Oh Henry! How are you?
Eh I'm great. You leh?- I'm good too.
- I was wondering if you could do me a favour.
- Sure. What's up?
- Remember how I mentioned that my parents were staying with me for a while before moving to their new house?
- Their new house is ready so I'll need to help them move the boxes which they left at my place but I don't have a car.
- You can lend me your car next Saturday?
- Sure, no problem.
- Wah, really ah?
- You sure you don't need the car?
- It's really okay, no need to paiseh.
- I usually rest at home on Saturdays.
- Great, thanks so much!
- No problem.
- Eh, how am I gonna pass the car to you ah?
- Eh..I can walk over to your house to pick up the car from you on Saturday morning.
- Your house is pretty near mine anyway.
- Okay. Call me when you're reaching ah.
- Alright. Thanks!
You leh?
："You leh?"はシンガポール英語で、疑問を投げかけるときに使用する表現。「あなたは？」の意味。
ah?
："ah?"は疑い、あるいは確認を表現するために疑問文の文尾に置かれる間投詞。
no need to paiseh.
： "no need to paiseh."は「恐縮しなくてもいい」という意味。"paiseh"は"embarrassing"で、シンガポール人がよく使う福建語の語。"excuse me"「すみません」という意味でも使う。
ah?
："ah?"は疑い、あるいは確認を表現するために疑問文の文尾に置かれる間投詞。