Author: Gwee Li Sui
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
ISBN: 9815044206
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 85
Book Description
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.”
The Leeter Spiaking Singlish: BOOK 2 (Idioms)
Author: Gwee Li Sui
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
ISBN: 9815044206
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 85
Book Description
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.”
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
ISBN: 9815044206
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 85
Book Description
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.”
The Leeter Spiaking Singlish
Author: Gwee Li Sui
Publisher: Leeter Spiaking Singlish
ISBN: 9789815009613
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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."
Publisher: Leeter Spiaking Singlish
ISBN: 9789815009613
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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."
The Leeter Spiaking Singlish: Idioms
Author: Li Sui Gwee
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789815009613
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789815009613
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Leeter Spiaking Singlish Book 3: Loanwords
Author: Dr Gwee Li Sui
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
ISBN: 9815044257
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 75
Book Description
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’.
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
ISBN: 9815044257
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 75
Book Description
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’.
Basic Idioms
Author: Dominie Secondary
Publisher: Dominie Press
ISBN: 9781562700997
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 151
Book Description
Publisher: Dominie Press
ISBN: 9781562700997
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 151
Book Description
Words and Idioms
Author: Logan Pearsall Smith
Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Everyday Idioms 2
Author: Ronald E. Feare
Publisher: Pearson Education ESL
ISBN: 9780201441819
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Everyday Idioms One and Two bring the challenge of learning typical American English expressions within any student's reach. Each book presents over 1,200 idioms within semantic categories.
Publisher: Pearson Education ESL
ISBN: 9780201441819
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Everyday Idioms One and Two bring the challenge of learning typical American English expressions within any student's reach. Each book presents over 1,200 idioms within semantic categories.
Idioms and Idiomatic Expressions in English (Volume 2)
Author: Max Gorey
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781475248845
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
An idiom is a group of words in current usage having a meaning that is not deducible from those of the individual words. For example, "to rain cats and dogs" - which means "to rain very heavily" - is an idiom; and "over the moon" - which means "extremely happy" - is another idiom. In both cases, you would have a hard time understanding the real meaning if you did not already know these idioms!The real key to mastering any language, beyond having a good grasp of grammar and vocabulary, is knowing how to use idioms and idiomatic expressions. Now you can start speaking English like a native-with the help of this guide.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781475248845
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
An idiom is a group of words in current usage having a meaning that is not deducible from those of the individual words. For example, "to rain cats and dogs" - which means "to rain very heavily" - is an idiom; and "over the moon" - which means "extremely happy" - is another idiom. In both cases, you would have a hard time understanding the real meaning if you did not already know these idioms!The real key to mastering any language, beyond having a good grasp of grammar and vocabulary, is knowing how to use idioms and idiomatic expressions. Now you can start speaking English like a native-with the help of this guide.
Dictionary of English Idioms
Author: Michael J. Wallace
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789971612023
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789971612023
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Words and Idioms
Author: Logan Pearsall Smith
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description