Commonly found variants; note these may range from acceptable alternatives to non-standard forms or incorrect spellings*.
* Singlish is a largely spoken creole, and as such descriptivism (recording forms that reflect actual pronunciation in spoken language, or as appearing in the linguistic corpus) is more pertinent than strict prescriptivism. Nevertheless, the use of more standard forms (or for words originating in languages with Latin script, such as Malay, accurate to the original spelling) is recommended and encouraged.

also can:

bah

ba

→

Mandarin:

吧

pinyin:

ba

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definitions

particle

  1. used to indicate suggestion

    2. Late already, we do tomorrow.
    → Late already, we do tomorrow ba.

    synonyms:

    lah
  2. used to indicate a confident speculation

    3. Should be this one is correct.
    → Should be this one is correct ba.

    synonyms:

    lah
  3. used to indicate or emphasize incredulity, doubt, unsureness, disbelief, etc.

    4. Cannot be he forgot.
    → Cannot be he forgot ba.

    synonyms:

    lah

usage notes

All senses are sentence- or clause-final.


categories:

particles

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