English→Malay (Jawi)

Translate English to Malay (Jawi) like a local.

Malaysian Malay in Jawi carries its local voice through colloquial markers such as kat, jom and tapau, plus Malaysia-specific terms like myKad.

474 local dialects

What locals actually say

Can you send the location on WhatsApp?

بوليه هانتر لوکيشن کات واتس‌اڤ؟

Kat is the Malaysian colloquial preposition for ‘at’ or ‘on’, while location is commonly used as a loanword in casual speech.

Let’s tapau this for Mum.

جوم کيتا تاڤاو ني اونتوق ما.

Tapau means packing food to take away, and jom is the familiar Malaysian way to suggest doing something together.

Don’t forget to bring your myKad.

جڠن لوڤا باوا مايکد.

myKad is Malaysia’s everyday term for the national identity card, rather than the more general kad pengenalan.

How much is left in my account?

برڤا باقي دالم اکاون ساي؟

“Baki” is the usual Malay banking word for the remaining balance, signalling everyday Malaysian financial usage.

Is the station far from here?

ستيسن تو جاوه ک دري سيني؟

“Tu” is the colloquial form of “itu”, while sentence-final “ke” makes the question sound casual and conversational.

Have you eaten yet?

ده ماکن؟

“Dah” is the spoken contraction of “sudah”, a very common casual Malay way to ask whether someone has eaten.

Please look after your little brother.

تولڠ جاݢ اديق ليلکي اوق.

“Awak” is a friendly second-person pronoun in Malay, and “adik lelaki” specifically identifies a younger brother.

I’ll finish this report before lunch.

ساي اکن سيڤايکن لاڤورن اين سبلم ماکن تڠه هاري.

“Akan” marks a future action, while “siapkan” means to complete something, giving the sentence a natural workplace tone.

Notes like these come with every AIRTranslate translation, so you learn why locals phrase it that way as you go.

Malay written in Jawi (Arabic) script; standard Malay conventions.

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