Manglish is an informal form of Malaysian English that contains words, expressions, and sentence structures from multiple languages such as English, Malay, Hokkien, Cantonese, Mandarin and Tamil. What makes Manglish fun and unique (but challenging for non-Malaysians to understand us) is the way Malaysians use direct translations from the Malay language to change the meanings of some English words.
In this episode, Madam Azimah explains the meanings of 11 common Manglish words, followed by some examples of how Malaysians might use them. I then provide the Standard English alternatives to the words.
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