Showing posts with label Malay. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Malay. Show all posts

Monday, June 9, 2008

How Are you?

Afrikaans:
Hoe gaan dit? (South Africa)
Hoe gaan dit met jou? (South Africa)
Goed dankie (answer) (South Africa)

Arabic:
Kif Haalak? (to man) (Middle East)
Kif Haalik? (to woman) (Middle East)
Wach rak? (Algeria)
Izzayak? (to a man) (Egypt)
Izzayik? (to a woman)(Egypt)
Izzayukum? (to a group) (Egypt)
Kwayyis ilHamdu lillah (answer by a man)(Egypt)
Kwaysa ilHamdu lillah (answer by a woman)(Egypt)
Kwaysin ilHamdu lillah (answer by a group) (Egypt)
Akhbaarak eh? (Egypt)
Eshlonik? (Kuwait)
IbkhairArabic (answer)(Kuwait)
Kif el sahha? (Lebanon)
Labas? (Morocco)
Kif Halek? (Morocco)
Labas, barak llahu fik (answer)(Morocco)
Kulshi bikhair? (Morocco)
Bikhayr lHamdu llah (answer) (Morocco)
Ki dayer? (to a man) (Morocco)
Ki dayer? (to a woman) (Morocco)
Ki dayrin? (to a group of people) (Morocco)
Ash khbarak? (informal)(Morocco)
Kifak? (to a man)(Palestine)
Mneeh (answer)(Palestine)
Kifek? (to a woman) (Palestine)
Mneeha (answer)(Palestine)
Shnoowa hawaalik? (informal) (Tunisia)

Malay:
Apa khabar? (Malaysia, Brunei)
Khabar baik (fine) (Malaysia, Brunei)

Italian:
Come sta? (Cent. Europe, E. Africa)
Come stai? (informal) (Cent. Europe, E. Africa)
Bene (good) (Cent. Europe, E. Africa)

Khmer:
Niak sohk sabai jie te? (Cambodia)
Khnyohm sohk sabai (fine) (Cambodia)

Kimakonde:
Uchidachi?(Tanzania)
Habari na yelo? (Tanzania)


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Monday, June 2, 2008

Thank You

Arabic:
Shukran(Middle East, North Africa)
Shukran gazilan (very) (Middle East, North Africa)
Mamnuun (Syria)
SaHHa (North Africa)
El-hamdullah (Morocco) [lit. Praise to Allah]
Barak llahu fik (Morocco)

Irish Gaelic:
Go raibh maith agat (to one) (Ireland, Britain)
Go raibh maith agaibh (to more than one)(Ireland)
Go raibh maith 'ad (Ireland, Britain)
Go raibh mile maith agat (to one )(Ireland, Britain)
Go raibh mile maith agaibh (to more than one) (Ireland)

Indonesian:
Terima kasih (formal) (Indonesia)
Makasih (Indonesia) [informal]
Thanks ya (very informal)(Indonesia)
Trims (slang)(Jakarta Indonesia)

Lithuanian:
Achiu (Lithuania)
Dekoju (Lithuania)
Labai achiu (very much)(Lithuania)
Dekui (Lithuania)
Labai dekoju (Lithuania)
Nuoširdziai dekoju (very sincere) (Lithuania)

Polish:
Dziekuje (Poland)
Dziekujemy (spoken by several people)(Poland)
Dzieki (familiar)(Poland)
Dziynki (Silesia region, Southern Poland)
Dziynkuja (Silesia region, Southern Poland)

Chinese:
Xie xie (Mandarin) (China)
Toa chie(Mandarin) (China)

Malay:
Terima kasih (Malaysia, Brunei)
Terima kasih banyak-banyak (very much) (Malaysia, Brunie)

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Saturday, May 31, 2008

Do You Speak English?

Danish:
Taler De engelsk? (formal) (Denmark, Greenland)
Taler du engelsk? (informal) (Denmark, Greenland)

Dutch:
Spreekt u Engels? (Netherlands, Belgium) [polite]
Spreek je Engels? (Netherlands) [informal]
Spreekt ge Engels? (informal) (Flemish) (Belgium)
Spreekt gij Engels? (informal) (Flemish) (Belgium)

Hungarian:
Beszél ön angolul? (Magyar) (Hungary)
Beszél angolul? (Magyar) (Hungary)
Beszél maga angolul? (polite) (Magyar) (Hungary)
Beszélsz angolul? (informal)(Magyar) (Hungary)

Kazakh:
Aghylshynsa bilesiz be? (Kazakstan, Central Asia, China)
Siz agylshynsha söyley alasez ba? (Kazakstan, Central Asia, China)

Malay:
Bisa berbahasa Inggeris? (Malaysia, Brunei)
Bolehkah anda berbahasa Inggeris? (Malaysia, Brunei)
Bolehkah anda bercakap bahasa Inggeris?(Malaysia, Brunei)
Adakah anda bertutur bahasa Inggeris? (Malaysia, Brunei)
Tahuka berdahasa Ingris? (Singapore)


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