Did you know: Shy, Ashamed and Embarrassed?

In Did you know? this time we will talk about the differences among shy, ashamed and embarrassed.

Please study the examples below:

- Susan is a shy girl. She never sees somebody's eyes when she talks to him/her.

- Maudy went to a local shop to buy some oil yerterday. When she was at the cashier and about to pay, she found out that she left her purse at home. she felt so embarrassed.

- Look! Even a kid like Lukman can stay in line. You should be ashmed of yourself.

In Bahasa Indonesia, I think we can translate them this way:
Shy for pemalu (for character)
embarrassed for malu (for an incident)
Ashamed for merasa malu (for something we did wrong)

So, now we can use them appropriately. Congratulations! your English has improved now.

Cheers,
Edi