According to wiki, Singapore official languages are Tamil, Malay, English and Mandarin. So, just curious do they learn Malay language like what we do during primary and sec education? Cause i got one singaporean friend, he is chinese but he knows nothing bout malay.

Yes, but Malay to Malay ok they speak singlay
Chinese to Malay they speaking singlish

i mean like are the chinese over there having decent knowledge bout malay language? i mean at least at a conversational level like us.

Nearlee is it?

Older generation Chinese speak Malay well, but newer generation do not learn Malay as it is an optional language. So their Malay language is restricted to their national service exposure, school crowd or working environment. If they do take Malay as an optional language, then they might be more fluent.

This also is affecting newer generation Malays as their parents speak English more as a home language. So they depend on their optional language subject in school as their only means of speaking Malay.

Some of my Malay colleagues kids don't speak conversational Malay at all other than the common words included in their vocabulary.

No. They don't. Older generations knows it, but not the current generation.
Some of the politicians can do it pretty well.

Actually I can tell u the pure Chinese for the young generation
They really dunno more than 10 Malays speaking.
Nasir Lemak tea tarik they ok
If talking from Chinese with Malay
Just one language call singlish or English

even ur malay colik kids no speak decent malay?? u mean singaporean malay is it? or include malaysia malay too?

I am at Tokyo now and met this Jap girl working at the hotel concierge. She spoke fluent Malay. I asked her how she know and told me she lived in KL for few years.

If few years can speak like that, and local don't know, malu lah .

This post has been edited by Jag23sys: Feb 11 2017, 07:22 PM

Yes
Some of them. Some of them talk macam sial

Bingding why dont u go sg instead travel and find uncle kimsim

singlish is as "high-class" as southern british accent or canadian english accent?

acherlli i got job offer last time, but i declined la. cause i sked sg many pervert

Cos in sg chinese learn chinese, Malay learn Malay and Indian learn Tamil, each race learn their respective mother tongue n chinese thr don't learn malay

but i have sg chinese fren, and she doesnt even know chinese! she knows hokkien a bit and english, but dono what is mandarin!!

ts u dont have to look far.. see how eheem population in Malaysia.. barely speak malay and/or understand malay ...

and malay is our only national language

simply say. saya bangsa cina, tetapi bahasa melayu saya dapat A dan saya masih fasih berbahasa melayu sehingga sekarang. bahasa melayu itu bahasa kebangsaan negara saya. oleh itu, saya rajin menghafal kamus dewan waktu saya masih zaman persekolahan dulu. Bukan sahaja tatabahasa, ejaan dan penulisan, saya memiliki loghat macam orang melayu waktu saya berkomunikasi!

u dont care other ppl business then ok lo
Sg more safe than my. U think too much la.

Im going nz for holiday visa soon. Yolo is not a dream, oh wai

holiday visa meaning what? u gonna work in nz soon?

They know F4 as well.

i think u dunno england speaking also..

eeee, u so bad. still kacau me

SG can't speak Malay to save their lIves.

You ask them to spell Malay words and see - confuse the fuck out of you.

Kena becomes kanna

Agak agak becomes agar agar

but isnt malay one of their national languages?

Lel true wad. I once asked me fren sgmalayawek, u know SanChai? She said yes i watch one coz i go cina sch

Singlish + hokkien somemore

Malay is also your own national language.

Your SPM get A1 or not?

u mean conversation like david cameron or theresa may level?

let me tell u something. i never score a B in school days in any subject before i enter uni.

Here

I hated Malays that cant speak Malay(either baku or pasar or state dialect).

...In a way, I still do. I'm just less vocal about it.

but i see ryan&sylvia english, they are really good, excellent to say

got meh? i tot only american malay dono malay nia

luckily they can't speak well in malay

if not, habis

Working was fine, if normal talking will be best on singlish

don understand. why? u scared they snatch ur bowl rice?

working was fine, meaning working isnt fine anymore if talk in proper english?

Lumpang - tumpang
Machiam - macam

Actually Chinese to Chinese if you met them in kampung, do you still chat v them seriously?

Same as Singaporen lah.

For example:
A. Hey bro what are you doing there?
B. Yup bro I sibei song ah...
A. why bro you song?
B. Cause my lanpa song...

singapore national anthem what language?

eh, what song? chinese song or malay song?

only those require to speak malay due to their work

Me bei song, I want hit you now

It is because we Malaysians teach them how to speak.

singapore's language class other than english is kinda bad. For example i have a friend who complete Chinese language o-level and he got B with it. The result is he can't even speak chinese properly. Then we ask how could he get B.... he said they can bring dictionary inside the exam hall and they can cheat. Also their chinese o-level is like our Form 1 standard.

Speak English fair for everyone

I used to know a handful. That's quite a lot considering one usually expect to see them in large cities and not in a small town of Jerlun. Their parents grew up on Malay language but refused to converse in Malay at home with their children.

Maybe they wanted their kids to focus on only English due to fear of their kids not being able to use the language well. Maybe those kids somehow got this impression that Malay is some kind of pariah language. Who knows...

The fact that I was raised by a low-rank cop and a housewife who didnt finish school, yet still managed to get a decent grasp on this language used to gave me some sort of superiority complex against people I used to call 'Melayu Murtad'. However,I stopped giving a shit.

This post has been edited by jamilselamat: Feb 11 2017, 07:53 PM

dono chinese, can bring in dictionary and complete o-level and got B?? wtf education is that? i tot singapore v high standard?

Duno... something like Singapore Chinese Language o-level exam. Just like our SPM.

U r wrong , only Malay = Malaysian
Outside of Malay just call them Muslim

eh, so u chinese or malay?

including singapore, brunei and indonesia?

SG malay can speak better than some Malaysian malay...
Other race, not so good in malay lang but inglish better than majority of Malaysian but not those some old folk...

wah, this is astounding. never have i heard can bring in dictionary, dono a certain language, and still got B for that language. seriously, singapore really know how to "decorate" themselves as a "multi-verse" and "multi-lingual" country. puihhh, fake like huat

That one I dunno leh.
How if Indonesia and Pinoy Muslim?

pinoy? meaning there is malay in Philippines?

What do you think I am?

malay

Hai awak!! Masyhallah

Most of my Sinky chinese friend speaks malay fluently, but they are my generation la

Pinoy = philipino

ya, i know. what about them?

Just call him Philippine Muslim
China Muslim
Australia Muslim
Singapore & Malaysia is remain to Malay = Melayu

so there is malay in china, philippine and australia?

better than know the work potek only.

ya, mean can work earn dollar for none permanent position while traveling, working is optional

The main reason is to travel.

We called them Muslim, some of them not speaking in Malay, they speak Arabian

but, why cant u just use ur passport go there travel? why need holiday visa to travel?

so malay in china and australia dono malay, but they know and speak arabic?

For someone who claims to travel often, TS doesn't seem to know the other cultures very well.

i long time no go sg ler

China Muslim speaking china
Australia Muslim speaking Australia language

Such as you have good day todie

so malay in china and aussie speak what

dei. U need to use passport but validity period is low to travel in nz

Holiday visa for those want to study or work a while at the same time can enjoy travel. For more info, you can google about working holiday visa

China no pure Malay right.
If Malay maybe come from Malaysia.

How I know, I just knew them speaking on local language

their malay language so much baku....

sometimes dengar radio singkapore gelak dalam hati...kosong disini, sifar disana...banyak juga perkataan berbeza dengan kita...tapi satu jer menarik, info jalan raya macam 10 minit ke 30 minit sekali sepanjang hari berbanding kita waktu puncak kerja jer...

how long u need travel? i tot sg passport can stay more than three months?

can u speak arabic?

I dunno it all

then what foreign language can u speak?

total period of travel at least four year

Nz is just a stop for me to visit, will stay at nz at least 6 month then go to australia and other country

Lol... how I know..
Depend where I stay from

why u need to go NZ for 4 years?

u don even know what foreign language u can speak? and u oso dono where u stay????

nz stay 6 month

Other country around the world at least 4 year. Literally mean im traveling around the world

I go Australia I speak English
I go Taiwan I speak mandarin
I go HK I speak Cantonese
I go Macau I speak Cantonese
I go china I speak mandrain
I go Sarawak I speak hokkien + Hakka
I go Singapore I speak singlish + English
As soon I want go Japanese I wanna learn some words of kimochi else.

So me is speak where am i

This post has been edited by kimsim: Feb 11 2017, 08:26 PM

u got enuf money>?

abuden?

wah, why u so smart. can u speak australian english?

Used to learn with speak

can tell me rougly how mmuch need to spend if like u visit like that? i wanna visit japan, north america as well as latin america one day

wah, so smart. ur english accent must be v nice to hear

No........ I rid off your tered

why?

U asked tooo muucccchhh

For Singaporean, it's secondary, not important.

maybe they know the Singapore national anthem??

it's in malay right?

yup, majulah singapore. malay.

youth there dont speak an inch of malay. worked there for a year before.

kimsim got landed property at Bukit Timah and Sentosa