sbst275 SG Now they are learning Chinese, Bahasa and English as part of the language lessons Yet we here are only learning our Mother tongue and English Even if you read today's evening papers, new police officers in Malaysian Police have to learn Chinese otherthan Arabic... Are we losing to them?
UandMe SG ya, i also think we lose to malaysian chinese by one language. but then their english are generally a bit poorer than us.
sbst275 SG Useless? You go across Causeway, dun you need it? When you trade with Indonesians or ppl @ Brunei, you need it as well
dragg SG thats the problem. it is only useful if you do business with them. online it is difficult even to find a dictionary for this language. internationally it is not commonly recognised. thought 'useless' is a bit exaggerated.
sbst275 SG No matter what, if we can communicate with them in simple Bahasa, at least communication can go easy... I dun have communication when travelling in Malaysia as I can speak Bahasa quite well.. There is no harm in learning 1 more language...
BadzMaro SG Danm.. because of bahasa.. its one more extra subject. Now all subjects are being changed over to English. But boh pien… compulsory Bahasa Melau\yu,,, sigh…
ndmmxiaomayi SG Losing just in terms of language. If we can survive with the 2 languages that we learn, we don't lose. If we can't survive, it's not that we didn't learn more languages, it's just that we can't use it. Our knowledge of languages are just half pail nia.
sbst275 SG But we sing our National Anthem in Bahasa yet we dun speak them well... Isn't it funny? But what pisses me off is that govt only willing to let elite to learn
sbst275 SG If that is the case, it is sad.. Learning languages should not be defined to one's IQ.... I am not in the eliest stream, yet I can speak Bahasa well.. It's just a matter of taking the iniaitive
ndmmxiaomayi SG Sigh.... Yes, we should take the initiative. I am learning it as well, but I can't speak it. Besides taking the initiative, we should apply it too. If like me, learn = never learn. I can't speak a proper despite learning for a few years.
UandMe SG that's just memorising the pronunciations rite. i can also sing a Jap song if u give me time.
