1-Minute Malay for Tourists is intended to help you warm up to your host upon your arrival in Penang. There's no better way to break the ice and turn on the Penang hospitality than to learn a few words and phrases in Malay.
Listen to the video and then view the sentences listed below. You may change any single-underline words according to circumstance, while selected options are provided for double-underline words.
Upon arrival in Penang, if you're met by a host, he/she will say this to you:
Welcome! Selamat Datang!
Welcome to Penang! Selamat Datang ke Pulau Pinang!
You will reply by saying:
Thank you! Terima kasih!
Your host may ask you:
How are you? Apa khabar?
You will reply by saying:
I'm fine! Khabar baik!
Your host may ask you:
What is your name? Apa nama awak?
You will reply saying:
My name is John! Nama saya John
You may introduce the people travelling with you:
This is my wife Jane. Ini isteri saya Jane.
husband: suami
girlfriend: teman perempuan
boyfriend: teman lelaki
son: anak lelaki
daughter: anak perempuan
mother: ibu
father: bapa
Your host may ask you:
Where do you come from? Awak datang dari mana?
You will reply saying:
I come from the United States. Saya datang dari Amerika. The name of most countries are the same as in English, except for the following:
France: Perancis
Germany: Jerman
Japan: Jepun
To locate public transport, you may want to ask:
Where is the bus stop? Di manakah perhentian bas?
taxi stand: perhentian teksi
train station: stesen keretapi
jetty: jeti
airport: lapangan terbang
If you're taking a taxi, the driver may ask you:
Where do you want to go? Awak nak ke mana?
You will reply with:
I want to go to Hotel ABC. Saya nak ke Hotel ABC
George Town: or Tanjung
Batu Ferringhi:
Butterworth:
Balik Pulau:
Air Itam:
For other places, simply state as in English, i.e., Komtar, shopping, hospital, etc.
When you go shopping, you may want to say this:
How much is this? Berapa harga ini?
The seller will most likely state the price: One ringgit. Satu ringgit.
two: dua
three: tiga
four: empat
five: lima
six: enam
seven: tujuh
eight: lapan
nine: sembilan
ten: sepuluh
eleven: sebelas
twelve: dua belas
one hundred: satu ratus
one thousand: satu ribu
A ringgit can be split into one hundred sen, hence: Two ringgit and thirty sen. Dua ringgit tiga puluh sen.
twenty: dua puluh
forty: empat puluh
fifty: lima puluh or setengah (literally, half)
sixty: enam puluh
seventy: tujuh puluh
eighty: lapan puluh
ninety: sembilan puluh
Upon being offered the price, you might want to say:
Oh, that's too expensive! Wah, terlampau mahal!
If you accept the price, you may say:
Fine, give me one. Baik, bagi saya satu.
And that's your 1-Minute lesson in Malay! This should be enough to take you along on a short visit to Penang, and may endear you to the locals for your attempt to speak their language.
Buy, rent or sell properties in Penang
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Let me take you to explore and discover Penang through my series of walking tours on YouTube. You may use these videos as your virtual tour guide. At the beginning of each video, I provide the starting point coordinates which you may key into your GPS, Google Maps or Waze, to be navigated to where I start the walk, and use the video as your virtual tour guide.
Disclaimer
Please use the information on this page as guidance only. The author endeavours to update the information on this page from time to time, but regrets any inaccuracies if there be any.
Hello and thanks for reading this page. My name is Timothy and my hobby is in describing places so that I can share the information with the general public. My website has become the go to site for a lot of people including students, teachers, journalists, etc. whenever they seek information on places, particularly those in Malaysia and Singapore. I have been doing this since 5 January 2003, for over twenty years already. You can read about me at Discover Timothy. By now I have compiled information on thousands of places, mostly in Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore, and I continue to add more almost every day. My goal is to describe every street in every town in Malaysia and Singapore.