when i hear malays talking about wedding, i always hear this 'serba satu' thing. what is it actually? i'm a spaniard and i'm clueless about this. someone can help me understand?

its serba dua, and serba tiga

yo no sé

serba satu comes from "seribu satu"...

uno duos tres quatro , i know u want me,

Hi Messi!

and what's that suppose to mean? this has to be the most complicated thing i ever came across

Literally, serba satu means one of each (type). If I'm not mistaken, serba satu means more than just jewellery. "Hantaran serba satu" are the gifts from the groom to the bride. It can include one change of clothing, one pair of shoes, one jewellery set as Ramona mentioned, one cosmetics set, and etc. "Hantaran serba dua" means the bride gets two of each (type of gift). This means, two changes of clothing, two pairs of shoes, etc.
Traditionally, an odd number of hantaran is presented (7, 9, 11).

In the case you mentioned, the bride received a ring plus one of each type of gift. Couldn't find a specific source about this, but take a look at the ones below. Hope this helps.

http://www.proz.com/kudoz/malay_to_english...serba_satu.html

oh.. now i get the picture. you people have unique phrases for just about everything.

bagai pinang dibelah dua

This post has been edited by defdekz: Jun 16 2010, 07:06 PM

All language and race does. I'm sure even you can differentiate a Spaniard, Mexican, Argentinian just by hearing how they speak right?

u hear it wrong. actually its "serbia satu". a secret underground project with serbia to XtErMiNaToR some bosnians

serba salah

I opt for 6/8 NN instead of 8/10 CBBR. Never heard such thing as 1/1