I have a friend who writes "la" at the end of sentences in her emails. eg. "It was so delicious la". Then i saw someone say "it's over there la".
What does it mean?
2006-10-07 20:57:14 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
It is a Singaporean (and sometimes Malay) article that comes from the Chinese "le" .
It is used to soften a command or a statement to make it more friendly.
2006-10-07 21:08:42 · answer #1 · answered by Mac Momma 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The ‘la’ in question is most likely to be the ‘lah’ that is often added to the end of a sentence for emphasis. Lah is a suffix commonly used when speaking Singlish. It is English spoken in Singapore with a local slang or mixed with another language. The use of Singlish is so widespread that even the Oxford English dictionary has some of the words.
2006-10-07 23:21:46 · answer #2 · answered by Cool 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it type of feels that she might want to were dictating some thing to be typed and in that context using "init" might want to element out the right of a sentence. this may be an help to the typist.
2016-12-04 09:48:48 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is she Chinese? If so, it's probably something that we say a lot in Chinese, especially Cantonese people. I can't really describe it, but we oftentimes tack a "la" after sentences, as in "Bu yao qu, la" or "Don't cry"
It doesn't really seem to mean much.
2006-10-07 21:10:00 · answer #4 · answered by Glory Box♥ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's a bit of a pet name, like "dear"--probably a contraction of "love".
2006-10-07 20:59:42 · answer #5 · answered by angk 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well
2006-10-07 20:59:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋