英和和英

発音

• (Singapore) IPA: /ˈwɛː ɡɒt/, [ˈwɛː˦ ɡɒt˨], (very rare, some older speakers) /ˈhw-/
  • IPA: (sentence-final alternative) /ˈwɛː ˈɡɒt/, [ˈwɛː˦ ˈɡɒt˦˧]

成句

where got (Singlish, Manglish, rhetorical, idiomatic)

1. Used to challenge the validity of an assertion.

   — Let’s not do this one. Looks damn scary.
   — This ride where got scary one? ― I don’t see how this ride is supposed to be scary.

   • 2018, Joel Tan, “Tango”, in A. Rogers, A. Thorpe, C. Robson, editors, British East Asian Plays, Aurora Metro Books, →ISBN, Act 1, scene 1:

     Poh Lin: 很会花钱 hor? [Got so much money to spend hor?]
     Benmin: 哪里有。你几点下班？ [Where got. What time do you knock off?]

2. Used in questions expressing doubt about the existence or occurrence of something.

   Nowadays where got time? ― We don’t really have time nowadays.

参照

• Nala Huiying Lee, Ling Ai Ping, Hiroki Nomoto (2009) “Colloquial Singapore English got: functions and substratal influences”, in World Englishes, volume 28, number 3, →DOI, pages 293-318