Singlish

When I was at Curtin uni studying I was surrounded with this peculiar and interesting language that has, strangely enough altered my already odd sounding accent and way of talking. It is called Singlish. Many of these phrases have woven there way into my every day dialogue and have often caused others to question my ethnicity.

Singlish originated with the arrival of the British and the establishment of English language schools in Singapore. Soon, English filtered out of schools and onto the streets, to be learned by non-English-speakers in a pidgin-like form for communication purposes. After some time, this new form of English, now loaded with substantial influences from Indian English, Baba Malay, and the southern varieties of Chinese, began to be learned "natively" in its own right. Creolization occurred, and Singlish then became a fully-formed, stabilized, and independent English creole. (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singlish)

• Dis country weather very hot, one. — In this country, the weather is very warm.
• Dat person there cannot trust. — That person over there, cannot be trusted.
• Play soccer he very good also. — He's very good at playing soccer too.
• Tomorrow no need bring camera. — You don't need to bring a camera tomorrow.
• Not good one lah. — This isn't good.
• Cannot liddat go one lah. — You/it can't go just like that.
• How come never show up? — Why didn't you/he/it show up? (See the use of never in place of didn't under the "Past tense" section.)
• I like badminton, dat's why go play every weekend. — I like badminton, so I go play every weekend.
• He not feeling well, so decide to stay home and sleep. — He's not feeling well, so he decided to stay home and sleep.
• Your computer got virus one, izzit? (Does your computer have viruses?)
• How come so late in the night you still playing music, ar?
• You looking for trouble, izzit?
• Last night I mug so much, so sian already. (mug = cram for exam. sian = bored/tired.)
• They never study, is it? (No wonder they fail!)
• You don't like that, is it? (No wonder you had that face!)
• Alamak, you guys never read newspaper is it? — "What, haven't you guys ever read a newspaper?" (No wonder you aren't up to date!)
• Dun have, lah! (Brusque response to, "Lend me some money, can?")