Thursday, January 20, 2011

Malaysian English or Rojak English



Hey, you!!! . Ya la, you. Look here!! Pay attention when I talk to you! Don’t look here look there. Read my message to you’.

                The sentences above sound familiar to you right? There are no mistakes, right? WRONG!!! There are mistakes. The most obvious mistake is ‘Pay attention when I am talking to you!!, this should be the correct sentences. There are also a few other common mistakes done by Malaysian students. Such as:

·         ”Why you got out without asking my permission?”

·         “Teacher, I want to see Koo Ceng”

·         “Eh, you know or not, that next door Ah Sam, ah . She, ah, very busy body one, you know. She, ah…”

Yes, not all students make those mistakes during their writing tasks. These students can write very well without grammatical mistakes, with good sentence-structure and very deep vocabulary, but when it comes to oral English – gosh…, their standard of English is the same as Ah Sam’s English at the market – full of ‘You know, ah…’, ‘You see, ah…’ and others.



Students from different families and background have different standards of English. Some students are from English - speaking families, some from Malay-speaking families or Chinese-speaking families and so on. So, each student brings a different kind of ‘English’ to school. The Chinese bring ‘ah, ma, you know ah, I know…’, whereas the Malays bring ‘ha, ya, you don’t see, you donno, I donno…’. As for the Indians, they bring in words like ‘yilek’ and ‘yingaporinge?’ They also bring the Indian slang into the language. This special kind of English is known world-wide with the name ‘Malaysian English’ or ‘Rojak English’.

It might not funny with those words alone, but what do you think if combining those words from the Rojak English into a few sentences? It will be like these:

“Aiyaa… Ah Kow. How do you do?. I, ya? Ooo… very best. Now I work what, ah? I, ya, now is a very cheap planter only. Eh, you got woman already or not? Yilek? Haiya,… why you drag so long? You not young already you know. Go out there, go shock a girl. Bring back home see your parents. Then, da,da,da,dada,da,da,dada,,,(Wedding march). So easy, like eating ‘kacang putih’.

So, what do you think about these words now? Just imagine when we speak to a foreigner, especially an American or European, whose mother tongue is English. Dare to say that, they will be shocked with our ‘English’ or they will laugh until tears trickle down their faces. My dear readers, let’s work together to improve our English and stop making our country well-known for its poor English. Instead make our country proud of us because of our good English. Let people from all over the world know Malaysia for its clever citizens in mastering various languages.

*Let the French say: “Ah, tez Malaysians, They are so remarkable.
                                       Good Engglizz speak. Unlike other cuntriezz.
                                                -C’est abominable!!”
(English- “Ah, these Malaysians. They are very good in English. Unlike other countries- nonsense only!!”)

*Let the Japanese say: “Hait, Marasyans. Good Engrish! Good people. Nonsense-no! Engrish- very   
                                            perfect. People many friendly.

*Let the European say: “Wow, these Malaysians can really speak good English. We’ve gotta put a good
relationship with ‘em. 

*Let the Arabian say: “Malaseia, alhamdulillah…”
(All the phrases will only be appreciated if it is read with the correct slangs)

                So, no matter what the world says, we, as Malaysian, should increase our efforts in promoting the right usage of English, and not allowing it to deteriorate to form of street language; like in Singapore where English has become ‘Singlish’.



p/s : aku mmg tak copy kat mane2.. mmg ade dkat blog aku melalui pelajar sekolah aku yg lepas yang menghantar karya dia dkat aku utk dimuatkan dalam majalah! , so
..no credits.

19 comments:

Faiz Zaini said...

tok aku lg hebat berbahasa asing ni dari budak2 sekarang.. kerja kapal korek je pun..

klu nk ckp pasal grammar tu, aku rasa bangsa diaorg sendiri pun kdg2 ada yg kantoi.. sbb kebanyakannya bercakap bahasa pasar.. mcm aku duk cakap melayu ni.. bahasa pasar..

p/s: buka FB search nama Ben Bradshaw.. mat saleh yang ajar malaysian slang US.. cool! ataupun search paku&belacan.. mat saleh yang berjenaka dlm bahasa melayu.. lagi cool!!

SyedGraphix Dot Com said...

mofaizmz : hahaha.. tau x pe.. x leh bla kan bahasa diorang XD

*aku pon kdg2 lebeh kurang jgakk XD*

Gigi Besi said...

the issue is when teachers also sometimes make all those mistakes. so how malaysia wants to produce good students in english if teachers also need either courses of english in improving their english or additional classes outside their school just as students. huhu. how about our political leader ? they also make mistakes when speaking. so , the best way is to improve the second generation first , so that the third generation or the youths will also improve their english. insyaalllah (:

SyedGraphix Dot Com said...

nursayidatina : ya..agree wit u lol.hope so..

iem said...

hihi aku la 2 y rojak2 2..

SyedGraphix Dot Com said...

iema : haha.. same la kita XD

Amiey White said...

simple~
"Malaysian people eat Rojak A lot that's why they speak Rojak" haha

sempoi

SyedGraphix Dot Com said...

hahaa..camtu plak ea :P

Unknown said...

Kalau tengok org negara lain , pelat diorang lg la....smpai xle fham apa diorang ckp

SyedGraphix Dot Com said...

lol. ni bkan masalah pelat la..
ni masalah penggunaan bahase rojak la. aduii.

Faizal n Fashitah said...

Ni nama dia Manglish ekekeke. Anyway, bro.. aku dah tag hang. Sila rujuk kat dalam blog aku. Thank you! XD

SyedGraphix Dot Com said...

faizal n fashitah : hehehe..btol2.. XD.yeke? jap ak ushaa

umiawadah said...

saya tak pandai berbahasa inggeris..maaf ye..but i know litle2 only..he he he rojak tak? artis pun selalu cakap rojak-rojak ni..

Umie Nadhirah said...

Sayes datangs melawats..hahahaha!

Best jugak bahasa rojak ni actually XD

SyedGraphix Dot Com said...

ummi arrisa : hahaa. tau x pe :P

SyedGraphix Dot Com said...

umie : hehee.. agak best la jugak sometimes.. *terojak plak

Syafiq Rosli said...

hehe..dah memang trend kan..

SyedGraphix Dot Com said...

aah..tau x pe.

Zeanne said...

hahah.tu la..essay sikit punya jaga grammar..bila live conversation,terabur..hahaha

broken english..ekeke;p

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