Selamat pagi  'Good morning'

Selamat tengah hari 'Good day'

Selamat petang 'Good afternoon'

Selamat malam 'Good night'

Once again we see selamat interacting with other words, in this case times of the day. Pagi is morning, malam is night, petang is afternoon (maybe 3-7PM), tengah hari is middle [of the] day = noontime.

These four greetings are the typical way to start a conversation, in much the same way conversations can begin in the US with Good morning.


Apa khabar? 'What [is the] news?'  = How are you?

Khabar baik 'Good news' = 'I'm fine'

Remember the final k is pronounced like a catch, like uh-oh.

Siapa nama 'What is [your ] name?'  Literally 'Who [is the] name?'

Nama saya Jim 'My name is Jim'  Literally 'Name I Jim'

Notice:

1. The word order is the opposite of English. In English 'my' goes in front of the noun 'my name' but in Malay we say 'my (I)' after the noun, nama saya.  Saya is the word for I or me or my.

2. Usually there is no way to say 'is' or 'are'. It's not necessary. Nama saya Jim. My name Jim, no is. Apa khabar 'What news', no is.

Here are some objects we talked about in class.

pen  'pen'

pensil 'pencil'

botol  'bottle'

beg 'bag, hand bag'


So we have questions like:


Itu apa? 'What is that' (Pointing at some thing a little far away, in someone else's hand)

Ini pensil 'This is a pencil' (Holding up a pencil in his/her hand).


Itu 'that'

Ini 'this'


HP siapa?  'Whose cellphone [is it]?

HP Ryan '[It is] Ryan's cellphone.'

Botol siapa? 'Whose bottle [is it]?'

Botol Rob '[It is] Rob's botol.'

Beg siapa? 'Whose bag [is it]?'

Beg dia 'His bag.'


We learned some pronouns:

saya 'I' Also me, mine

dia 'he, she, it' Also him, her, it, his, her, its.

kita 'our'  Website kita  'Our website'

We'll talk more about the pronouns.


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Kosa kata:

Ayam  "chicken''
Ayam  goreng        "fried chicken''
Keju       ''cheese''