Language Lesson 2

Topic this week: What do you like to eat?

German: Was essen Sie gern?
Wurst (Sausage)

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French: Qu’est ce que tu aime manger?
Gateaux (Cake)

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Malay: Kamu suka makan apa?
Saya suka makan nasi ayam. (Chicken Rice)

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Japanese:何が好きですか？ (nani ga suki desu ka)
すし(Sushi)

In Japan, people seldom use the saying “What do you like to eat?” Instead, they either say “What do you like?” or “Do you like sushi?”

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Vietnamese: Ban moun an gi nao?
Mi (Noodle)

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Korean: 무 엇 을 초 아 요 ? (Mu ot-el chu-a yo?)
제 자 라 면 초 아 요. (Ce′ gaˉ ra myon chu-a yo) (Ramen)

Language Lesson Starts!

Hello KEVIIans! A new semester has just started! I bet all of you are eager to know more friends, regardless of their nationalities, right? Well, here comes the good news! This week onwards, we will publish articles about language lessons on the KE7 News blog, featuring a few of the more popular languages, including Chinese and Japanese. By referring to our language lesson articles, you can learn some basic phrases that may come in handy in daily conversation.

So let’s start off with simple phrases that may come in handy when you want to know friends from other countries.
p/s: These phrases are quite informal, as those are phrases that we normally use in daily conversation.

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English: What is your name?

Chinese: 你叫什么名字? (ni jiao shen me ming zi?)

Malay: Apa Siapakah nama kamu? – as corrected by YZ!

Japanese: お名前は (O-namae wa)

Vietnam: Ban ten la gi?

French: Vous vous appelez comment / Comment vous appelez vous? – as corrected by nickngsl

Singaporean Hokkien: Ler* Xia Mi Mia? (*ler is somewhere between lu and le) – as contributed by zy!

Indonesia: Nama lu siapa? – as contributed by vixklen

Indonesian Hokkien: Lu e mia ha mik? – as contributed by vixklen

Swedish: Vad heter du? – as contributed by GES