Phrases & Vocabulary

Time

now
sekarang

later
nanti

before
sebelum

after
selepas

morning
pagi (0.00 – 10.30)

afternoon
tengahari (10.30 – 15.00)

evening
petang (15.00 – 19.00)

night
malam (19.00 – 0.00)

Clock

one o'clock AM
pukul satu pagi

two o'clock AM
pukul dua pagi

noon
tengahari

one o'clock PM
pukul satu petang

two o'clock PM
pukul dua petang

midnight
tengah malam

Duration

_____ minute(s)
_____ minit

_____ hour(s)
_____ jam

_____ day(s)
_____ hari

_____ week(s)
_____ minggu (MEENG-goo)

_____ month(s)
_____ bulan (BOO-lun)

_____ year(s)
_____ tahun

_____ hour(s) and _____ minute(s)
If the minute is in numbers, _____jam _____ minit. If the minute is expressed as a fraction of the hour e.g two and a half hour: dua jam setengah. (NOT dua setengah jam)

Days

today
hari ini

yesterday
In peninsular Malaysia: semalam (se-mah-lam); In Borneo: kelmarin (kuh-MAR-reen)

the day before yesterday
kelmarin

tomorrow
esok (ay-SOAK)

the day after tomorrow
lusa (loo-Sa)

this week
minggu ini (MEENG-goo EE-nee)

last week
minggu lepas (MEENG-goo lep-pass)

next week
minggu depan (MEENG-goo DUP-pun)

Sunday
Ahad

Monday
Isnin

Tuesday
Selasa (SLUH-suh)

Wednesday
Rabu (RUH-boo)

Thursday
Khamis (KHUM-mees)

Friday
Jumaat (joom-muh-UTT)

Saturday
Sabtu (SUB-too)

Months

January
Januari

February
Februari

March
Mac (MAH-ch)

April
April

May
Mei

June
Jun (JOON)

July
Julai (JOOL-ly)

August
Ogos (oh-GOOS)

September
September

October
Oktober

November
November

December
Disember (dee-SEM-burr)

Writing

1.00
pukul satu

1.01
pukul satu, satu minit

1.15
pukul satu suku

1.20
pukul satu duapuluh

1.30
pukul satu setengah

1.40
pukul satu empat puluh

1.45
pukul satu empat puluh lima

The hours are written from zero to 12. So 06.00 PM is written as 6.00PM.

First one should write the day, after that the month and then the year.

August 17th 1945
17 Ogos 1945