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Love is Cinta

Somewhere in a rural part of Malaysia, a couple is walking together. After a day of hanky-panky both of them headed home and after the balak reached his girlfriend's house, they waved each other good bye and said "I love u!"

Now the thing is with Malaysians is they like to rojak their language, as i'm doing right now. Youngsters prefer to say "Thank you" instead of "Trime kaseh" , but thats fine by me. However have you heard Malaysian couples saying "Aku cinta kamu" (I love you) to each other? No right? Why? Of course, me and my dudes agree saying that IS cheesy, and using the phrase in front of your friends is like commiting social suicide. What about people in other country? Are they like us? Ashamed of saying "I love you" in their own language?

"I love you" in France is "Je t'aime". In Italy it's "Ti amo", in Japan "Aishiteru" and in Mandarin "Wo ai ni". All mentioned are proud of their language, unlike here in Malaysia. As a Malaysian, I swear with my life that i've NEVER encountered a Malay saying "Aku cinta kamu" or "Aku sayang kamu" . The closest is "I sayang you", and thank god the verb is in Malay but other than that it's foreign.

What made this intimate and very special suppose-to-be Malay phrase not special? Why is it used in a rojak way? Is it because love is like rojak? Where it is hot and sweet and sour at the same time? (Ignore this paragraph)

It is sad to know that Malays neglect to use pure Bahasa Malaysia in everyday life. Where is the poetry in that? Italian and French is considered by many the most beautiful language in the world. Part of the reason why it is so is because they don't mix it with other languages when they're using it, which makes it beautiful, they conserve it's beauty by using the language as it is.

To all Malays, i beg of you, from now on, instead of saying "I luv u" which sounds so cliché and boring and so very much overused, instead use "Aku cinta kamu" or "Aku sayang kamu" That might put up smile on your love ones.
Posted by Icky at 5:40 AM nur aimi jamshah said...

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December 6, 2008 at 8:13 AM Azzam?? said...

aku cinta kamu...
dah.. puas hati??

December 8, 2008 at 2:42 PM Icky said...

ape la smue org boleh type or tulis aku cinta kamu
try saying it in person haaa
n try saying it to a girl la

December 9, 2008 at 2:02 AM husni said...

i've NEVER encountered a Malay saying "Aku cinta kamu" or "Aku sayang kamu" <--- nampaknya kau belum pernah jumpa que haidar...ataupun awie.

December 19, 2008 at 3:57 PM The Birdman said...

i was about to comment on the rojak part but nevermind.

you won't hear those phrases in your language because you're not supposed to say it in the first place.

and what about, "saya sayang awak?" tipula x penah denga!

January 21, 2009 at 12:57 PM 
husni:ooo ha ah la! ade que n awie ek?
tapi diorang makhluk planet zargus

birdman: saya sayang awak bert!

January 27, 2009 at 3:05 AM LIYANA said...

btul..aq xpernah lg dgr in person org kate aku cinta kamu..

que haidar & awie???

February 1, 2009 at 12:08 AM Hunkiecrush said...

doubt this one.
i often say 'saya sayang kamu'

cheesier than 'AKU sayang kamu rite?'
hahaha. :p

February 2, 2009 at 8:54 PM 
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