Note: For (1) ‘Saya rasa tak beberapa sihat’, several people have pointed out that it is incorrect to use ‘beberapa’, so I’ve changed it to ‘berapa’ in the notes below. Can’t change the video without completely uploading a new one, so the mistake is there to stay, heh.
A. Letting your co-workers know you’re not feeling well
MALAY | ENGLISH | ||||
1 | Saya rasa tak berapa sihat | : | I don’t feel very well | ||
Saya | : | I | |||
Rasa | : | Feel | |||
Tak berapa | : | Not very | |||
Berapa | : | How much (literal translation) | |||
Sihat | : | Healthy | |||
2 | Awak demam ke | : | Do you have a fever? | ||
Awak | : | You | |||
Demam | : | Fever | |||
Ke | : | Used to turn a statement into a question | |||
3 | Saya tak pasti | : | I’m not too sure (formal) | ||
Saya | : | I | |||
Tak | : | No | |||
Pasti | : | Sure | |||
4 | Tak tau lah | : | I don’t know | ||
Tak | : | No | |||
Tau | : | Know (short form) | |||
Tahu | : | Know (proper and formal form of Tau) | |||
Lah | : | A Malaysian expression used in this case to soften the delivery of the sentence | |||
5 | Mungkin | : | Maybe (formal) | ||
6 | Ye kot | : | Maybe (informal) | ||
Ye/Ya | : | Yes | |||
Kot | : | Maybe (very informal, but the word cannot stand alone) | |||
7 | Saya pening kepala dan sakit perut dari pagi lagi | : | I’ve been having headache and stomach ache since morning | ||
Saya | : | I | |||
Pening Kepala | : | Headache | |||
Pening | : | Dizzy | |||
Kepala | : | Head | |||
Dan | : | And | |||
Sakit perut | : | Stomach ache | |||
Sakit | : | Pain | |||
Perut | : | Stomach | |||
Dari | : | From | |||
Pagi | : | Morning | |||
Lagi | : | More | |||
8 | Dah jumpa doktor? | : | Have you seen the doctor? | ||
Dah | : | Already have (shortened, informal form) | |||
Sudah | : | Already have (proper formal form of Dah) | |||
Jumpa | : | Meet | |||
Doktor | : | Doctor | |||
9 | Sudah | : | I have | ||
10 | Belum lagi | : | Not yet | ||
Belum | : | Have not | |||
Lagi | : | Yet | |||
11 | Saya pergi sekarang lah | : | I’ll go now then | ||
Saya | : | I | |||
Pergi | : | Go | |||
Sekarang | : | Now | |||
Lah | : | Then (A Malaysian expression used in this case to soften the delivery of the sentence) | |||
12 | Saya pergi sekejap lagi lah waktu makan tengah hari | : | I will go later during lunchtime | ||
Saya | : | I | |||
Pergi | : | Go | |||
Sekejap | : | A moment | |||
Lagi | : | More | |||
Lah | : | A Malaysian expression used in this case to soften the delivery of the sentence | |||
Waktu | : | Time | |||
Makan | : | Eat | |||
Tengah Hari | : | Noon | |||
Tengah | : | Middle | |||
Hari | : | Day |
B. At the clinic reception
MALAY | ENGLISH | ||||
1 | Boleh saya bantu? | : | How may I assist you? | ||
Boleh | : | Can | |||
Saya | : | I | |||
Bantu | : | Assist (polite way of saying ‘help’, typically used in service industry) | |||
2 | Boleh jumpa doktor tak? | : | Can I see the doctor please? | ||
Boleh | : | Can | |||
Jumpa | : | Meet | |||
Doktor | : | Doctor | |||
Tak | : | No (Tak is used at the end of a sentence to indicate that it is a question. Something like saying ‘or not?’) | |||
3 | Saya rasa tak sihat | : | I don’t feel well | ||
Saya | : | I | |||
Rasa | : | Feel | |||
Tak | : | No | |||
Sihat | : | Healthy | |||
4 | Sila duduk dulu | : | Please have a seat first | ||
Sila | : | Please (a polite invitation) | |||
Duduk | : | Sit | |||
Dulu | : | First | |||
5 | Nanti saya panggil nama | : | I’ll call your name later on | ||
Nanti | : | Later on | |||
Saya | : | I | |||
Panggil | : | Call | |||
Nama | : | Name |
C. Talking to the doctor
MALAY | ENGLISH | ||||
1 | Sakit apa? | : | What’s the matter? | ||
Sakit | : | Hurt/Pain | |||
Apa | : | What | |||
2 | Saya… | : | I have/feel… | ||
…pening kepala | : | …headache | |||
…sakit perut | : | …stomach ache | |||
…rasa mual | : | …feel nauseous | |||
…muntah-muntah | : | …throwing up / vomiting | |||
3 | Sejak bila rasa macam ni? | : | Since when have you been feeling this way? | ||
Sejak | : | Since | |||
Bila | : | When | |||
Rasa | : | Feel | |||
Macam | : | Like | |||
Ni | : | This | |||
4 | Sejak malam tadi / semalam lagi | : | Since last night | ||
Sejak | : | Since | |||
Malam tadi | : | Earlier last night | |||
Malam semalam | : | Last night | |||
Malam | : | Night | |||
Tadi | : | Just now | |||
Semalam | : | Yesterday | |||
Lagi | : | More | |||
5 | Saya akan beri ubat | : | I will give you some medicine | ||
Saya | : | I | |||
Akan | : | Will | |||
Beri | : | Give | |||
Ubat | : | Medicine | |||
6 | Nak MC tak? | : | Would you like a MC? | ||
Nak | : | Want | |||
MC | : | Medical certificate | |||
Tak | : | No (Tak is used at the end of a sentence to indicate that it is a question. Something like saying ‘or not?’) | |||
7 | Nak | : | I would like a MC | ||
Nak | : | Want (informal and short form of Hendak) | |||
Hendak | : | Want (formal and proper form of the shortened ‘Nak’) | |||
8 | Tak perlu | : | No need | ||
Tak | : | No | |||
Perlu | : | Need | |||
9 | Tak nak | : | I don’t want a MC | ||
Tak | : | No | |||
Nak | : | Want | |||
10 | Ada apa-apa lagi tak? | : | Is there anything else? | ||
Ada | : | Have | |||
Apa-apa | : | Anything | |||
Apa | : | What | |||
Lagi | : | More | |||
Tak | : | No | |||
11 | Tak ada, itu saja | : | Nothing else, that’s all | ||
Tak | : | No | |||
Ada | : | Have | |||
Itu | : | That | |||
Saja | : | Only (short form of Sahaja) | |||
Sahaja | : | Only (formal and proper form of Saja) | |||
12 | Terima kasih, doktor | : | Thank you, doctor | ||
Terima kasih | : | Thank you | |||
Terima | : | Accept | |||
Kasih | : | Affection / Love | |||
Doktor | : | Doctor |