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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.

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.

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....

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

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

Good to know that your are another step closer to the exit of the tempurung

its your fault, you live in chinese area but cant speak chinese

there are lots of these CYBERS in here trying to create RACIAL disharmony amongst the different RACES

By creating STORIES out of thin air

Surely SMART people knows whom are these EVIL CYBERS !

They posts very often and usually the topics are along the same lines !

I lispect teh uncle can talk with u without help

No, coz u young and knowledgeable. This is i expected from u. If u cant understand. I be sending a 14th floor gift card to you

Thank you for the clarification that you are not born and raised in kl... for a moment I thought you were trolling with all your (silly) questions.

You should be more observant and move about more and explore KL more.

Just like the man you are talking about, who is living within his own enclave and don't have to interact outside his enclave, it looks like you are similarly living within your own world and experiencing culture shock in meeting him.