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Famous Singlish sentences:
Famous Singlish sentences:
- This book you want or not? Do you want this book?
- Can or not? Is this possible / permissible?
- Dis country weather very hot one. In this country, the weather is very warm.
- Dat person there cannot trust. That person over there is not trustworthy.
- Tomorrow dun need bring camera. You don't need to bring a camera tomorrow.
- He play soccer also very good one leh. He's very good at playing soccer too.
- Not good one lah. This isn't good.
- Cannot anihow go liddat one leh. You/it can't go just like that.
- How come never show up? Why didn't you/he/it show up?
- I li badminton, dat's why I every weekend go play. I like badminton, so I play it every weekend.
- He not feel well, so he stay home sleep lor. He's not feeling well, so he decided to stay home and sleep.
- Your computer got virus anot? - Does your computer have viruses?
- I still finding. - I'm still searching.
- How come you so late you still playing music, ah?
- You looking for trouble, izzit?
- Dat one de wife lah. - That lady is his wife.
- Dis boy the class monitor. (=class president)
- His house in Ang Mo Kio. - His home is located in Ang Mo Kio
- He talk for so long, never stop, not even when I ask him.
- When I was young, ah, I go to school every day.
- When he was in school, he always get good marks one.
- Last night I mug so much, so sian already. - I'm so tired/bored after mugging all day yesterday.
- Aiyah, cannot wait any more, must go oreddy. - Oh dear, I cannot wait any longer. I must leave immediately.
- Yesterday, dey go there oreddy. - They went yesterday.
- Ah Song kena sai oreddy, then how? - If Ah Song were to get in trouble, what would you do?
- He throw it liao. - He has already thrown it away.
- I eat liao. - I've eaten.
- This new game, you play liao or not? - As for this new game, have you played it yet?
- Alamak, you guys never read newspaper is it? "What, haven't you guys ever read a newspaper?"
- You go ting ting a little bit, maybe den you will get answer. - Go and think over it for a while, and then you might understand.
- Want to go Orcher walk walk see see or not? - Let's go shopping/sightseeing at Orchard Road.
- Dun anyhow touch here touch there leh. - Please don't mess with my things.
- My boy-boy is going to Primary One oreddy. - My son is about to enter Year/Grade/Standard One.
- We two fren-fren one. - We are close friends.
- Dun listen to me, later you kena. - Don't follow my advice, or you may get yourself in trouble
- Wah lau! So stupid one! - Oh my gosh! He's so stupid!
- I do everything by habit one. - I always do everything by habit.
- He never go school one. - He doesn't go to school (unlike other people).
- Drink lah!
- I dun have lah!
- Dun know oreddy lah!
- This one also can work one mah!
- Okay lor, you do what you want.
- How come you don't give me leh? - Why didn't you give me anything?
- This shopping centre very nice horh
- You going again ar?
- They never study meh?
- Wahlau, heng siah. - Wow, wasn't I lucky?
- "Ah boy, don't run here run there, wait you fall down then you know ar."
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