers the easy method to achive just that than it is well worth the effort.
Pleas note that futher reading is needed for higherstudy of the Malay Language, my workhere is only an introduction.This exercise is for the benefit for beginers and reader benefit them in many ways especially those who wish to improve their basic Malay for their laanguage course. I know that some may find it boring especially without the present of teachers like in a classroom. However I have been able to help as if you are in a classroom no matter where you study this book. Lastly I wish all readers a well worth effort for themselves and many happy reading.

Lesson 1.
We begin this lesson by giving the translation, and then do the grammar proper. This is not easy, but I will just going to show you how simple it is to master the language. The first important thing is to know the meaning and then to memorize the meaning.
Keep on reading.
Pronounciation: The pronounciation in Malay Language from the alphabet from a to z is the same as in English. The vowel for alphabet ‘a’ that for example in a word ‘apa’= what.
Translation from English to Malay we begin with The Pronoun.
I, my, myself = saya, aku, ku.
You, yourself, your = awak, engkau, mu.
Name = nama.
is = ialah or adalah.
are= ialah, adalah. My name is…= nama saya ialah....
we, us= kita, kami. our=kita, kami.
That's rediculously easy. You are just starting this program and so you have some revisions later on . Try to vitaulize that you are in a classroom, in my classroom. Try to memorize the above words at heart and follow the lesson (top priority) one step at the time. Even if you get the pronounciation wrong but you speak it correct. Just say the words as written. And SMILE!

we, us = kita, kami. Our = kita, kami. He=dia or ia, his=dia or ia. She = dia oria; her = dia or ia. Making simple sentences from the above examples adding verb and noun.
We are eating rice and curry = Kita sedang makan nasi dan kari. We=kita, eat=makan,eating=sedang makan, nasi=rice, and=dan, curry=kari.
His name is = Nama dia ialah
He is eating rice and curry= Dia sedang makan nasi dan kari.
For plural pronoun ‘we’ or ‘us’, we used the plural ‘kami’ or ‘kita’.



Vocabulary:
The Pronoun.
I, my, myself = saya, aku, ku.
You, yourself, your = awak, engkau.
We or us= ‘kita’ or ‘kami’; our= ‘kita’ or ‘kami’.
The continous verb ‘eating’ is written in Malay as ‘sedang makan’. In many form of usage of verb continuous tense ‘ing’ as in Malay would come to be written as ‘sedang’.
The example I take from the previous sentence : ‘We are eating rice and curry’= ‘Kita sedang makan nasi dan kari’.
eating= sedang makan.
sitting= sedang duduk. The continuous words as in eating and drinking that ends with ‘ing’ is sedang is the correct words. Thus so are other words we used that are continuous. More examples: Walking= sedang jalan. Talking = sedang cakap. Waiting = sedang tunggu. Drinking= sedang minum. Eating = sedang makan.
Sitting = sedang duduk.
If we use the same words as in all the examples as shown here we have another kind of meaning using the as verbs.
The component of verbs ‘to be’ as in = is and are, and written in Malay as either ‘ialah’ or ‘adalah. As for the verbs in past tense was and were = ‘telah’ to denote the past tense.
Another Example walk = jalan. Walking=sedang berjalan talk = cakap. Talking=sedang bercakap.
Sometimes we found the verb to be as in sit= duduk and eat = makan. For both these words we need not add the ‘ber’ for the usage.



Vocabulary:
eating= sedang makan.
sitting= sedang duduk. The continuous words as in eating and drinking that ends with ‘ing’ is sedang is the corrrect words. Thus so are other words we used that are continuous. More examples – Walking= sedang jalan. Talking = sedang cakap. Waiting = seang tunggu. Drinking= sedang minum.
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2- Plural noun.
Genarally in proper grammer usage,the Malay language has a unique task of its own identification.
Another simple unique character is the usage of double repeated sentence to convey the plural words. For instance the the plural noun in English in these words ‘names’ and ‘women’ are ‘nama-nama’ and ‘wanita-wanita’. names= nama-nama.
women= wanita-wanita.
books= buku-buku.
radios= radio-radio.

It is possible that you may find the grammer structure a bit puzzling because the verbs in Malay is slightly different in standing order as that of English language. But we will come to that later on......
All right now..... I am going to translate the household words we hear everyday, yes right in our own neighbourhood!

Chair = Kerusi; chairs = kerusi-krusi Table = Meja; tables = meja-meja. tea-cup = cawan teh;tea-cups= cawan-cawan teh. Drink = minum; drinking = sedang minum.
sit = duduk; sitting = sedang duduk.






Now let's make some sentences, easy sentences from the above words: I sit on a chair= saya duduk di kerusi. I am sitting on a chair= Saya sedang duduk di kerusi
I drink tea = Saya minum teh.
I am dinking tea= saya sedang minum teh.
If you ever happened to visit Singapore, Malaysia or Indonesia and that would be a long way from home, but do remember that the Malay language do get you in touch with the speakers' homes in S.E Asia and you will feel important that you have mastered it. Or at least the simple phrases a shown above. And so far you have learnt about 50 words. That is, my good friend, a very good beginning and a start of something exciting!
In Malay Language the plural noun for common nouns are repeated twice: chair=kerusi(singular); chairs=kerusi-kerusi(plural)
house= rumah; houses=rumah-rumah; car = kereta; cars=kereta-kereta.
There are no ‘s’ in Malay to form the plural words as in English, but the same word must be repeted twice to form a plural noun. Example cars = kerereta-kereta.
That goes for everything plural for all spoken or written in Malay.
Incidently I hope not to bore you with all those lessons that so much often we hear that students in High School just run off from attending classes. I hope to create a joke or two to keep away the boring mood. Here's one for you below!
"Sorry there's nothing here"....

I thought of getting things easier for all readers -- so that we could get things going like in a train ride. Here's something that will keep us busy for a day:
How are you? = Bagaimana anda? You = engkau or awak or anda
I am fine = saya baik saja.
fine = baik.good = ‘baik’.
The meaning of ‘baik’ could give us two same meaning as the words good and fine. The meaning of ‘baik-baik’ give a dual meaning to that of ‘fine’ and ‘careful’ as do be careful=jaga baik-baik.

Thank you = terima kasih. No thank you = tidak terima kasih.
Welcome = selamat datang.
Goodbye = selamat jalan. Hello = helo.
Today= hari ini
Tomorrow =hari besok or esok
Yesterday =semalam. Last night= semalam.
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Numerical numbers-
Numbers:one=satu; two=dua; three=tiga; four=empat; five=lima; six=enam; seven=tujuh; eight=lapan; nine=sembilan; ten=sepuluh.
Beginning from ten the number eleven to nineteen come with the addition of the words ‘belas’ which is much easier to comprehend as in: eleven=sebelas; twelve=dua belas; thirteen=tiga belas; fourteen=empat belas; fifteen=lima belas; sixteen=enam belas; seventeen=tujuh belas; eightteen=lapan belas; nineteen=sembilan belas; twenty=dua puluh.
The next count from number twenty onwards are written as ‘puluh’upp to ninety-nine which is ‘sembilan-puluh sembilan.’ The words the double are repeated twice as is twenty-two=duapuluh dua; thirty-three=tigapulah tiga; forty-four= empatpuluh empat; fifty-five=lima-puluh lima;sixty-six=enam-puluh enam; seventy-seven=tujuh-puluh tujuh;eighty-eight=lapan-puluh lapan;ninety-nine=sembilan-puluh sembilan.
The numerical numbers of hundreds is ‘ratus’. Example:one hundred=seratus; two-hundred=dua-ratus and so on till we reach nine-hundred.
From one-thousand till hundred thousand it is pronounce as ‘ribu’. For example one thousand=seribu; two-thousand=dua-ribu and so on.
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Continous tense- for the ‘ing’ we add the word ’me’
I write= saya tulis
I am writing =Saya sedang menulis.
write= tulis,
writing = sedang menulis. I read= saya baca. I am reading= saya sedang membaca read = baca,
reading =sedang membaca.

This is one of the easier task of understanding a language. In Malay language there is no singular verb "to be" or the plural verb "to be". That is to say for example:
This is a chair=Ini adalah kerusi. The words ‘adalah’ and ‘ialah’ have the same function and meaning.
Do you remember when I told you if the plura of a common noun for example chairs, we have to repeat twice the word itself, such as:
chairs=kerusi-kerusi. Example-- These are chairs= Ini adalah kerusi-kerusi. The change of the noun object of ‘chairs’=’kerusi-kerusi’.

How about the conversation you often hear around you but could not understand them because some spoken words that are not in a dictionary. This is the dialect form of conversation kind of a thing, spoken by the locals! The dilect form of Malay language differ from one region to another.


Example:
Engkau dah makan!=Have you eaten!
Apa ni!=What's this!
Apa tu = what’s that.

Kat mana rumah kau = where’s your house.
Kat sana= over there or near there
Kat sini= over here or near here.
Since the shortened word ‘kat’ is from the word ‘dekat’ meaning near, the words could be used in two function as ‘near’ and also as ‘over’.



These are only five examples of the exact words spoken by locals. The verbal words are the exact pronounciations. By category, the dialect have links to each individual states they live in-- especially in Malaysia.If you hear people from Kelantan you would wonder if they speak Malay differently. The language or slang differed very much from on state to another.Sometmes you might wonder the difference in the state of Perak to Penang or Kedah different very much significantly. Nevertheless you need not worry. Too often if you study this lesson very carefully and practised the lesson everyday you will succed to be able to speak in Malay, much as you want them to be.
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Part 2: Revision work.
Please memorise this revision work. They are taken from our previous lesson that you have studied.
Lesson 1.
Translation from English to Malay:The Pronoun. (a)
I, my, myself = saya, aku, ku.
You, yourself, your = awak, engkau, mu.
Name = nama.
is = ialah or adalah.
are= ialah, adalah. My name is…= nama saya ialah....
we, us= kita, kami. our=kita, kami.
Making simple sentences from the above examples adding verb and noun. (b) eat, eating= makan, sedang makan.
rice = nasi. and = dan. curry = kari.
porridge = bubur. We are eating rice and curry = Kita sedang makan nasi dan kari.
He = dia, ia.
His name is = Nama dia ialah
He is eating rice and curry= Dia sedang makan nasi dan kari.We eat porridge = kita makan bubur. We are eating porridge=kita sedang makan bubur.



The continous verb eating is written in Malay as ‘sedang makan’. In many form of usage of verb continous tense as in Malay language would be written as ‘sedang’.
The example I take from the previous sentence : ‘We are eating rice with curry’= ‘Kita sedang makan nasi dengan kari’.
eating= sedang makan.
sitting= sedang duduk. with= dengan.
The word ‘sedang’ literary as ‘ing’ in continous verb in English. Example: eating=sedang makan;drinking=sedang minum; talking=sedang chakap; walking= sedang jalan; sitting=sedang duduk.
The Continous verbs as in eating and drinking that ends with ‘ing’ in Malay is the phrase ‘sedang’ is the corrrect word. So are other words we used that are continuous tense. More examples – Walking= sedang jalan. Talking = sedang cakap. Waiting = sedang tunggu. Drinking= sedang minum.
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Adjective= sendi nama” .
The adjective tells about a noun and the adjective that follows a noun. For simple reason the adjectives of a noun in Malay comes after the proper noun -- for example attap house = ‘rumah atap’ and concrete house= ‘rumah batu’.The adjectives are written after the pronoun.
Rumah atap, rumah batu,rumah pangsa,rumah dua tingkat,


The pronoun: Other examples of pronoun: house window=tingkap rumah; yellow house= rumah kuning;yellow house= rumah kuning;white house= rumah putih; house door=pintu rumah; room floor=lantai rumah;two room house=rumah dua bilik;three room hose= rumah tiga bilik.
Exercise: I live in a two storey house= Saya tinggal di rumah dua-tingkat. Live=tinggal;two-storey = dua tingkat.
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Grammer in Malay is called Nahu. The division of Grammer in Malay is the same as in English, and many words too in Malay are derived from English language.
Noun = Kata Nama;Verb = Kata Buat; Adjective = Sendi Nama; Adverb = Sendi Kata;
Thus the same apply to all form of grammer and taught is schools all over Southe-East Asia.
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Prefix as that of ‘ber’, ‘meng’, ‘mem’ have special function to denote the actions of a verb.For example the prefix of ‘ber, ‘meng’ and ‘mem’.
Jalan=walk; cakap=talk. Berjalan=walking; bercakap=talking.
Ambil=take; mengambil=taking
Bawa=carry; baca=read. membawa=carrying; membaca=reading.
I will elaborate further on this particular topic later on because it is quite complicated.Let’s continue with the previous lesson that we have left out.
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To be continued in part 2.

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