Pocket Malay Dictionary (9780794600570)

It's never a good idea to be overly-relient on technology while traveling! Look up words quickly and easily with this great little Malay dictionary.

Intended for use by tourists, students, and business people traveling to Malaysia Pocket Malay Dictionary is an essential tool for communication and a great way to learn Malay. It features all the essential Malay vocabulary appropriate for beginning to intermediate students. It's handy pocket format, and easy-to-read type will make any future trip to Malaysia much easier. In addition to being an excellent English to Malay dictionary and Malay to English dictionary, Pocket Malay Dictionary contains important notes on the Malay language, Malay grammar and Malay pronunciation. All Malay words are written in English and Malay script (Rumi) so that in the case of difficulties the book can simply be shown to the person the user is trying to communicate with.

This dictionary contains:

• The 3,000 most commonly used words in the Malay language.
• Malay-English and English-Malay sections.
• English and Romanized Malay (Rumi).
• An introduction to and history of the Malay language.
• Information on Malay grammar.
• A guide to pronouncing Malay correctly.

Other books from this bestselling series you might enjoy are: Pocket Vietnamese Dictionary, Pocket Cambodian Dictionary, Pocket Thai Dictionary, Pocket Indonesian Dictionary, Pocket Mandarin Chinese Dictionary, and Pocket Cantonese Dictionary.


About the Author:
Zuraidah Omar is a full-time writer/editor, specializing in corporate communications. Her work includes writing the corporate histories of a number of organizations, including a ten-chapter book on a major financial group in Malaysia. She has also written a book on performance management in organizations.