Malaysia is not high level society.
You can live your life without even speaking out.
Maybe during any government related issue, but you dont need to do it on a daily basis. Maybe once in awhile. Probably someone will help him.

Most people live out their daily life without talking to neighbours.
Just try going to the mall yourself.
Try to count how many time you speak to random strangers? Probably you can count with your own fingers.

An old uncles dont need to talk much in everyday life. Stop being a dick.
I have seen young working adult not able to construct half a sentence in front of angmoh, and he still working as a professional !
You probably got more fun poking on the professional that mumbling in front of angmoh than an old uncle that couldnt speak english or malay !

Uncle didnt go to school.
Dont poke fun on people misfortune.
Be man.
Not a dick.

Just another product of SJKC

Maybe i used too many smileys in my original post, and came across as being a dick making fun of old unker. But i can guarantee u that is not my intention. I genuinely want understand how he go on with his daily life without understanding the spoken language of this country. Coz ive been in the same situation (kinda) and i cannot tahan with it.

Forgive me if i unintentionally offended anybody, but i am not sorry for opening this thread. Reading the replies has been kinda enlightening to me...

if youngster cant speak malay is the problem, uncle also want to make fun of meh. walao, u sohai la

Manada make fun

itulah jawapan kepada persoalan anda

I quite agree with you. If they've been here their whole lives they should be able to converse in BM at the least. Maybe unker is illiterate and doesn't know how to read so he's never picked up another language besides his mother tongue.

Let's not forget we're not first world yet, poverty rate is still high, and illiteracy is still a thing for some in the older generation.

Majority chinese doesnt mean all chinese wat...

Kan? It doesnt need to be perfect malay, broken pun tak apa.. Takkan la so many years living in malaysia, still hav problem understanding malay? That was my origiinal thought as well

i noe alot old folk (60+) that cant speak even broken malay, cant blame em, some of them didnt even finish primary skol and go out to work, and only mingle with chinese ppl mostly.
simple word to talk with officer can la but harder word they nid time to process and think

unless u mean the unker is 40+year old la, then tats a problem.

either no proper education or he has dyslexia and a drop out
there are quite a few of people with dyslexia in malaysia
maybe that uncle is 1 of them

That unker not that old, 50+, 60 y/o top. Neatly dressed like ur typical towkay sumore (tucked in collared tshirt,jeans n sport shoe.

But idk la, looks can sometimes be deceiving,

Who knows his real age prolly 65+?

if uncle is old...never had proper education, i will not be surprised.

I met old Malays that cannot speak any other languages beside BM, and their BM is not proper BM, BM with super strong accent that me from Kebangsaan school also can understand. And also old Indians that cannot speak any other languages beside Tamil. Ok...this one I don't know anything at all, ada accent ke tak ada accent I pun tak tau...

Ayam no surprise, but ayam still try ayam best to tolerate and understand dia olang. Ayam no open tered ask why and how dia olang survive also. Ayam understanding...

Don't even bother to argue with me on how the people like that cainis uncle survive in Malaysia. They obviously survived and still surviving...and is definitely surviving longer than you (since you called him uncle, i assume you are younger than him).

By the way, I even met some young malays that just graduated from Uni that can't even speak or construct a sentence in English. I know i know, this is MALAYsia...English is not important. So, I will not argue on this point....

This post has been edited by PHI_1.618: Jan 15 2020, 05:23 PM

they pay someone to do it for them

Ive met so many that speak broken malay, prolly struggles abit to string a few sentences.

But to the point of struggling to understand malay? Maybe in rural area of sarawak and sabah, or orang aslis or those living in kampung cina, but one living in kl?This is the 1st time.

But like 1 ktard say, he prolly migrated to kl to live with his son from kampung. Hence why hes like that? Idk. I never ask. And it prolly be a long time before i meet him again to ask his story personally

Maybe he a tourist..
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.sinarharia...d-tarikh-keluar

Thats what came across my mind as well

But why when i ask 'u orang malaysia' he answered 'ya orang malaysia'?

If like this also surprise, you will be even more surprised when you know how strong cainis survival skills are. Just go out and see the world. Don't limit yourself just in MALAYsia. These cainis will find wayssssss to ensure they survive no matter in what situation and what country. They are many cainis living in US, UK that don't speak yinglis and still surviving there.

That's why you see cainis is all over the World. Almost every developed country ada China Town.

becoz they dont mingle/hang around with ppl that speak malay/or malay ppl. Imagine for 20+ years you dont use bahasa on daily terms, eventually u will forgot some of em, let alone say they barely study them
and like my post just now, they are mostly locate in KL or selangor area.
if anycase they need to go for jabatan, they will just bring along friends/cousins/son&daughter that can translate.

to live in kl, u just nid $$$ & konektion