An uncle interviews his young niece in Bahasa Malay
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- Creator
- Kristin Post
- Date created
- August 29, 2000
- Duration
- 1:32
- Location
- Chini Dua, Malaysia
- File
- MP3
- License
- This recording copyright ©2000. Terms of use
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When a Malaysian family invited me to stay with them and come to their son’s wedding, I accepted. For almost two weeks, I slept with them in the large family room area, sat at their table and ate with my hands (as is typical with some Malay food), and tried my best to get used to life where privacy is not as important as it in the States.
I knew I was immediately part of their family, because my host was “Bak” (father) and “Mak” (mother) was my hostess. They had four sons, the youngest I simply called “Abang” (brother). In this recording, he is interviewing his niece, Puya.
Though I tried to learn some words in Bahasa Malay, I cannot understand their conversation. However, you can learn a lot from intonation. What do you think that Abang might be asking Puya? What do you think he asks that makes her laugh?
Maybe you can find someone who speaks Bahasa Malay, and they can help you translate.
