Manado Malay phrasebook

Manado Malay (Bahasa Manado), also known as Minahasa Malay, is spoken by the Minahasa people of North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Pronunciation guide

Manado Malay is a purely spoken language and these is no standard orthography. However, the language is closely related to standard Malay and is rendered here using Malay spelling rules.

Phrase list

Basics

Hello. 

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Hello. (informal) 

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How are you? 

Apa khabar?

Fine, thank you. 

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What is your name? 

Apakah nama awak?

My name is ______ . 

Nama saya ialah_____

Nice to meet you. 

Gembira berkenalan dengan awak

Please. 

Tolong/Sila

Thank you. 

Terima kasih

You're welcome. 

Sama-sama

Yes. 

Yo

No. 

Nyandak

Excuse me. 

Perhatian

Excuse me. (begging pardon) 

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I'm sorry. 

Saya minta maaf

Goodbye 

Selamat tinggal

Goodbye (informal) 

Babai

I can't speak name of language [well]. 

( [ ])

Do you speak English? 

Adakah awak berbahasa Inggeris?

Is there someone here who speaks English? 

Adekah sesiapa di sini fasih berbahasa Inggeris?

Help! 

Tolong!

Look out! 

Jaga-jaga!

Good morning. 

Selamat pagi

Good evening. 

Selamat siang

Good night. 

Selamat malam

Good night (to sleep) 

( )

I don't understand. 

Saya tidak faham

Where is the toilet? 

Dimanakah tandas?

Colors

Purple 

Ungu

Black 

Hitam

Red 

Merah

White 

Putih

Orange 

Oren

Yellow 

Kuning

Pink 

Merah jambu/Pink

Green 

Hijau

Brown 

Coklat

Blue 

Biru

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