VOL. I · ISSUE 47 · MAY 2026FROM SINGAPORE · MIT LICENSED

Singlish.lah

“Be the answer in Singlish.”EST. 2026 · A RULE-GOVERNED TRANSLATOR
A TYPE TOOL · NOT A MEME GENERATOR

Be the answer
in Singlish.

Three intensity levels. Real Hokkien, Malay, Tamil-borrowed vocabulary. Particles that earn their place. Built by a Singaporean, tested by aunties.

3 registers·32 hand-checked pairs·0 Merlions used
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Intensity中Heartland
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EXHIBIT B · 32 ENTRIES

The dictionary,
in practice.

Read before you type. Every pair below was hand-checked against how Singaporeans actually speak, not how a meme generator imagines they do. Filter by intensity, or just scroll lah.

001
I'd appreciate it if you could let me know your decision by Friday.
↓
Let me know your decision by Friday can?
atas
002
Would you be interested in joining us for dinner tonight?
↓
Eh, want to join for dinner tonight or not?
atas
003
I think this proposal needs more careful consideration.
↓
I think this proposal need to think properly first.
atas
004
Could you please clarify what you meant in the meeting?
↓
Eh, what you meant in the meeting just now ah?
atas
005
I'm afraid that won't be possible at this time.
↓
Cannot lah, not possible now.
atas
006
Let's circle back on this next week.
↓
We talk again next week lah.
atas
007
I really enjoyed the food at that restaurant.
↓
The food at that restaurant quite good leh.
atas
“

Wah, this one damn shiok sia.

— Heartland register, on this is really delicious
008
Are you available for a quick call?
↓
Got time for a quick call or not?
atas
009
I'll be working from home today.
↓
Today I WFH lah.
atas
010
Thank you for your understanding.
↓
Thanks for understanding ah.
atas
011
Have you eaten lunch yet?
↓
Eh, you eat already or not?
heartland
012
This is really delicious.
↓
Wah, this one damn shiok sia.
heartland
013
I'm waiting for the bus.
↓
I waiting bus lah.
heartland
014
Don't worry about it.
↓
Aiyo, don't worry lah.
heartland
“

Wah lao eh, today damn sian, dowan go work sia.

— Heartland register, on i really don't want to go to work today
015
That's so expensive!
↓
Wah lao, so expensive one!
heartland
016
I'll see you later.
↓
See you later lah.
heartland
017
Where are you going?
↓
Eh, you go where?
heartland
018
I'm so tired today.
↓
Today I damn sian sia.
heartland
019
Did you watch the match last night?
↓
Last night you watch match or not?
heartland
020
Let's go eat at the hawker centre.
↓
Let's go hawker centre eat lah.
heartland
021
I really don't want to go to work today.
↓
Wah lao eh, today damn sian, dowan go work sia.
kopitiam
“

Going kopitiam dabao kopi-c first.

— Heartland register, on i'm going to grab a coffee
022
This food is incredibly tasty.
↓
Wah, this one power lah, damn shiok!
kopitiam
023
He's always complaining about everything.
↓
Dis fella always complain complain, like dat one lah.
kopitiam
024
I forgot my wallet at home.
↓
Alamak, my wallet leave at home liao.
kopitiam
025
You're so lucky!
↓
Eh, you damn heng leh!
kopitiam
026
I don't have any money left.
↓
Bo lui already lah, broke sia.
kopitiam
027
Stop messing around.
↓
Eh dun anyhow lah, dun play play.
kopitiam
028
He always shows off his new car.
↓
Dis fella always act atas with his new car one.
kopitiam
029
I'm going to grab a coffee.
↓
Going kopitiam dabao kopi-c first.
kopitiam
030
That movie was really bad.
↓
Walao the movie damn jialat sia, waste my time.
kopitiam
031
I'm so hungry I could eat anything.
↓
Wah I damn hungry sia, anything also can lah.
kopitiam
032
Don't be such a show-off.
↓
Aiyo dun act atas lah, no need one.
kopitiam