LESSON NO. 4 (GREETINGS)

Dear friends
In this lesson we will read normal greeting words and sentences. So that if somebody come to Malaysia or meet some Malay person anywhere in the world he can start conversation with him or can communicate with him. As you know our conversations start or end with greeting words and also we need some words for hope and wishing. So greeting words have a great importance in every language. Lets start our lesson.

WORDS.

Pagi                         Tengah hari                          Petang                   Malam
Morning                   After noon                             Evening                 Night

Datang                     Jalan                                    Tinggal                  Baik                Terima kasih
To come                  To go / Road/ walk                 Stay                     Fine                 Thank you

Tahun                       Baru                                     Berjaya                Hari
Year                         New                                     Success                Day

Now we learn how we use these words in our greeting.
To start conversation to Muslim you start with "Assalamoalaikum".

Good morning               Selamat pagi
Good afternoon             Selamat tengah hari
Good evening                Selamat petang
Good night                    Selamat malam
Welcome                      Selamat datang
How are you?               Apa khabar?
I am fine.                       Khabar baik.
Thank you                     Terima kasih
You are welcome          Sama sama
Goodbye                       Jumpa lagi
I am sorry                      Maafkan saya / minta maaf / harap maaf
doesn't matter                Tak apa     (will speak as ta apa. mostly k is silent in Malay words)

Some other wishing and hope.

Happy birthday              Selamat hari lahir / selamat hari jadi
Happy new year             Selamat tahum baru
Marry Christmas            Selamat hari krismas
Eid greeting                    Selamat hari raya
Chinese new year           Selamat tahun baru cina
Indian Diwali                  Selamat hari deepawali
Wish you success           Selamat berjaya

These are some basic greetings in Malay language. And we will read more in advance course here it is enough for new and basic learner.

Thanks and regards

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