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It’s a common thing for speakers of Singaporean English to end sentences with la/leh. But no idea if that’s what’s going on here.
by durkie 8mo ago
It’s a common thing for speakers of Singaporean English to end sentences with la/leh. But no idea if that’s what’s going on here.
- nurettin 8mo agoIn Turkish la at the end disrespectfully refers to a male person.
- mchaver 8mo agoIn one use case, it is kind of a verbal exclamation point, but it has more meanings and uses than just that. Likely originates from Hokkien, but it has evolved into it is own thing. If you are curious, more details here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singlish https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singlish