Malaysia Words & Phrases
The national language is Bahasa Malaysia while English, Philippino and Chinese is widely spoken.
A Few Basic Words
If you can remember the following words and phrases, your stay in Sabah will be even more interesting:
- English - Malay - Philippino
- Welcome - Selamat datang
- Okay - ya - sege
- Thank you (formal, with respect) - terima kasih banyak - maraming selamat
- Thanks - terima kasih - selamat po
- Let's eat! - makan kita- kain tayo
- Are you coming? - kau datang ke? darating ka ba?
- Do you want to come with me? - kau mahu ikut saya- gusto mo bang sumama sa akin
- Do you want to come with us? - awak mahu ikut sama kami- gusto mo bang sumama sa amin
- Diving - menyelam- sumisid
- Air - angin - hangin
- Water - air -tubig
- It's hot - terlalu penas - mainit
- It's cold - sejuk - malamig
- Ocean, sea - laut - karagatan
- Boat - perahu - bangka
- Fish - ikan - isda
- Shark - ikan jerung - pating
- Knife - pisau - kutsilyo
- Island - pulau - isla
- Shopping -membili -bilah - mamimili
- Money - wang ringgit - pera
- I want that / I would like that - saya mahu itu - gusto ko yan
- How much? - berapa - magkano
- How many? -barapa banyak - magkano
- Good morning - selamat pagi - magandang umaga
- Good afternoon - selamat petang - magandang hapon
- Good evening - selamat malam - magandang gabi
- How are you? (formal) - apa khabar - kumusta ka na
- How is it going? - apa macam - kumusta na ang pamamalakad pangyayari
- My name is John - nama saya si john - ang pangalan ko ay si john
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