Gord's Guide to the Convenience of English Words in Everyday Malay Conversations

The Convenience of English Words in BM

Note: This particular guide here will only feature specifically English words that are used in BM conversations. It is in no way to show disrespect to BM. The author do admits he thinks BM need a lot more improvement to phase out these excessive English Words in Malay conversations.

The author also excluded the other Bahasa Pasar term; to concentrate on English words particularly.

This specific guide here is written to illustrate to people who speak in Bahasa Malaysia why some words or descriptions had been replaced by English due to its 'reduced popularity' or 'redundancy in word counts'.

Whether you like it or not, the Malay Pakcik/Makcik in Kampung, Cinabeng in downtown, Indian in estates and our Bangladeshi workers here in Malaysia using the same style of Bahasa.
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THE SUBCONSCIOUS REPLACEMENTS
Note: Observe carefully. These are actually 'situational-correct' conversations. Some of these are NOT DIRECT TRANSLATION, but SLANG-BASED.
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The English Word = PARKING
The BM Word= TEMPAT LETAK KERETA

You say
"Mana parking aku?"
You don't say
"Mana tempat letak kereta aku"
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The English Word = YOU/ I
The BM Word= ENGKAU/ AKU


The English Word = CALL
The BM Word= TALIPON

You say
"You ada call I?"
You don't say
"Engkau ada talipon aku?"

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The English Word =BRA
The BM Word= BAJU DALAM/ COLI

You say
"Bra aku jenama Victoria's Secret"
You don't say
"Baju Dalam aku jenama Victoria's Secret"

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The English Word =MODEL
The BM Word= PERAGAWATI

You say
"Kawanku Amber, dia tu seorang model."
You don't say
"Kawanku Amber, dia tu seorang peragawati."
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The English Word =MACHO
The BM Word= BERSIFAT BERKELELAKIAN

The English Word =COOL
The BM Word= BERGAYA

You say
"Aku cukup macho dan cool, awek kat kilang tu semua gilakan aku"
You don't say
"Aku cukup bersifat berkelelakian dan bergaya, awek kat kilang tu semua gilakan aku"
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The English Word =TRAFFIC LIGHT
The BM Word= LAMPU ISYARAT

The English Word =U-TURN
The BM Word= PUSINGAN-U

The English Word = HIGHWAY
The BM Word= LEBUHRAYA

You say
"Kat sana, lepas Traffic Light, kau buat U-Turn, masuk kat Highway"
You don't say
"Kat sana, lepas Lampu Isyarat, kau buat Pusingan-U, masuk kat Lebuhraya"
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The English Word =RELAX
The BM Word= BEREHAT

The English Word =HOLIDAY
The BM Word= CUTI

The English Word =PICNIC
The BM Word= BERKELAH

The English Word =BEST
The BM Word= BAGUS

You say
"Memang syiok kita relax kat Phuket semasa Holiday minggu lalu. Picnic kat tepi pantai memang Best."
You don't say
"Memang syiok kita berehat kat Phuket semasa cuti minggu lalu. Berkelah kat tepi pantai memang bagus."

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The English Word =ACTION (slang for Show-Offs)
The BM Word= BERLAGAK

You say
"Sejak Najib beli kereta BMW tu, dia sudah action."
You don't say
"Sejak Najib beli kereta BMW tu, dia sudah berlagak."
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The English Word =ADJUST
The BM Word= MELARASKAN/MENYESUAIKAN

The English Word = SEATBELT
The BM Word= TALI PINGGAN

The English Word = LOCK
The BM Word= KUNCI

You say
"Ah Beng, tolong aku adjust seatbelt. Macam tak lock je."
You don't say
"Ah Beng, tolong aku melaraskan tali pinggan. Macam tak kunci je."
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The English Word =SALE
The BM Word= JUALAN MURAH

The English Word =MOOD
The BM Word= PERASAAN HATI

The English Word =SHOPPING
The BM Word= MEMBELI-BELAH

You say
"Walaupun ada Sale, aku takde mood nak pergi shopping."
You don't say
"Walaupun ada Jualan Murah, Aku takde perasaan hati nak pergi membeli-belah"
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The English Word =BYE
The BM Word= SELAMAT TINGGAL

You say
"Bye Bye"
You don't say
"Selamat Tinggal"

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I hope Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka take note. Some words in BM seems to be 'auto-replaced' for no reason.

Being a person who grew up in Shah Alam having good command of BM and Malay adat, it would make me pissed to see BM being deteriorated in conversations by certain words to replace its own.

There must be a way to revolutionize BM to make it uniquely spoken.

Some words need to be:
-Enhanced
-Replaced
-Focused
-Simplified

MAJULAH BAHASA UNTUK NEGARA!