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

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

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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 2 жыл бұрын

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

@HumdrumSingaporeanREACTS Жыл бұрын

😳

@HumdrumSingaporeanREACTS Ай бұрын

@JohorBall_Editz2011 1 year

@HumdrumSingaporeanREACTS Ай бұрын

the comment was indeed from 1 year ago.@JohorBall_Editz2011

@Jastan83 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@jojihye 2 жыл бұрын

i agree!! can we have a tamil oneee🥺w hafi, prav etc hahaha i love them

@rosidahariff2365 2 жыл бұрын

It reminds me when I was working in 90s. Between Malay staff in the office we tried to communicate in Malay as we missed speaking it in the formal form. Sadly, however some staff were suspicoius and thought we were talking about them.

@rahimimusamuhdzakaria3445 Жыл бұрын

My name is Rahimi,I'm Chinese from Malaysia i can speak 6 language English,German,Italian,Korean and Chinese also Malay

@LenaLuthorWife 4 ай бұрын

yah I think for all the 3 main mother tongues. last time like 15yrs ago I only saw adverts to speak mandarin so I assumed the chinese ppl are speaking lesser mandarin and they want to make sure that the language is not forgotten by the chinese. but then recently like 5yrs ago I saw speak malay campaigns. Then I was like oh man now our language is at risk too. Shld do all languages incld tamil cos new gens for sure speak english too at home

@yoominbi 2 жыл бұрын

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

@cj-fx2kj 2 жыл бұрын

kesian mcm bodo baju kurung pun disebut sebagai baju untuk lelaki 😂

@DerpyPoint 2 жыл бұрын

I had a double take hearing that

@juzwantukkomen5595 2 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

THIS. Everytime when my mom watching Suria drama and I happen to overhear it, I lowkey annoyed that simple conversations also they will mix English in it. Like why???

@hakonmur Жыл бұрын

Because it’s not realistic to speak full malay in real life. Come on, do you think sinagaporean malay speak full malay irl. They only did this in drama. Other than that full malay. Ironically, malay malaysians speak both malay and english in tv regardless if it’s a show or drama. And nobody gives a damn.

@ngcollin88 Жыл бұрын

@@hakonmur besides dramas, variety shows hosts often mix both during speaking. Maybe being natural is more important perhaps.. but news programmes and radio (specifically warna) would probably be in full Malay, with very minimal mixing

@RobertHeslop 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@rqzzlldqzzls 2 жыл бұрын

日本語が話せません? Jokes aside, Japanese is pretty easy to pick up after knowing Chinese. If you're looking for a new language to learn, Japanese would be a good one! Personally, I use Duolingo to learn.

@RobertHeslop 2 жыл бұрын

@@rqzzlldqzzls ちょっとだけ日本語が話します。英語の先生に日本でした　^^

@xavieraaisyah13 2 жыл бұрын

Wahhhh how do u learn all these languages. I've always want to learn japanese,Spanish,Russian,Chinese and Korean. But I don't know how or where to start when learning it.

@franzthegardener6978 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@simonsimon2888 2 ай бұрын

My first language is English and Bahasa is my second language. Hence, i am uneducated. My China Hokkien mother had sent me to a wrong school. Only educated speak 'Mandarin' that is why they are 'humbly proud' of the entire China.

@Jay-ru2cw 2 жыл бұрын

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!!

@syairahh3759 2 жыл бұрын

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. :)

@jackjackyphantom8854 2 жыл бұрын

BM actually have a lot of foreign loan words.

@Itsmeshahrosli Жыл бұрын

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

@BabyILYttm 2 жыл бұрын

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

@TheShanechristian 2 жыл бұрын

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…

@LWL-sz5lh 2 жыл бұрын

Would say it is more about the choice to learn rather than being forced* to learn, which tbh, was the main reason why i kinda hated Chinese as a youth (because of family and school pressuring us to learn Chinese) as compared to when I grow older (when pressure on MT by parents and school was lesser). PSA. is also Chinese.

@mazim-ku9jj 2 жыл бұрын

If you learn Malay, your trip experience to Malaysia will be much more convenient. 😊

@jackmilk6944 2 жыл бұрын

Same. I love Malay language too. Learnt it to get to know Malay girls HAHAHAH. Oh and also to watch news from Malaysia and Indonesia since they have weird news happening quite often 🤣

@nsr2387 2 жыл бұрын

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

@alysheapueh1154 2 жыл бұрын

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 :>

@cj-fx2kj 2 жыл бұрын

what is tsl?

@mszsh96 2 жыл бұрын

Omg the “Ayam Telur bergaram” is hilarious 😂

@kyrillosgavriil5553 2 жыл бұрын

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

@dawnho7744 2 жыл бұрын

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

@cedarmay4245 2 жыл бұрын

Malay is such a pretty language

@explicit_207 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 🖤

@ssvegeto1610 2 жыл бұрын

Fikah is so cute with her reactions

@mikayla5083 2 жыл бұрын

This episod is gonna be amazing 😇

@khairulhelmihashim2510 2 жыл бұрын

The best thing about conversational/street Malay is loose grammar rules. most sentences are in 'SVO' (subject-verb-object) order. with some basic nouns and verbs, you can express yourself easily.

@rezanug4906 2 жыл бұрын

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

@akacharlotte1218 2 жыл бұрын

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

@pjuojuo 2 жыл бұрын

ayam telur BERGARAM ya allah fikah, ketawa sampai terbatuk-batuk 🤣🤣🤣

@pingpong3654 2 жыл бұрын

ayam telur bergaram PLEASEEE 🤣

@FayeRob618 2 жыл бұрын

as a person who speak both Malay and English, I can relate to the struggles of translating both languages to each other 😂 I think and speak fast in English but Malay a bit more slow and have to think long for the right words to use. One of the ways I somewhat polish (?) my rusty Malay is through putting on Malay subtitles in every show I watch on Astro. It helps a lot 👍

@-tbhihu- 2 жыл бұрын

Same but I mix literally every language in Malaysia instead- istg I can’t make a whole sentence in only 1 language now

@cj-fx2kj 2 жыл бұрын

kesian kau. u idolize western ppl so much until u dont have identity 😂

@protocetus499 4 ай бұрын

@@-tbhihu- thats not malay

@-tbhihu- 9 күн бұрын

@@protocetus499what’s not malay 💀

@protocetus499 9 күн бұрын

@@-tbhihu- learn to speak more purely, what you are doing if you mix word like random juice in a blender are subtly mocking your language.

@harrylouw2511 2 жыл бұрын

I laughed so hard when Fauzi has trouble pronouncing 'tuntutan'. Hahahaha. As an Indonesian Chinese, I have no trouble with it.

@ledyanafitriani2422 2 жыл бұрын

kita orang Indonesia kan menggunakan bahasa Indonesia sehari-hari itu udah bare minimum. :)

@nfwafda 2 жыл бұрын

Ayam telur bergaram. HAHAHAHAHA I'M WHEEZING I CANNOT. FIKAAH YOU SO FUNNYYYYY

@explicit_207 2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@minchern 2 жыл бұрын

After being stuck in Singapore for more than 2 years, I must say my Malay sudah berkarat when I went back Malaysia🤣🤣

@adihaliq2486 2 жыл бұрын

Ayam telur bergaram eh

@kiora3838 2 жыл бұрын

Looking forward to the Chinese and Tamil episodes!

@sy.9974 2 жыл бұрын

requesting an episode on the talent's pets please !! would love to see more of fikah's cats hehehe

@maneskinned 2 жыл бұрын

13:14 her friend is hilarioussss

@kaycelovesowenfkoffthepplw3889 2 жыл бұрын

Even though I'm chinese, i used to study both chinese and malay in an international school, and it was vvvv fun seeing this vid

@angiekm5834 2 жыл бұрын

this makes me wanna learn malay but idk where to start. im a chinese and i last studied chinese 4 years ago... clearly can’t rmb a single thing. very very embarrassing but i cant order my economy rice without purely pointing here and there :( lately ive been interested in videos of polygots and languages. not the best at languages but its on my bucket lists :)

@uwuwu6635 2 жыл бұрын

wish Hafeez participated in this challenge too HAHAHA #mukabang

@x_coralbobux5260 2 жыл бұрын

Even though my mt is malay i could never do this 😅 nice cat Fikah 😂 This vid is at a nice timing cause my Oral for malay is tomorrow so this will help me a little . Wish me luck! The Hari Raya song is nostalgic

@jhjanice8918 2 жыл бұрын

I really love this do more pls!!! I want to learn malay but dk where to start

@jojihye 2 жыл бұрын

this video q funny!! fikah's bf statement abt the heat one super funny LMAOOO

@JJOlajideOlatunji 2 жыл бұрын

Hahahahaha y’all should have included HAFEEZ😂🤣

@nicholastan7082 2 жыл бұрын

“Im in Spain but the a is silent” “You’re in spin?” “W-wait no-“ 13:18

@Jx0592 2 жыл бұрын

This prob the ep I'm most excited abt lmaoo

@phgoh 2 жыл бұрын

Would love a Chinese version! There's beauty in the mandarin language, especially traditional Chinese that got lost along the way.

@cj-fx2kj 2 жыл бұрын

i luv u amoi

@YummYakitori 2 жыл бұрын

Mandarin is not even our mother tongue LOL it is the language of the northern Chinese. Do a speak Chinese dialect for 72 hours see how people will fare

@crystal8537 Жыл бұрын

@@YummYakitori proud i am born 98' but fluent in Hokkien :)!!!

@mohamedasyraf2515 2 жыл бұрын

we need more episodes of hafeez gerald fiqah tgt!

@AzzamSexay 2 жыл бұрын

Graduated secondary school in 2006, and i remembered how my Malay teacher always scold me for my bad Malay sentencing, especially in composition. Using the textbook to beat, slapped me or pushup position entire period. Even after poly, and uni, i never utilise my own language, even till now, i still rarely used Malay language to converse with people. Cause its hard to spell, or speak since been using English language in both home and friends. Even my current girlfriend corrected me tons of time yet i still repeat the same mistake. How like that?

@renee245 2 жыл бұрын

next episode I wanna hear speaking Chinese for 72 hours 😃

@eliasgc49 2 жыл бұрын

That’s gonna be chaotic

@NupplesRampage 2 жыл бұрын

and only bananas/ potato eater.

@cj-fx2kj 2 жыл бұрын

i luv amoi

@SyairahZaharul 2 жыл бұрын

TELUR BERGARAM HAHAHA I said this before too 🤣🤣

@cj-fx2kj 2 жыл бұрын

malay sgpore ni idolize western pppl kan sbab tu takda identity

@nabil10710 2 жыл бұрын

HAHAHAH ‘Ayam telur bergaram’

@GigaZX91 2 жыл бұрын

imaging Malaysia working in TSL will be very power, Malay no limit, but english little bit ...

@noorhapizah 2 жыл бұрын

SELAMAT BERBUKA PUASA 😊

@MM-cl5ik Жыл бұрын

Very entertaining guys, Fauzi macam terseksa gitu but tahniah kerana mencuba tentangan ini! #asalbolehjeraku

@TheSingapuraCat 2 жыл бұрын

Ayam telur bergaram. First time someone said that 🤣

@efydean 2 жыл бұрын

ayam telur bergaram ye kak fikah ☺️

@jn5902 2 жыл бұрын

HAHAHAH FIKAHHHHHH

@jazype 2 жыл бұрын

i LOVE this trio

@nicholasyong7051 2 жыл бұрын

Malaysian Chinese living in sg: the amount of power we have is 🤌

@espreedupree 2 жыл бұрын

But Zhin was on Suria 😂 it must’ve been very easy for him lol

@naj207 2 жыл бұрын

its funny how singaporean speak eng with malay accent and speak malay with eng accent ^^

@muhammada2445 2 жыл бұрын

😭😭ikr?

@jamzthinker1634 Жыл бұрын

Lol As a Malay Singaporean allow me to share. To be precise they speak English with the influence of local Singlish accent not purely local Malay accent and the reason why they speak Malay with English accent because they struggled to translate from English to form a sentence in Malay. 😃

@MonaSiow 2 жыл бұрын

"I JUST WANT TO FEEL THE HEAT" DED.

@NRSBRNND 2 жыл бұрын

Fikah you're so cute!!!

@Cutecute4 2 жыл бұрын

Fika cantik

@lilaciiaa 2 жыл бұрын

i’ve speak fluent malay, english, korean, japanese, sign language and rungus,, but i think if you asked me to speak only one of these languages for 72 hours, i’d probably suffer 🧍🏻‍♀️

@ReiToriyasuSan 2 жыл бұрын

Multilanguage. So smart ah

@lilaciiaa 2 жыл бұрын

@@ReiToriyasuSan i’m a literature student, so it’s really easy for me to pick up on languages!

@ReiToriyasuSan 2 жыл бұрын

@@lilaciiaa oh wow

@knock-knockwhosthere9933 2 жыл бұрын

Ur sign language is universal?

@lilaciiaa 2 жыл бұрын

@@knock-knockwhosthere9933 nope! there’s different way to sign words according to each country! that’s why there is American Sign Language (ASL), British Sign Language (BSL) etc! i use ASL!

@parkseonghwa6117 2 жыл бұрын

AYAM TELOR GARAM FML AKXHSJXB FIKAAAAAA HAHAHAHHA

@betterdays8305 2 жыл бұрын

this is fun!!! would be nice to see a tagalog and chinese ep 😁

@mdkh4ikmal615 2 жыл бұрын

Been 4 years since u guys did fasting challenge during ramadan.. bring it back PLEASE!!!!!

@shastasilverchairsg 2 жыл бұрын

Wah honestly as a SG Chinese I feel ashamed I only know a few token Malay words... time to brush up on Bahasa Meleyu.

@skittleyrealm2795 2 жыл бұрын

Ayam telur bergaram😂

@youaremyonedirection 2 жыл бұрын

As a Chinese Malaysian whose Malay is not great, I’m low key proud that my Malay is better than those Singaporeans 😂

@Eyegallop 2 жыл бұрын

Really good episode

@EpicThe112 Ай бұрын

Interestingly a Filipino trader from Tawi Tawi should be able to talk in Malaysian if they learned it and hold a conversation with a Singaporean of Malay decent. 2:55-3:16 it's a Filipino fried chicken fast food chain.

@hazwanihashim4168 2 жыл бұрын

I’m sorry but I died at the “ayam telur bergaram” 😂

@sitisyafiqah4089 2 жыл бұрын

AYAM TELUR BERGARAM SHE SAID

@kheeri393 2 жыл бұрын

Zhin is so cute!

@nirmaljitkaur3762 2 жыл бұрын

Now I like to check the descriptor first before watching the videos in case got any surprise ads in between :)

@criansx 2 жыл бұрын

the ep that im excited for

@justttocommenttt8796 2 жыл бұрын

ayam telur bergaram ...... 🤣🤣🤣

@AmeliaKareninaYusuf 2 жыл бұрын

Im dead when fikah said ayam telur bergaram😭😭😭🤣🤣🤣

@cj-fx2kj 2 жыл бұрын

kau ni mixed ke

@mtyh1999 2 жыл бұрын

10:26 Bukan pakaian traditional yang dipakai oleh Zhin dipanggil baju Melayu ka? 😅 Dekat Malaysia, baju kurung merupakan pakaian yang dipakai oleh wanita Melayu.

@cj-fx2kj 2 жыл бұрын

itula u chinese malaysia ke?

@panjiki9085 2 жыл бұрын

Asalnya mmg dikenali sbg Baju Kurung Lelaki dan Baju Kurung Wanita. Di Johor rasanya masih sebut baju kurung utk lelaki. Tp di Msia dh sinonim mcm yg awk sebut tu laa

@jackson9143678 2 жыл бұрын

If Lawrence Wong doesn't speak much Malay this video is good for him to start learning hahaha

@mountainguy4710 2 жыл бұрын

Love Zhin's baju Melayu at the end.

@FARID1870 2 жыл бұрын

Fauzi is kelapa eh? Haha. Jk. Fun video guys! I speak Malay to my kids, they reply in English 🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️ This shd get them practising!

@erictoh84 2 жыл бұрын

Telur bergaram I cannot 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@wildan__goh 11 ай бұрын

5:50 but still Fikah’s ginger cat in Malay stands for ‘oyen’ cat 😁

@dopiley 2 жыл бұрын

For chinese, can the mother tongue be dialects instead of mandarin?

@Eelynntravelchannel 2 жыл бұрын

Wahh.. that one seems a little hard. I dont think many will know how to speak their own dialect.

@dopiley 2 жыл бұрын

@@Eelynntravelchannel there's Mandon, Bolin, Chiara, Sew, maybe even Jes

@YummYakitori 2 жыл бұрын

You are right, Mandarin is technically not our mother tongue since it is the mother tongue of the northern Chinese especially those around Beijing area. Our real mother tongue are our native dialects (Hokkien, Teochew, Cantonese, Hainanese, Hakka etc.); also ironically according to linguists Fujian/Taiwan is, prior to Sinicization, actually the urheimat (homeland) of the Austronesian language family that Malay is a part of.

@ilinkirsikka4714 2 жыл бұрын

Zhin sungguh tampan sekali. 😍😍😍

@eliasgc49 2 жыл бұрын

Idk which guy in Singapore who went through ns dont know what is kiri and kanan

@fithriyzinnirah7837 2 жыл бұрын

been waiting since the start of me watching TSL. should get Hafeez in as well tho

@Topolist 6 күн бұрын

ORANGE KET!! ^w^

@downnowtownhow 2 жыл бұрын

chuckled a lot watching this video, loved it!!!!

@ly9610 2 жыл бұрын

Zhinnnnnn hahahaha *heart eyes*

@nurdiyana3970 2 жыл бұрын

THE BUDAK OOTD 💀😂

@HumdrumSingaporeanREACTS Жыл бұрын

💪 good practice!!! thanks TSL

@HumdrumSingaporeanREACTS Жыл бұрын

really inspirational video

@quirklesshero7859 2 жыл бұрын

There’s literally a malay version of let it go but fauzi chose to google translate the lyrics🤣🤣🤣

@notmyname3556 Жыл бұрын

This is fun to watch.

@Mandy-fg9jx 2 жыл бұрын

From past experience with Singaporean Malays, their Malay language are not as fluent as most Malaysian Malay.. don't terasa ya. Just an observation from a Chinese girl who love the Malay language hehe. Would be nice also to see video on MT of different Chinese dialects (hokkien, cantonese, hakka, teochew, etc) pulak. Most young Chinese now seems to be fluent only in Mandarin and not their own dialects.

@cj-fx2kj 2 жыл бұрын

wow really. u from malaysia or singapore? kau faham bahasa ?

@Mandy-fg9jx 2 жыл бұрын

@@cj-fx2kj dari malaysia, bang. haha. so of course la faham bahasa.

@cj-fx2kj 2 жыл бұрын

@@Mandy-fg9jx amoi available tak. bang nak bawak pergi dinner ni 🥰

@restlessly12 2 жыл бұрын

Tak terasa pun, but this is due to reduced exposure to the language. Because in our daily lives, we don’t get to use Malay much. Work takes up most of our days, and at work we mostly use English. All communication in and outside work is mainly in English. I generally speak Malay only with family members and close friends. Increasingly my closest friends are non-Malays, so the opportunity to speak in Malay is reduced too.