Common Mistakes

COMMON MISTAKES IN ENGLISH SPOKEN

• Direct translation

• Code-Switching and Manglish

​1. Direct Translation

• Open the light (buka lampu)

• Close the fan (tutup kipas)

• Turn on the light.

  
  

• Turn off the fan.
  

• Don't play play ah

  (Jangan main-main)
  

• This one. (Yang ini)
  

• Don’t joke around @

• Don’t mess around

  
  

• This.
  

• “Where got?” (mana ada)
  

• "Got people” (ada orang)
  

• “That’s not true.” @

• “There isn’t any.”

  
  

• “There are people.”

• “So pity” (kesiannya)
  

• “Can or not?” (boleh atau tidak)
  

• “That’s such a pity.” @

• “I feel sorry for them.”

  
  

• “Is that possible?” @

• “Can you do it?”

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