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Try to correct the following dialogues.

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Ali : Downstair got sale. Chong :Come faster go. Bala : Aiya, go faster

for what? Sale still there.

Chong : But after cheap- cheap things people buy already how?

Ali : There’s a sale downstairs.

Chong : Quick, let’s go.

Bala : What’s the rush? The sale isn’t going anywhere.

Chong : But what if other people beat us to the bargains.

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Bala : Going to rain. Faster bring inside clothes.

Ali : Not yet, won’t rain one.

Chong : You sure or not.

Ali : I sure.

Bala : It’s about to rain. Quick, bring in the clothes.

Ali : No, it won’t rain yet.

Chong : Are you sure?

Ali : Yes.


Chong : You got buy Chong : You got buy paper or not? paper or not?

Ali : The uncle there say Ali : The uncle there say got no more got no more already. already.

Bala : Never mind. Bala : Never mind. Afterward I buy. Afterward I buy.

Chong : Did you buy the newspaper?

Ali : The vendor said he hadn’t any left.

Bala : Never mind. I’ll buy one later.

MANGLISH ENGLISHMANGLISH ENGLISHChong : See monkeyChong : See monkey

got got biscuit now I also biscuit now I also hungry. hungry.

Ali :Ali : Just now ask you Just now ask you to to eat, don’t want. eat, don’t want. Now Now hungry. hungry.

Bala :Bala : I also hungry.I also hungry.Ali : Ali : Come-lah, go Come-lah, go

eating eating some more. some more.

Chong : Reading about the monkey and biscuits makes me hungry.Ali : You didn’t want to eat earlier, now you’re hungry.

Bala : I’m hungry too.

Ali : Very well. Let’s eat again.


Ali : Where you went?

Bala : I went zoo.

Chong : Nice or not?

Bala : I got see tiger.

Very nice one.

Ali : Where’ve you been?

Bala : The zoo.

Chong : How was it?

Bala : I saw a tiger. It was very nice.

MANGLISHMANGLISH ENGLISHENGLISH Chong : This plastic Chong : This plastic

where where to throw ? to throw ? Bala : Here got no Bala : Here got no tong.tong.Ali :Ali : Cannot simply Cannot simply throw, throw, after polis catch. after polis catch.Bala : Polis don’t Bala : Polis don’t catch one. catch one. Only saman. Only saman.Chong : No lah. Only Chong : No lah. Only Bandaraya Bandaraya samansaman

Chong : Where can I throw this bag away?

Bala : There’s no bin nearby.Ali : Don’t throw it on the ground. The police will get you.

Bala : No they won’t. They’ll issue you a summons.

Chong : No, only City Hall does that.

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Chong : Afterward we go swim can or not?

Bala : I cannot.

Ali : Why cannot?

Bala : Leg paining.

Chong : Shall we go swimming later?

Bala : I can’t.

Ali : Why not?

Bala : My leg hurts.

MANGLISH ENGLISHBala : I going to dinner

with Leela.Chong : You taking bus

or what?Ali : I going to town

also. You want follow my car.

Bala : I can follow your car?

Ali : Sure can.

Bala : I’m having dinner with Leela.

Chong : Are you taking a bus?

Ali : I’m going to town too. Do you want a lift?

Bala : May I?

Ali : Of course.

MANGLISH ENGLISHAli : First if you cannot,

nevermind can try some more.

Chong : After try some more still cannot then how?

Bala : Then try some more-lah, until can.

Ali : If at first you don’t succeed, try again.

Chong : What if, after trying again, one still fails?

Bala : Then keep trying until you succeed.

MANGLISH ENGLISHMANGLISH ENGLISHAli : You all want anythingAli : You all want anything

from market or not? from market or not?Chong : If got durian thenChong : If got durian then

buy. buy.Ali : How many?Ali : How many?Bala :Bala : Many-many. Many-many.Chong : Four enoughlah, Chong : Four enoughlah,

after cannot after cannot finish how? finish how?

Ali : Do you want anything from the market?Chong : Durians, if there are any.Ali : How many should I buy?Bala : A lot.

Chong : Four’s enough. What if we can’t finish them?

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