Singaporeans Try: Speaking Only Our Mother Tongue (Malay) for 72 Hours

Conversational Malay is easy if we include common Malay phrases and words in our everyday conversations! Belum cuba, belum tahu! (Never try, never know!)

Thank you Lee Kuan Yew Fund for Bilingualism for making this video possible.

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[TheSmartLocal]

"you are sexy (and suffering)." - fauzi and brenda

[Jastan]

Although I am a Chinese but I really enjoyed watching this clip. Perhaps you should create more videos on Mother Tongue language to educate people who nowadays don’t really enjoy communicate with their friends and family in their own Mother Tongue.

[juzwantukkomen]

Both Fiqah and Nicole enter water during the beginning part of the video. Haha. And thank you Zhin for trying to speak in full Malay during the interview in Suria. Personally, I find that nowadays Suria likes to mix English and Malay, which I find redundant since Suria is a malay speaking channel.

[yoominbi]

To my fellow Malaysians here, Yes Zhin said Baju Kurung. In SG, the term is used for both male and female ones. Ok bye.

[RobertHeslop]

As a British person, I am fascinated by foreign language and culture, so I love this episode. Unfortunately, I don’t speak Malay but I speak English, Spanish, Portuguese, Thai and some Korean and Chinese. I worked in Asia for 8 years until last month, so I’m in England. I could totally watch Zhin as a vlogger in Malay 😯

Good point Fauzi made is the evolution of languages. We do have about 25 Singaporean English words which are officially in the Oxford English Dictionary now, for example.

[Jay-rucw]

Haha! I agree with Zhin that this is no “kick” to him because he is an actor with Suria. Wonder how this episode turns out if Hafeez is involved too.

Please have more of such videos so that we can learn the different languages :) well done casts for surviving this challenge!!

[syairahh]

FUN FACT: Bahasa melayu kami telah banyak berubah mengikut zaman. Pada asalnya, bahasa melayu menggunakan tulisan jawi dan diubah kepada tulisan rumi yang digunakan sehingga hari ini. Tambahan pula, kalau mengikut bahasa nenek moyang kami mereka juga banyak menggunakan bahasa kasar sebelum bahasa pasar yang lebih ketara zaman ini. :)

[franzthegardener]

Lucky people... in my work in Malaysia I have to often write and speak in full Malay though I am not Malay. Bahasa Melayu tidak lah susah sangat. Cuma, kena biasa berbual dan menulis.

[Itsmeshahrosli]

Hi, saya orang malaysia di sini. Korang bertiga dah buat yang terbaik untuk bercakap dalam bahasa melayu. Walaupun tak biasa guna tetapi masih berusaha untuk menggunakannya. Teruskan dan semoga berjaya

[gudede]

fikah is so damn funny HAHAH + zhin is so talented, never knew he worked for mediacorp!

[nsr]

hahhahaha why is fikah so funny - but love to this trio again!

[alysheapueh]

this is a good challenge to have because some people in TSL don't use MT to communicate, and its time to recap, I can say, because they can revise again! Nevertheless, the fun at TSL is never gone and friends like Fauzi and Zhin don't really use Malay as well. ( sometimes they use chinese..) or rather try to use it :>

[TheShanechristian]

As a Chinese i just love Malay Language and i feel instead of learning other languages that we normally dont use often in SG, why not learn Malay or even Tamil…

[dawnho]

I'm loving this! Very educational for non-Malay speakers like myself.

[mszsh]

Omg the “Ayam Telur bergaram” is hilarious 😂

[kyrillosgavriil]

I love that the non Malays also try to speak Malay!

[ssvegeto]

Fikah is so cute with her reactions <3

[rezanug]

if Hafeez were there, it'd be more hilarious 🤣

[akacharlotte]

Finally a episode where zhin speak malay 🥰🥰🥰so smooth speaking

[pjuojuo]

ayam telur BERGARAM

ya allah fikah, ketawa sampai terbatuk-batuk 🤣🤣🤣