The Leeter Spiaking Singlish Book 2 Idioms

Author : Gwee Li Sui
Publisher : Leeter Spiaking Singlish
ISBN 13 : 9789815009613
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Leeter Spiaking Singlish written by Gwee Li Sui and published by Leeter Spiaking Singlish. This book was released on 2022-06-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following on the success of his 2017 hit, Spiaking Singlish: A Companion to How Singaporeans Communicate, Gwee Li Sui is back with a series of three "Leeter" books covering the quintessential features of Singlish, Singapore's unofficial language - written in Singlish! In this second volume, we learn that Singlish is not just about lah and leh: "Singlish oso got idiom and proverbs wor. Such kinds of expression make natural sense within a language and often cannot be translated without lugi-ing some depth. Consider how much shiokness 'blur like sotong' and 'bak chew tak stamp' bring to a situation with people being tekanded. Use 'pattern more than badminton', 'mee siam mai hum', or 'last time policeman wear shorts', and you'll have pecah lobang your true fewling on a matter without saying more."

Author : Gwee Li Sui
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
ISBN 13 : 9815044206
Total Pages : 85 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Leeter Spiaking Singlish: BOOK 2 (Idioms) written by Gwee Li Sui and published by Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd. This book was released on 2022-03-15 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following on the success of his 2017 hit, Spiaking Singlish: A Companion to How Singaporeans Communicate, Gwee Li Sui is back with a series of three “Leeter” books covering the quintessential features of Singlish, Singapore’s unofficial language – written in Singlish! In this second volume, we learn that Singlish is not just about lah and leh: “Singlish oso got idiom and proverbs wor. Such kinds of expression make natural sense within a language and often cannot be translated without lugi-ing some depth. Consider how much shiokness ‘blur like sotong’ and ‘bak chew tak stamp’ bring to a situation with people being tekanded. Use ‘pattern more than badminton’, ‘mee siam mai hum’, or ‘last time policeman wear shorts’, and you’ll have pecah lobang your true fewling on a matter without saying more.”

Author : Dr Gwee Li Sui
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
ISBN 13 : 9815044257
Total Pages : 75 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Leeter Spiaking Singlish Book 3: Loanwords written by Dr Gwee Li Sui and published by Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd. This book was released on 2022-09-15 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the master of Singlish himself! Following on the success of his 2017 hit, Spiaking Singlish: A Companion to How Singaporeans Communicate, Gwee Li Sui is back with a series of three ‘Leeter’ books covering the quintessential features of Singlish, Singapore’s unofficial language – written in Singlish! In this third volume, we look at where Singlish words come from: ‘There are England terms like ‘act cute’ and ‘act blur’ whose meanings we tweak, Melayu ones we keep like ‘cabut’ and ‘pakat’, cheena ones we use like ‘cheong hei’ or translate into England like ‘wait long-long’, Tamil words like ‘goondu’ and ‘aiyoh’, distorted Japanese words like ‘bakero’, and so on. Then got phrases made with words from different languages that become something lagi tok kong, such as ‘buay tahan’ and ‘jiak kentang’.

Author : Vere Henry Collins
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Total Pages : 0 pages
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Author : Jennifer Seidl
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book English Idioms and how to Use Them written by Jennifer Seidl and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Gwee Li Sui
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
ISBN 13 : 9814794368
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book Spiaking Singlish written by Gwee Li Sui and published by Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd. This book was released on 2017-10-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Singlish is a punchy and witty patois used in Singapore. It mixes English with words, phrases, and syntaxes from the languages of different ethnic groups living in the country. This fascinating feature of Singaporean life favours efficient communication and humour and is well-loved by many. Spiaking Singlish doesn’t just describe Singlish elements; there are already several such references books. Rather, it aims to show how Singlish can be used in a confident and stylish way to communicate. Gwee Li Sui’s collection of highly entertaining articles shares his observation of how Singlish has evolved over the decades. To appeal to the “kiasu” nature of readers, each of the 45 pieces comes with a bonus comic strip. There is also a Singlish quiz at the end of the book for readers to test their grasp of Singlish! Spiaking Singlish is possibly the first book on Singlish written entirely in Singlish, complete with colloquial spelling. It may also be the most stimulating of them all. Fear not if you find this book too bizarre: all Singlish words and phrases are indexed and explained at some point in the book

Author : Vere Henry Gratz Collins
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Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book A Book of English Idioms with Explanations written by Vere Henry Gratz Collins and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1898 pages
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Total Pages : 416 pages
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Download or read book English Idioms and how to Use Them written by and published by . This book was released on 1935 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 300 pages
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