Singdarin - Examples of Singdarin (Anglo-Chinese) Dialogue

Examples of Singdarin (Anglo-Chinese) Dialogue

Below are some examples of Singdarin dialogue spoken amongst some Chinese Singaporeans.

Singdarin (Anglo-Chinese) dialogue English translation Standard Mandarin
你的(nǐde) office 在(zài) 哪裡(nǎlǐ) ？ Where is your office??? 您的辦公室在哪裡？
Raffles Place. 很(hěn) 靠近(kàojìn) MRT.1 Raffles Place, located near the MRT station. 萊佛士坊，離地鐵站不遠處
你(nǐ) 在(zài) 那邊(nàbiān) work 多久(duōjiǔ) 了(le)？ How long have you been working there? 你在那裡工作多久了？
不(bù) 太(tài) 久(jiǔ) Six months. 我(wǒ) 想(xiǎng) find another job. Soon, in about 6 months, I'm thinking of finding another job. 不太久，六個月，我想找一份新的工作
Maybe 明年(míngnián) when 我(wǒ) complete 我的(wǒde) accounting course Maybe next year when I complete my accounting course 可能明年，當我完成我的會計課程
But 我(wǒ) 要(yào) 去(qù) 吃飯(chīfàn) But I'm going for my dinner 不過我要去吃飯

1 Usually the word 'station' is omitted.

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