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I tell you en · X · etymology 1

Meanings

1. (colloquial, idiomatic) Synonym of I can tell you.

Synonyms

I can tell you

I tell you en · X · etymology 2

Etymology

From Etymology 1, or a calque of Hokkien 我共汝講 /我共汝讲 (oá kā lí kóng, “let me tell you something; listen up”).

Meanings

1. (Singapore, Singlish) Used to draw attention to something one has to say.
   • Today weather fucking hot I tell you.
   • Luckily for us your son earns a good living. I tell you. I don’t know what we did when Jack was in school. 1989, Eleanor Wong, Jackson on a Jaunt, or, Mistaken Identities, page 1, lines 18–20: