itellyouとは 意味・読み方・使い方

成句

I tell you

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

語源 2

Calque of Hokkien 我共汝講 / 我共汝讲 (oá kā lí kóng, “let me tell you something; listen up”).

成句

I tell you

1. (Singapore, Singlish) Used to draw attention to something one has to say.
   • 1989, Eleanor Wong, Jackson on a Jaunt, or, Mistaken Identities, page 1, lines 18–20:

     Luckily for us your son earns a good living. I tell you. I don’t know what we did when Jack was in school.

使用する際の注意点

This phrase is commonly combined with the filler ah (rising pitch), as in I tell you ah, to show that the speaker is going to continue with what they intend to say.