Thursday, February 9, 2012

not-so-schema.

I was talking to a new member after the class, a young Malay girl. We spoke in English at first and then switched to Malay. At the end of the conversation, she said to me :

" Danny, i'm surprised that you can speak Malay, i mean the casual Malay really well. Like i'm talking to another Malay guy. Cos you know la, some Chinese tend to be a bit schema when they speak in Malay. Everything is so proper and goody goody. No offense."

Me :
" Aiya, i was from Malay school ma. Furthermore, ayat penuh is so tiring. Hahaha. "

So, do you speak Malay ... schema-ly? LOL ;p


p/s : 'kecil, kecik, kicik' ... which one are you? lol ;p
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15 comments:

  1. chaiminhuei2/9/12, 9:02 PM

    Saya punya Melayu tak boleh pakai.

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    1. Danny2/9/12, 10:23 PM

      aiya ..asalkan boleh paham .. cukup kot ;)

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  2. Chen Xing2/9/12, 9:13 PM

    "Schema-ly" means ?

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    1. Danny2/9/12, 10:24 PM

      schema-ly = dengan skema-nya...hahaha;p

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  3. C'est la vie2/9/12, 10:55 PM

    I also speak Malay until orang tanya, "you cina ke?" Hahaha, btw, I am "kecik" one, "kicik" is my mum's era. :P

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    1. Danny2/9/12, 11:20 PM

      me n u same same la..
      i oso kecik .. cos kecil sounds so goody/ proper, n kicik sounds so cina..hahaha

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  4. edward2/9/12, 11:22 PM

    My Malay has given back to cikgu... only sometimes when I need to practice my Malay before I've totally forgotten then once in a while I practice it with my Malay colleague, anyway, they will try to correct my broken Malay... hehehe....

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    1. Danny2/10/12, 9:57 AM

      at least u r still willing to do revision with ur colleagues :)

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  5. jade2/10/12, 8:18 AM

    My youngest was brought up speaking only English, so when he attended kindergarten, he couldn't speak to the Mandarin speaking kids and ended up making friends with a few Malay kids, conversing in Malay, and then he brought the Malay language into our household speaking Malay with his siblings and dad.

    Whenever we are on an outing, we made heads turn as others wonder why a Chinese family converse in Malay?

    My spoken Malay? Not too bad la, I am from the east coast ma... :)

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    1. Danny2/10/12, 9:59 AM

      then maybe i can be gd fren with him ..haha
      east coast huh? got slang one or not? lol ;p

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  6. Adrian2/10/12, 10:12 AM

    i use kecik..kecil is just on paper..lol
    besides people always mistaken me for either a srwkian or sbhan..they'll like ask "ko cine dari mane? swrk ke sbh?" ..haha.. because my malay surprises them ;p

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    1. Danny2/10/12, 12:03 PM

      gd for u ..
      i normally get my ' r u chinese?' thing when i buy nasi lemak... too much sambal..lol ;p

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  7. savante2/10/12, 5:36 PM

    From Melaka so mine's pretty casual as well. But I think most of us would speak more textbook Malay rather than the more informal version.

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    1. Danny2/10/12, 9:59 PM

      malacca huh? with some baba/nyonya accent?

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  8. Ash Godiva2/10/12, 11:53 PM

    eh Savante?i'm from melaka tooXD

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