Language for the Kids

Have had request from grandchildren parents for words to learn in Malaysian for summer school.  Here are a few to start with:

First the sounds of the vowels that are different than how we pronounce them.

A= aa or ar as in tar or bar

E= ere or are as in mare or hare

I= ee as in feed or deed

O= says its hard sound 

Ai= igh as in sigh or tie

Au= ow as in now, how,cow

Oi= oy as in boy, toy,joy

C= ch

G= garden, gun

Sy= sh

Ng= as in sing

Ngg= sing sound ending with g ((garden) sound 

Ball= bola

Bread = roti

I = saya

Eyes = mata

Cheek= pipi

Hat= topi

Buffalo= kerbau

Fish = Kaloi

Monkey= monyet

Dog= anjing

Cat= kucing

Red= merah

Green= hijau

Yellow = kuning

Blue= biru

Black= hitam

White = Putih

Purple = ungu

Orange= Oren 

Brown = warna cokeiat

Grey= kelabu

Wonderful = bagus

Good = baik

Can = boleh 

Love all our grandchildren