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awak boleh cikap malayu

English translation: Can you speak Malay?

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Malay term or phrase:awak boleh cikap malayu
English translation:Can you speak Malay?
Entered by: Nasima Sarwar

15:37 May 26, 2004
Malay to English translations [Non-PRO]
Social Sciences - Human Resources
Malay term or phrase: awak boleh cikap malayu
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Can you speak Malay?
Explanation:
awak boleh cakap melayu? - Can you speak Malay?
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Nasima Sarwar
Malaysia
Local time: 07:26
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Summary of answers provided
5 +3Can you speak Malay?
Nasima Sarwar
5 +1Malay
Hedy


  

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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Malay


Explanation:
It's not grammatically correct. It should be "Boleh awak berbahasa Melayu?"

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Note added at 15 mins (2004-05-26 15:53:37 GMT)
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It could also be \"Adakah awak berbahasa Melayu?\"

Hedy
Malaysia
Local time: 07:26
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in MalayMalay, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  ajali: Agree with the first sentence but need "kah" because it is a question. So, it should be "Bolehkah awak berbahasa Melayu?"
3 hrs
disagree  Ramona Ali: This is a Malay>English question. Also 'adakah awak berbahasa Melayu' is wrong - this back-translates into 'Do you have the Malay language?' (as in 'adakah awak beristeri dua?')
9 hrs
agree  Mat Radin: Another way of saying it is "Do you speak Malay?" and I think the right translation for "Adakah awak berbahasa Melayu?" is "Are you speaking Malay?"
7 days
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Can you speak Malay?


Explanation:
awak boleh cakap melayu? - Can you speak Malay?


Nasima Sarwar
Malaysia
Local time: 07:26
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in MalayMalay
Grading comment
Graded automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  ajali: I think its will be better to add "language" after Malay. Should be " Can you speak Malay language"
2 hrs
agree  Ramona Ali: Agree with Nasima's answer. 'language' is redundant. It's common & correct to say 'do/can you speak English?', and not 'do you speak English language?' - it even sounds odd.
8 hrs
agree  melayujati
17 hrs
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