HatP
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- 14 Nov 2016
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My parents are Malaysian so they've always known how to speak Malay. Unfortunately for me, they didn't bother to teach me it until we moved back there. It took me around 3 years to be comfortable with Malay but I'd say that I'm alright now. I know quite a bit of peribahasa(idioms) and penjodoh bilangan(item count words). My lack of knowledge in Malay and the tendency for my schoolmates to view speaking English in a bad light led to me becoming shy. Honestly, it's much better to just speak whatever language you want even if you make mistakes. As long as you make an effort to recognize and correct them. Hahaha... This ended up longer than I expected.