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Victims:
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[@TheSmartLocal]

Would you have failed the questions? 😭

[@kokhuisd]

Ez!

[@DC-ru5xz]

Join the disgrace to ancestors squad

[@muhammadabdulbasitahmadtaj7229]

Mana Fauzi?? 😆

[@TheSmartLocal]

@@muhammadabdulbasitahmadtaj7229 Fauzi wasnt available for the shoot :(

[@timmyyooo5445]

@@TheSmartLocal wow sad…

[@mschristinelim90]

Zhin and Hafeez should host a series together !!

[@melwu4839]

The zhin Hafeez malay channel

[@Frakak98]

Abang Series

[@azeezraasheedafathima648]

OMG THE SUN TV REFERENCE AHAHAHA whoever who did the editing for the tamil part, it was great

[@christylim983]

Bad idea to drink milo while watching this video T^T Splurted out my milo when it got to 18:01 LOL

[@muhamedraaseth6943]

they absolutely have no flipping idea how legendary that was, i’m crying now omf

[@risaprameswari]

The editor needs a raise with that Makcik Hafeez

[@joylee007]

Zhin speaking in Malay - be still my heart❤️someone please get him to speak Malay all the time now

[@marsha_pro2133]

he hosts and acts alot on suria

[@shizariindrawan5634]

But sorry he’s not into you

[@joylee007]

@@shizariindrawan5634 I don’t care🤷🏻‍♀️

[@SVTSKZENHA]

@@marsha_pro2133yeah everytime I see

[@seethamuthiah8906]

seeing Prav and Sathiya struggle over "sun" is HiLARiOUS

[@Jay-ru2cw]

OMG! Super like this episode! So funny and we get to learn different languages. Please do more of these episodes where you showcase the different races in Singapore.

[@idonthaveaname8866]

"out of 10, you get a-" "A?" "A?!" ngl this was funny

[@shaolongbao4386]

omg more videos like this pls ! it’s so entertaining

[@Jmloveee]

agreed

[@noel6764]

interesting how there are similarities between Malay and Tamil Cap: topi (malay) and toppi (tamil) Sun: suria (malay) and suriyan (tamil) Ship: kapal (malay) and kappal (tamil)

[@jackjackyphantom8854]

Yeah, because culturally Malay were influenced by Indian, not surprising. However I sees some similarities between Hokkien and Malay too. One example is that Leg is Kak (in Hokkien) and Kaki (in Malay).

[@figureofspeech4581]

Malay is kinda influenced by Sanskrit... Alot of the words are similar

[@ssc.s]

isnt sun in malay also/is "matahari"?

[@Syahston]

@@ssc.s yes but in poetry and literature the word suria is being used instead.

[@taekai4279]

@@ssc.s In Indonesian the word matahari is used in day to day life and in formal literature so..

[@elryzmag5000]

19:44 CRACKED ME UP SO MUCH AHAHAHA LOVE THESE TWO

[@jojihye]

ikr HAHAHAH hafi damn cuteeee!!

[@JJOlajideOlatunji]

Hahahahaha when sathia and sangee sang why this kolaveri di 😂😂😂 , first time hearing a tamil song and love the Tamil theme edit😂😂😂🤣🤣👍🏽👍🏽

[@themagnetonurfridge6932]

As a telugu person from india seeing people from other countries sing this very iconic 'why this kolaveri di' song just warms my heart. Also hafi's surya 'neyyi' cracked me up 🤣

[@Ponakalaranjit456]

నేనూ ఈపాటకికూడా వినను En Idhu Kolavera Di అని దేనికి విని తర్వాత ఈ పాట వైపు నవ్వాను అసలు

[@muhdbazli1695]

Eh kekek ah ni Zhin & Hafeez! Korang pelawak eh? (Eh funny ah this Zhin & Hafeez! You guys are comedians?) Tears, literally tears! Hahahahaha

[@awkwardsmile]

Sathia x Sangee NEXT SHIP!!!! Very natural chemistry and compatible.

[@l_ogaaa]

yes ahahaha

[@JJOlajideOlatunji]

Why this kolaveri di song was the best part 😂

[@avaritiahs1237]

I think this has to be one of the funniest if not the funniest TSL video I've ever watched LOL 17:58 goodbye

[@SharmanRaj]

HAFI AND SANGEE MUST HAVE A TAMIL SERIES IN TSL

[@yan.valerie]

Omg the part whereby Sangee said "will you eat the Ney?! In an Indian accent is funny!

[@sumitarajamanickam8047]

I LOVE WHEN THEY SPEAK TAMIL,(SUN TV, ACTOR SURYA AND KOLAVERI SONG) IS 1000% AWESOME.. BAHASA MELAYU YANG KAMU SEMUA CAKAP NI MEMANG MEWAH..SAYA SUKA TENGOK KAMU SEMUA GELAK, BERASA SERONOK DAN LAIN² SARANGHAE ✨💕

[@TheSmartLocal]

Wah got 3 languages in 1 comment… Miss Worldwide 🌎

[@tedbecks7]

one video that unites singapore

[@TheSmartLocal]

Thanos could never

[@ly9610]

Zhin and Hafeez's interaction is damn fun to watch ahahahaha

[@bharatisriram2447]

So nice to see tamil people on TSL’s channel HAHAH it makes the content all the more relatable!! Yay for diversity :’)

[@mangopancakes5142]

The editing is on point!

[@Reenx95]

i thought hafeez was funny. hes even funnier in malay 😂

[@TheSmartLocal]

Cicak Sembahyang 🥲🥲🥲

[@Kevsycm]

14:36 literally everyone reaction when they picked up their exams papers

[@Aestheticpics]

FRRR

[@epiphadipity]

Omg this video was so funny the struggle is real HAHAHHAHAH. Can relate 100%. Editor did a great job sia I laugh until got headache (legit)

[@alvinkoeswanto8622]

As an Indonesian, I understand some words in Tamil because Indonesian language borrow a lot of Tamil words. Indonesian language is like when Malay and Tamil have a kid who likes to hangout with the Dutch and Portuguese haha

[@jackjackyphantom8854]

Bahaha Indonesia and Bahaha Melayu are both part of the Austronesian language family.

[@theambivertdesi6751]

As a Tamilian, this sounds so cool😂✊🏼

[@jayaisnthere]

LOL that’s funny

[@flamethrower1390]

One of THE BEST epi ever! Good job!!

[@TheShaaa93]

super love this video because we really get to seee more of the various races!!! it was really funny tooo!

[@missaalinah96]

Loved the tamil portion, so funny haha

[@espreedupree]

The Malay test seems most difficult ! By the way in Malay the emotional heart ❤️ is hati And biological heart = jantung Then the organ liver is also ‘ hati ‘ . That’s y in Eat Pray Love , the scene in Bali the shaman said to Julia roberts ‘ smile with your liver ‘ 😂 he mistranslated from Bahasa

[@skittleyrealm2795]

I’m a Malaysian Chinese who knows Malay and I have to say Hafeez’s Malay puns are on point😂

[@rachelcookie321]

Can you speak 3 languages then? English, Malaysian and a Chinese language? That’s really cool if so. Even 2 languages is cool. I’m Scottish but I moved to New Zealand as a kid but both countries are English speaking countries so I only know English. I mean, we got Scots in Scotland but like it’s very similar to English and like no one can really speak it anyway. I only know a few Scots words.

[@skittleyrealm2795]

@@rachelcookie321 yes I can! I would say most Chinese Malaysians can speak all 3 (English, Malay and Mandarin) to some degree of fluency. Some can even speak other Chinese dialects like Hokkien, Cantonese etc. For me, English is my strongest language, followed by Mandarin and Malay :)

[@azharrabian8949]

This is educational as well for me. I didn't know Malay language borrowed words such as 'kapal'(ship) and 'topi'(hat) from Tamil.

[@xShalini]

omg this was hilarious!!! the edits for the tamil part was so well done 😂

[@junkeefe6074]

This is the Best episode ever! Pls do more of this!!!

[@eunicekoh4484]

I nearly died laughing!! Thank you TSL for doing this. ☺️

[@nyla_nawrah1361]

I swear Hafeez make me laughed at lot bcuz he said praying mantis in Malay is Cicak Solat HAHAHHAHA

[@deep1640]

Seriously, hands down! Whoever edited for the tamil sec, it was a bomb

[@alicialaww]

HAHAHA I love the Tamil and Malay segment the most 😂 Also who knew so many Tamil words were so similar to Malay! Love from Malaysia ✨

[@deeveedee379]

PLSSS THE SUN TV EDITS KNOCKED ME OUT OMG HAHAHA

[@simmc20]

Let’s be honest… The right way to order 菜饭 is “这个那个” (this one that one) while pointing at the dishes.

[@jarinawee1666]

是的。我买菜饭是这样的！😔

[@alvintan2970]

So fun! Especially the Tamil challenge… so fun.

[@adhiantos]

Interesting that Tamil words for ship and hat is similar to Indonesian/Malay words too! Ship is Kapal and hat is topi. Surya also refers to sunlight actually.

[@marsha_pro2133]

bahasa melayu was actually developed from sanskrit, which is a language used in a part of india back then. that’s why we have some words that are similar. Also if i’m not wrong, the modern malay now was also mixed with the arab language. e.g. monday, tuesday in malay is 1,2 in arabic.

[@jackjackyphantom8854]

@@marsha_pro2133 Malay itself is part of the Austronesian language family with a lot of influence from ancient Indian languages through the import of Hinduism and Buddhism. Much like how Japanese language was greatly influenced by Chinese.

[@jackjackyphantom8854]

@@marsha_pro2133 Well leg in Malay is Kaki and in Hokkien is Kak, there's a similarity right there too.

[@adhiantos]

@@marsha_pro2133 Yup! Especially Sanskrit is used widely in Indonesia in the past during the kingdoms era

[@Banom7a]

@@marsha_pro2133 wasnt developed from, but borrowed, malay was a trading language after all. Beside, Malay are influenced by Hinduism a lot in the early day and even shows in early malay inscription in the 600AD

[@wingstopsaranghae]

rly loving fikah so much 🤣🤣 more of her pls!!

[@johnozil]

I laughed so hard at the Praying Mantis 🤣🤣🤣 Also, Adria is bae 🥰

[@ky-vi2ps]

GOT ME LAUGHING FROM START TO END I LOVE THIS VID!!

[@sug4rytea0]

im loving hafi !!! shes so funny 😂

[@farahhhisham]

I can listen to Zhin speak in Malay all day 🥰✨

[@depressed30]

The Melayu test seems to be the hardest leh

[@SuyingLim]

As a person who has studied Bahasa Melayu for 11 years in my primary and secondary education, i have no idea what praying mantis and beaver was in malay 🤯🤯🤯

[@Rider_412xd]

buck teeth XD

[@cj-fx2kj]

i luv amoi. saya nak kahwin gadis cina 😍

[@pr9166]

omg this video was so funny and the sun tv + suriya edit killed me damn funny lmao

[@ashleyveronicah8816]

I nearly spit out the Maggie inside my mouth when I heard rainier named the pumpkin as big big orange 😂😂😂

[@seraphinasolomon8017]

i think this is also my first time learning the malay word of praying mantis and beaver :)

[@TheSmartLocal]

Evidently the participants as well… 😂

[@LEGIRLSROCK]

When you just had your PSLE chinese oral a day ago watching this be like: I am four parallel universes ahead of you

[@LEGIRLSROCK]

Anyone can relate?

[@eliasgc49]

Wait till you grow up and start using less of your mother tongue and then you can relate to us adults. But learn as much as u can while it lasts

[@hi-qg1xh]

I can sort of relate having my sec 1 oral exams on monday

[@matreen427]

@@eliasgc49 I doubt so, people who can excel in both languages never lose them when they grow up

[@marieteojx]

Lovelove this!

[@yoominbi]

Zhin was so done with Fikah hahah 😂

[@TheSmartLocal]

And Fikah just wanted to watch BTS on KZbin yet she had to answer a whole ass quiz 🥲

[@RobertHeslop]

So, I love languages and currently learning my 6th, but that's the first time I've ever heard Tamil. I knew the name. I think this would be a really interesting if you did like a challenge/series where like TSL talents have to present/do the video in their native tongue.

[@rachelcookie321]

6th??? I’m still struggling trying to learn a 2nd language. I wish I was that good at languages that I pick them up so quickly.

[@RobertHeslop]

@@rachelcookie321 I always remind people learning a language isn’t a race. But yeah, 6th 😅 English (Mother tongue) Spanish Portuguese Thai (I worked in Thailand for 8 years) Chinese (I know some still, but I’ve forgot a lot) Korean (the one I’m working on) I also know some basics of German, Swedish and Dutch, but I don’t count them 😅

[@joannaong6509]

Loved the Malays part... they were hilarious! Also, wanted to know how Fauzi does in Malay too!

[@cj-fx2kj]

i luv u amoi 😍

[@noel6764]

I love Fikah HAHA she is cray cray reminds me of Adria last time

[@dawnho7744]

Oh my... *bursting into laughter*

[@kalpana5288]

Loving this episode!🤣 #TeamTamil

[@natsuconstar]

this was fun to watch hehe

[@fawziefuxia]

THAT SUN TV EDIT THOOOO OMG HAFIZAH PLS AH YOU MAINTAIN LAH

[@bryantham2485]

I think if I were there, I would have failed this

[@Mrteddyable]

I ship Sathia and Sangee!!! Both of them look so cute tgt! heheh and Sathia is so handsome!

[@sachikashukuri4880]

HAHAHAHA OMG HAFI IS SO FUNNY pls u are my idol 🤩🤩🤩

[@ALEX-ks3nc]

omg the butter part LMAO

[@megantangg]

Excitedd

[@gen6555]

wait i was watching old tsl vids and clicked on this vid without realising it was new 😭

[@kyliecheong1991]

Zhin can't tahan Fikah already hahahaha!! Anyway Hafeez is funny as always! Good one!

[@Sseraromli]

part hafeez n fikah hahahha...cannot laaaa...:D

[@asyrafamir7359]

NOT THE MENGE-CHECK 😭 😭 😭

[@leelihui4479]

I never knew mother tongue was so “difficult” for the other racial groups, eye opening 大开眼界😅🤩

[@seishi425]

mandon mixing up cucumber and pumpkin is relatable - ordered chicken rice with more cucumber but said 多南瓜, then the uncle laughed cos 南瓜没有黄瓜有 HAHA was definitely the 傻瓜 that day

[@teowjia4032]

dead when Rainer said Da Da Olen ahahha

[@kukkuigoo1180]

Gosh i went to toilet 2 times watching this. As a malay malaysian myself, watching malay part is hilariously entertaining following with tamil & mandarin part. Mentadak who? It’s cicak sembahyang! Hahahah. Above all this ep is very entertaining. Good to see some talents speaking in their mother tongue language.

[@melwu4839]

You should test fauzi on his malay language

[@ohsimadu]

tamil sounds so fun :) good job to the hosts!

[@geocritic3577]

The 'cicak sembahyang' made me fall from my chair 😂 Baik ahhh hafeez 😂😂😂

[@shefoundwonderland]

This was so fun to watch HAHA can pass chinese except the mrt stations. But my msp not enough to pass the malay ahaha

[@zixianchen9901]

HAHA same in MSP 75% or more of the people just Google translate

[@akeldama4651]

I died and died when hearing the question for the chinese side

[@Luna-yb4pw]

Fun video! I feel every time people test their Malay, there’s always tupai and praying mantis somehow.

[@fitrynovianty6952]

I enjoyed the Tamil bit so much! Sangee is a great host!

[@cj-fx2kj]

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[@jx-bz6um]

aww this is a vv interesting ep with all the diff mother tongues1!1!!!1!!1111!1

[@taekyamtaekyam3619]

is that the blue switches that i hear at 5:23 ...

[@silpheedTandy]

the |wrong answer" and "correct answer" sound effects were way way too loud. they were startling. but the people were so fun to watch! i liked the relaxed natural laughter

[@subhashinisivagobi9995]

Sathia & Mandon are so cuteeeee man 😍

[@crusader2020]

Dear all, turn on CC. You will not regret.

[@izzatkhan.s]

NOT ME YELLING THE ANSWERS TO MY SCREEN

[@superkoqoj1066]

what is the old school game hafeez mentioened?

[@miee123miie]

Hafis surya neyyi! 😂😂 Burst out laughing at 19:44 HAHAHHA

[@0900370pian]

It is always fun to see Singaporeans struggle in their own so called mother tongue. Btw, beaver in malay is not berang. It is memerang. Berang means angry or furious.

[@beepbloopbeepbloop]

Save the editor who was sitting behind Leah pls, she was dying HAHAHAHAHAHA

[@yurihahnjohari846]

What the mentadak?! But hey, this episode is really entertaining !!

[@kai-dp3cg]

It seems like a common thing for all of us to completely forget some words in out MTL.… do we laugh or hit ourselves in the head n

[@priya279123]

HAFI THINKING SHE GOT AN A 😂😂😂

[@fahmimi1272]

Butter is not நெய், butter is வெண்ணெய் (might be wrong spelling)

[@ayayayaitsme2847]

omg please test third languages if they’ve learnt before eg french/korean/japanese etc etc

[@valarie9767]

Im very confused, is adria malay or chinese and is rainer malay or chinese

[@TheYeti_97]

Died at the "四头“ XD