Singapore has 4 official languages namely English, Mandarin, Malay and Tamil. Communicating with the locals may prove to be one of the more challenging tasks. Though, Singaporeans can speak English, Singapore has its own version of English – Singlish, much like Taglish is to Filipinos. What complicates it for me is that we Pinoys are much used to the American english vocabulary and accent while Singaporeans use British english with a mix of British and Chinese accent. (Imagine that!)
Local speak is usually ended by “lah” much like “noh” is to us Pinoys. Ex. “I don’t like that, lah.” is kinda like saying “Ayoko yan noh.” Another interesting singlish phrase for me is “Can? Can?”. The tagalog translation for that would be “Kaya ba? Kaya?”
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