QUOTE(coldblood666 @ Aug 13 2018, 11:54 AM)
Hello/Assalam-o-Alaikum!
Can you guys help me with few questions?
1) How can I learn Bahasa Malay? Hire someone or join an academy?
2) How long does it take to learn Bahasa Malay usually?
3) How much will it cost me?
Thank you in advance.
Hi. First of all, it's Bahasa Melayu, or Bahasa Malaysia, not Bahasa Malay.
Second, while I personally recommend you to join a tuition class/academy, unfortunately I cannot recommend any because I do not know whether any academy offers this class. However, I've been told academy/tuition class is very helpful to people who are learning a second or third language, according to my friends who are learning Korean/Japanese languages.
Depends on what your first language is, Malay can be tough or relatively easy. It's relatively different from English and Chinese, but if your first language is English, it shouldn't be hard to pick up, because there are less grammar rules to follow. If your first language is Chinese, there can be some difficulties as Chinese has virtually no grammars but Malay, being an agglutinative language, can be hard to master for Chinese speakers.