malay to english

English translation: Don't contaminate the Malay language

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Malay term or phrase:Jangan rosakkan bahasa malaysia.
English translation:Don't contaminate the Malay language
Entered by: Ramona Ali

04:10 Apr 21, 2004
Malay to English translations [Non-PRO]
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Malay term or phrase: malay to english
Jangan rosakkan bahasa malaysia.
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Don't contaminate the Malay language
Explanation:
Don't contaminate the Malay language
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Ramona Ali
Local time: 19:24
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4 +1Don't contaminate the Malay language
Ramona Ali
4 +1Don't spoil the Malay language
Nasima Sarwar


  

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33 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Jangan rosakkan bahasa malaysia
Don't contaminate the Malay language


Explanation:
Don't contaminate the Malay language

Ramona Ali
Local time: 19:24
Native speaker of: Native in MalayMalay

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  yam2u: 'ruin' and 'pollute' are two other verbs usually used in similar context.
9 hrs
  -> or dare I say ... 'bastardise'?
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38 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Don't spoil the Malay language


Explanation:
Just another alternative:

Jangan rosakkan bahasa malaysia - Don't spoil the Malay language



Nasima Sarwar
Malaysia
Local time: 19:24
Native speaker of: Native in MalayMalay

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agree  AAAS
64 days
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