English→Malaysian Malay

Translate English to Malaysian Malay like a local.

Bahasa Melayu Malaysia menggunakan partikel seperti lah, bentuk ringkas seperti tak dan ni, serta kata harian seperti tapau untuk menandakan nada dan kebiasaan tempatan.

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What locals actually say

Could you pack up the leftovers for me?

Boleh tapau lebihan ni untuk saya?

“Tapau” ialah kata kerja kolokial Malaysia untuk membungkus makanan untuk dibawa pulang, manakala “ni” ialah bentuk ringkas “ini”.

I’m not going out tonight; I’m too tired.

Malam ni saya tak keluar, penat sangat.

“Tak” ialah bentuk penafian yang biasa dalam percakapan, dan “malam ni” lebih santai daripada “malam ini”.

Where should I put this?

Nak letak benda ni kat mana?

“Kat” ialah bentuk percakapan bagi “di”, sementara pola “nak ... kat mana” memang lazim dalam soalan harian di Malaysia.

How much do I owe you?

Berapa saya kena bayar pada awak?

Kena bayar is a Malaysian Malay conversational construction meaning 'need to pay' and sounds more natural in everyday speech than a formal obligation phrase.

Mum, I’m home.

Mak, saya dah sampai.

Mak is the everyday Malaysian Malay word for 'mum', while dah is a casual shortening of sudah that signals informal speech.

Can you send me the file before lunch?

Boleh hantar fail tu sebelum makan tengah hari?

Tu is the colloquial form of itu, commonly used in Malaysian Malay conversation to mean 'that' or 'the'.

It looks like it’s going to rain.

Macam nak hujan je.

Macam nak expresses 'looks like it is going to', and je is a casual Malaysian particle meaning 'just' or 'seems so'.

The traffic is really bad today.

Jem teruk hari ni.

Jem is the Malaysian Malay colloquial word for a traffic jam, while hari ni is the common spoken contraction of hari ini.

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How Malaysian Malay differs

Malaysian Malay in Rumi (Latin) script. Anda/awak by formality; standard Bahasa Melayu for formal text; casual register may use lah particles and colloquial contractions (tak, nak, macam mana) as locals text.

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