Hello! In this video, I demonstrate how to say the usual daily greetings like a local with a special emphasis on how to pronounce the letter ‘E’ and the letter ‘T’ like proper Malay people do 😀
| ENGLISH | MALAY | |
| Basic Greetings | ||
| Good morning | : | Selamat pagi |
| Good afternoon | : | Selamat tengah hari |
| Good evening | : | Selamat petang |
| Good night | : | Selamat malam^ |
| ^ ‘Selamat malam‘ should only be used when you’re leaving or when you’re saying goodbye. The other three greetings can be used as a replacement for ‘hello’. You can also use them to say goodbye, but it is less common. | ||
| Other words I mentioned in the video | ||
| Safe* | : | Selamat |
| *While the function of ‘selamat‘ in Malay is typically used as part of a greeting, ‘selamat‘ by itself means ‘safe‘. So in Malay, you’re literally wishing people safe mornings, safe noons, safe evenings and safe nights 😀 | ||