Hello and welcome to the video where I potentially embarrass myself on the internet
Today I'm talking about Singlish which is the coolest part of living in Singapore
I just love Singlish, it's so diverse, it's so cool and I think it's so too the point you can just...
...save so much time by speaking Singlish
Alright! Let us begin
I have a list of Singlish words that I have accumulated over the past three months of living here in Singapore
First one: Bo Jio — Bo Jio is something I say on daily basis
Bojio basically means "Not invite"
It's like when you have not been invited to something when you're feeling left out especially you say it to a friend
You say it to someone where you're like "Oh why didn't you invite me" I say something like "Oh Bo Jio"
Like, why didn't you invite me?
"Jio" is "to invite"
So, If you are — If someone would do something and you want them to join you can be like "Open Jio"
Open Jio is like — It's an open invitation so please come "Hey tomorrow you want to watch a movie? It's Open Jio! You wanna come?"
Next one is quite similar it also uses "Oh Bo" it's like a negative marker
So Bo Bian means you can't do anything about it like you just have to, can't help It's like "Shoganai" in Japanese
Like
You can't do nothing about it
Let's say you know, to enter this really expensive restaurant you have to pay an entrance like
Next word is "Liao", Liao means already
You hear that Singaporeans don't say "Already", they say "Already" or "Ready" like "Finished Liao", "Finished ready!"
Yeah, yesterday I go Liao, like yesterday I went already, yesterday I already went, you just say yesterday I go Liao
And another one that everyone's know is "Can", "Can" is like you can do something there's an ability it is possible it's allowed
"Can I pay using payment pay wave using like tap your card thing ?"
Instead of saying can I use payment you just like: "Pay wave cab?" and they'll be like: "Oki can" [I'm sorry I didn't understand this part XD]
You can also extend your voice like: "Caaaaaan?"
Like sure I can do that for you! Oki caaan!
This is getting cringy
Next one is "Paiseh". "Paiseh" is something you say when you're embarrassed so if you forgotten your wallet
and your friends are out for dinner and you promised to pay "Oh Paiseh, Paiseh", I forgot my wallet
Or when you make a mistake at work and someone has to redo something for you: "Paiseh" (Laugh) Sorry
Like "Oh, I'm embarassed my bad"
Okay, "Atas" is another word I love using. Atas means really fancy or expensive or posh or luxurious
So if you walk past a really grand looking restaurant:
What is also something you can add I don't know how to explain but it's easy to get it from context if you stayed here long enough
And me I'm a "Ang Moh", "Ang moh" literally means Red hair so it's a Cacausian parttern. Many people asked me if I'm offended by being called "Ang Moh"
Not really I mean it's a term that is used here
But sometimes people associate Ang Moh's with being very Atas and almost kind of have a stereotype sticking to Atas areas or not eating certain food
Okay, whatever I just let this one slide
Another one I love using is "Tahan", Tahan is to...How do I say it in english?
To handle, to be able to handle something
[...] Means you're unable to hold something "Oh today is so hot can not Tahan Liao!
Cannot take it anymore — So Liao mean Anymore or Already, I cannot handle it already, normally this is a rude saying, I cannot handle it anymore
So Liao can mean Already or Anymore...It's very confusing
"Oh my neighbor is so noisy I cannot Tahan it anymore!"
Okay, last one is "Chope", Chope means to grab us a seat, to reserve a seat, especially at poker centers or restaurants
People would Chope with business cards or tissue packets
and before you order you go and find a seat it's very hard to find seats at lunch time, rush hour, so you just go and Chope the seat, that is term that we use for
grabbing a seat before you — For reserving a seat
It's also very safe in Singapore
So you can just leave your bag there, you can Chope a seat with your bag and you'll be fine
So let's combine some of Singlish using Liao and Chope together
"Oh, I Chope Liao", like I already put a table, I already reserved a table, I Chope Liao
Another word I sometimes use is Sian, Sian is when you feel like really upset about something, really done at all, like "Man I feel so Sian!"
Which is quite funny because in Afrikaans the pronuciantion Sian is a blessing like "What a Sian","What a blessing!"
Actually in [...] Sian means sleepy it like denotes when you're like really worried about something like "I know my jobs is so Sian"
And maybe you've heard me say Aiyoh or Aiya, that is also something you can say when you're stressed or shocked or upset like Aiyoooh ~ Ayiaaah ~~
I think people actually tend to say Aiyoh here a lot more than they say Aiyah
Okay I think that is all the embarrassment I will let myself handle on the internet today so sorry If I make mistakes, I'm still learning
Please don't judge the Ang Moh who is learning Singlish to hard, but thank you all for watching I hope you enjoyed the video I shall see you in the next video, bye! <3