I do not know how long you have been following my blog and I do not know if you noticed the improvement I have made in my English writings. I have come to understand how to differentiate between verb, adjective and noun which are the most significant-yet-simple components in English. In fact, I believe that my friends whose English is improving or still in the state of underprivileged yet they have the intention to improvise their second language’s proficiencies, will get better after they really and truly know how to differentiate the three components mentioned.
Without any intention to boast, I frankly am of the belief that I am good in writing – of course there are some grammatical errors hither and thither – and my writing is provably and distinctly better than my speaking. I tried to remove my Malay accent when speaking English yet to no avail. What to do? I am just an ordinary Malay girl who can never divest herself of being Malay. For I am more into writing than speaking, I have a problem with my pronunciation. And the ones who correct my pronunciation of every unusual word are my younger sister – Qaisara – and my dad.
Of course they will make fun of my initial pronunciation before correcting it. You know, silly family-jokes? Yeah.
I would like to make another confession which is, I like my second language more than my mother tongue even though I used to be so good in Malay Language, I had my Malay stories published in local magazines, but that was because my English at that time sucked terribly. If you are diligent enough, do go through my archives and observe with caution the amount of grammatical mistakes I have made over the entries. Tell me the difference.
Anyway, that does not mean I hate my mother tongue, though. “Hate” is a strong word which I would not use because .. well, how could I hate my mother tongue when I still use it in day-to-day life? Furthermore, it makes me closer to my friends. To my readers and followers. I use it on this blog, Twitter and Facebook occasionally but I like my second language more, nevertheless.
So, now Imma tell you why.
Mathematics and Science were still taught in Malay when I was 10. However, my math teacher then taught me and friends in English. She was such a very good Maths teacher that I managed to score my Maths paper with flying colors. And she was the one who made me believe that English made everything simpler. To prove that, she gave us a simple example.
“Satu dalam Bahasa Inggeris ialah ‘one. Dan dua ialah ‘two.’”
I just came to realize that it was not just about satu being ‘one’ and dua being ‘two’. If both sentences are translated in English, they become even simpler. Literally simpler. See?
“Satu in English is one. And dua is two.”
Another example is,
“Saya sedang makan” which would be “I’m eating” in English.
I am no English expert nor am I a walking-dictionary. There are numerous words I still do not know their existence as well as the usage of those words that I already know. However, I still find myself in search of a particular Malay-word when speaking Malay these days. I am being abhorrent, aren’t I?
Apart from making almost everything simpler, English also makes me sound wiser. How does it do it? Well, since there are plenty of words I do not know their being, I lack of vocabularies. Thus, when I get cross, my mind will automatically be in the mode of English so how could I precisely express my feeling when I do not know what word I ought to use? I will usually end up creating a simple sentence with simple words that make it simple for people to understand, just like how simple this elaboration is.
Besides, swearing in English does not seem so bad. English swearing words are finer than Malay ones, I suppose. I do not know if it is just me but I think“Babi” sounds ruder than "Pig". “Pantat” sounds more insolent that “Pussy”. Don’t you guys think so? I can assure you that I love my mother tongue because I am not willing to degrade it by means of swearing in Malay. Let us use Malay Language for proper use only.
Before I annoy with another long post, let me end this entry here. Which language do you love the most? Why don’t you tell me what makes you so?
Until then, have a lovely day ahead!
Without any intention to boast, I frankly am of the belief that I am good in writing – of course there are some grammatical errors hither and thither – and my writing is provably and distinctly better than my speaking. I tried to remove my Malay accent when speaking English yet to no avail. What to do? I am just an ordinary Malay girl who can never divest herself of being Malay. For I am more into writing than speaking, I have a problem with my pronunciation. And the ones who correct my pronunciation of every unusual word are my younger sister – Qaisara – and my dad.
Of course they will make fun of my initial pronunciation before correcting it. You know, silly family-jokes? Yeah.
I would like to make another confession which is, I like my second language more than my mother tongue even though I used to be so good in Malay Language, I had my Malay stories published in local magazines, but that was because my English at that time sucked terribly. If you are diligent enough, do go through my archives and observe with caution the amount of grammatical mistakes I have made over the entries. Tell me the difference.
Anyway, that does not mean I hate my mother tongue, though. “Hate” is a strong word which I would not use because .. well, how could I hate my mother tongue when I still use it in day-to-day life? Furthermore, it makes me closer to my friends. To my readers and followers. I use it on this blog, Twitter and Facebook occasionally but I like my second language more, nevertheless.
So, now Imma tell you why.
Mathematics and Science were still taught in Malay when I was 10. However, my math teacher then taught me and friends in English. She was such a very good Maths teacher that I managed to score my Maths paper with flying colors. And she was the one who made me believe that English made everything simpler. To prove that, she gave us a simple example.
I just came to realize that it was not just about satu being ‘one’ and dua being ‘two’. If both sentences are translated in English, they become even simpler. Literally simpler. See?
Another example is,
I am no English expert nor am I a walking-dictionary. There are numerous words I still do not know their existence as well as the usage of those words that I already know. However, I still find myself in search of a particular Malay-word when speaking Malay these days. I am being abhorrent, aren’t I?
Apart from making almost everything simpler, English also makes me sound wiser. How does it do it? Well, since there are plenty of words I do not know their being, I lack of vocabularies. Thus, when I get cross, my mind will automatically be in the mode of English so how could I precisely express my feeling when I do not know what word I ought to use? I will usually end up creating a simple sentence with simple words that make it simple for people to understand, just like how simple this elaboration is.
Besides, swearing in English does not seem so bad. English swearing words are finer than Malay ones, I suppose. I do not know if it is just me but I think
Before I annoy with another long post, let me end this entry here. Which language do you love the most? Why don’t you tell me what makes you so?
Until then, have a lovely day ahead!
2 comments:
prefer to talk in malay for daily life but prefer to speak english w fluent when working..so i choose english maybe..hehe
Let's high-five then? Haha :D
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