Essential Phonics in Bahasa Malaysia

NY and NG

The most distinctively Malay phonics, are these two consonant phonemes NY and NG. All BM dummies must know them. Let's begin with:

NY

It is a nasal palatal sound. Right click and save the icon provided below to download and listen to the free demo. ~~

Combination of NY with Vowels:

NYA

NYO

NYI

NYU

NYE

NYE

I have to mention the Ubiquitous NYA

1. It is a suffix to emphasize.

Please click here to refer to a lesson on exclaiming with "nya"

Examples:

Mahalnya! ( So expensive ! )

Murahnya! ( So cheap! )

2. It is the English equivalent of his/hers/its.

Please click here to refer to a lesson on his friend and her friend.~~

Examples:

Teman wanitanya ( his girl friend )

Teman lelakinya ( her boy friend )

Ekornya ( its tail )

Dia punya

P.S. If you can't be bother with proper Malay, you can use " dia punya" to express his/her/its still, you need to use nya.~~

Next, learn to pronounce the consonant phoneme NG by clicking here.

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